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On Sketchley Road, in Burbage Sketchley & Stretton
What it's like at LE10 2DY: every home that has sold on Sketchley Road 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Sketchley Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 137 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 159, Sketchley RoadDetached | May 2017 | £327,500 | 117 m² | £2,799/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garage, 161, Sketchley RoadOther | Jan 2018 | £2,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 163, Sketchley RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2001 | £71,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 165, Sketchley RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £304,500 | 73 m² | £4,171/m² | 4 |
| 167, Sketchley RoadSemi-detached | Feb 1999 | £63,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 169, Sketchley RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £290,500 | 82 m² | £3,543/m² | 4 |
| 177, Sketchley RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2001 | £74,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 189, Sketchley RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2018 | £215,000 | 85 m² | £2,529/m² | 1 |
| 197, Sketchley RoadDetached | Aug 2020 | £200,000 | 73 m² | £2,740/m² | 1 |
| 201, Sketchley RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2007 | £249,950 | 114 m² | £2,193/m² | 4 |
| 207, Sketchley RoadDetached | Oct 2018 | £690,000 | 343 m² | £2,012/m² | 2 |
| 209, Sketchley RoadDetached | Aug 2024 | £376,000 | 100 m² | £3,760/m² | 2 |
| 213a, Sketchley RoadDetached | Jul 2014 | £200,000 | 118 m² | £1,695/m² | 2 |
| 215, Sketchley RoadDetached | May 2025 | £537,000 | 149 m² | £3,604/m² | 1 |
| 217, Sketchley RoadDetached | Jul 2013 | £285,000 | 138 m² | £2,065/m² | 1 |
| 219, Sketchley RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £375,000 | 121 m² | £3,099/m² | 2 |
| 221, Sketchley RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £250,000 | 93 m² | £2,688/m² | 1 |
| 221a, Sketchley RoadDetached | Oct 2006 | £238,000 | 128 m² | £1,859/m² | 1 |
| 223, Sketchley RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2002 | £122,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 225, Sketchley RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2022 | £250,000 | 81 m² | £3,086/m² | 1 |
| 227, Sketchley RoadDetached | Oct 2024 | £340,000 | 108 m² | £3,148/m² | 2 |
| 233, Sketchley RoadDetached | Jul 2017 | £315,000 | 133 m² | £2,368/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Hinckley, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 378k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Sketchley Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 7); 10 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Sketchley Hill Primary School Burbage, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 72% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Hastings High School, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 48.5 · 11.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Central England Co-Operative Society, 400 m away; Premier Tilton Neighbourhood Store (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Burbage Surgery (450 m), with Burbage Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Reflections is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is George Eliot NHS Hospital, 7.9 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 84% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
M's Beauty Therapy is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and The Sycamores the nearest pub (950 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 51% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 108 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Unnamed, 700 m away; for exercise, Bodywize Gym (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 27 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
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.
14 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.
Hinckley and Bosworth constituency: Dr Luke Evans MP (Conservative), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 5,408 (11.3%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Conservative 36%, Liberal Democrat 24%, Reform UK 18%, Labour 18%.
21 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 LE10 2DY →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
On this street: 0 of 99 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.9% | 90.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.1% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Hinckley and Bosworth 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 137 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · about 59 min
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