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On Centurion Close, in Heckington
What it's like at NG34 7PH: every home that has sold on Centurion Close 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 Centurion Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 6 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Centurion CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2020 | £159,000 | 69 m² | £2,304/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Centurion CloseDetached | Oct 2008 | £154,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 3, Centurion CloseDetached | Feb 2000 | £87,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Centurion CloseDetached | Mar 2022 | £325,000 | 134 m² | £2,425/m² | 3 |
| 5, Centurion CloseDetached | Apr 2019 | £260,000 | 133 m² | £1,955/m² | 3 |
| 6, Centurion CloseDetached | Jan 2026 | £320,000 | 132 m² | £2,424/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Sleaford, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 296k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Lincoln.
The nearest bus stop is Coleridge Gardens, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route IT1); 4 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 85 minutes away by public transport (37 by car).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is William Alvey School, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km); 71% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 61.8 · 18.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy (7 km) and Carre's Grammar School (7.1 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 1.0 km away; Honor Healthcare (1.0 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sleaford Medical Group (1.0 km), with The Riverside Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.0 km).
For a haircut, Rhi's Waxing is 1.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Pilgrim Hospital, 20 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 64% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% 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: 8 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Hetty's Kiosk Rec is the closest café or restaurant (750 m), and Sleaford Indoor Bowls Club the nearest pub (900 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 96 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 62% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 31% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 145 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Boston Road Recreation Ground, 700 m away; for exercise, Eslaforde Park (650 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
3 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.
Sleaford and North Hykeham constituency: Dr Caroline Johnson MP (Conservative), since December 2016. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 4,346 (8.9%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Conservative 36%, Labour 27%, Reform UK 22%, Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First 6%.
17 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 NG34 7PH →
For holidays, Humberside is 65 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 114 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 47% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 30% are 65 or over.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Centurion Close in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.4% | 2.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 3.0% | 2.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 65.1% | 79.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 26.8% | 13.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.6% | 4.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 41 min
Nearest: Great Central Railway (Nottingham) · about 55 min
Nearest: Woodside Wildlife Park · about 36 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.