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On Main Street, in Donisthope & Blackfordby
What it's like at DE11 8AB: every home that has sold on Main Street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Main Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 131 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Main StreetDetached | Aug 2017 | £300,000 | 174 m² | £1,724/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Main StreetDetached | Oct 1998 | £295,000 | – | – | 1 |
| School House, Main StreetSemi-detached | Oct 1996 | £86,500 | 134 m² | £646/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Burton-on-Trent, a drive away (10 km), with 913k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Boothorpe Lane, 400 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 29).
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 40% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Granville Academy, 2.5 km away; Attainment 8: 46.5 · 9.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.6 km away, with Jasper Convenience Store closer still (1.2 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Woodville Surgery (2.0 km), with Dean & Smedley the closest pharmacy (2.0 km).
For a haircut, Dean & Smedley Beauty is 1.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Queens Hospital, 12 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 52% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 11 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Blackfordby Old School Room is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Black Lion the nearest pub (under 50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 48 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 23 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 45% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 204 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Astbury Way Play Area, 1.3 km away; for exercise, Shredz Fitness Centre (2.0 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, East Midlands is 17 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 35 km.
Most households own their home, 10% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
5 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
North West Leicestershire constituency: Amanda Hack MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 1,012 (2.1%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Labour 35%, Conservative 33%, Reform UK 20%, Green Party 6%.
10 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near DE11 8AB →
Nearest: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · about 74 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 2 of 109 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 13 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.8% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 3.0% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 68.1% | 89.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 19.6% | 4.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.9% | 3.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in North West Leicestershire since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 131 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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