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On Martin Drive, in Syston West
What it's like at LE7 1YA: every home that has sold on Martin Drive 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Martin Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 27 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Martin DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £317,000 | 127 m² | £2,496/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Martin DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2003 | £114,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 3, Martin DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £235,000 | 66 m² | £3,561/m² | 5 |
| 4, Martin DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2006 | £147,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Martin DriveTerraced | Nov 2014 | £143,000 | 57 m² | £2,509/m² | 3 |
| 6, Martin DriveSemi-detached | Nov 1995 | £52,000 | 66 m² | £788/m² | 1 |
| 7, Martin DriveTerraced | Mar 2009 | £97,500 | 57 m² | £1,711/m² | 2 |
| 8, Martin DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2013 | £135,000 | 64 m² | £2,109/m² | 2 |
| 9, Martin DriveTerraced | Aug 2018 | £160,000 | 61 m² | £2,623/m² | 5 |
| 10, Martin DriveSemi-detached | Mar 1999 | £52,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, Martin DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2025 | £252,000 | 70 m² | £3,600/m² | 3 |
| 14, Martin DriveSemi-detached | Mar 2019 | £168,000 | 65 m² | £2,585/m² | 5 |
| 16, Martin DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2003 | £110,000 | 92 m² | £1,196/m² | 3 |
| 18, Martin DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2012 | £130,000 | 66 m² | £1,970/m² | 1 |
| 18a, Martin DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2025 | £255,000 | 65 m² | £3,923/m² | 3 |
| 20, Martin DriveDetached | Mar 2016 | £240,000 | 115 m² | £2,087/m² | 2 |
| 23, Martin DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2004 | £127,000 | 65 m² | £1,954/m² | 2 |
| 24, Martin DriveSemi-detached | Mar 2015 | £155,000 | 63 m² | £2,460/m² | 4 |
| 25, Martin DriveDetached | Nov 2005 | £142,000 | 65 m² | £2,185/m² | 2 |
| 26, Martin DriveDetached | May 2026 | £295,000 | 83 m² | £3,554/m² | 3 |
| 27, Martin DriveTerraced | Feb 2019 | £170,000 | 67 m² | £2,537/m² | 5 |
| 28, Martin DriveDetached | May 2002 | £84,500 | 71 m² | £1,190/m² | 2 |
| 29, Martin DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £178,000 | 66 m² | £2,697/m² | 4 |
| 31, Martin DriveTerraced | Jan 2026 | £183,500 | 56 m² | £3,277/m² | 1 |
| 32, Martin DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2016 | £155,000 | 66 m² | £2,348/m² | 3 |
| 33, Martin DriveDetached | Apr 2024 | £205,000 | 56 m² | £3,661/m² | 3 |
| 35, Martin DriveTerraced | May 1999 | £57,500 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Syston, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 213k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leicester.
The nearest primary school is St Peter and St Paul Church of England Academy, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km); 58% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Roundhill Academy, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 45.9 · 8.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Rushey Mead Academy (4.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Stores, 1.0 km away, with Varun Convenience closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Syston Medical Centre (1.3 km), with Syston Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, Golden Barber is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Leicester Royal Infirmary, 8.6 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 11 restaurants and cafés, 13 pubs and bars.
Fosse Fitness 365 is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Gate Hangs Well the nearest pub (400 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (9 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 78 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 35 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 14% flats and 29% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
The nearest park is Winfield Park, 150 m away; for exercise, South Charnwood Leisure Centre (1.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 22 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 52 km.
Most households own their home, 22% 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.
10 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.
Melton and Syston constituency: Edward Argar MP (Conservative), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 5,396 (11.7%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Conservative 38%, Labour 26%, Reform UK 20%, Green Party 8%.
9 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 LE7 1YA →
On this street: 0 of 23 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 93.6% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.6% | 4.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.4% | 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.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 40 min
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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 27 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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