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On Stokes Drive, in Sleaford West
What it's like at NG34 8BA: every home that has sold on Stokes 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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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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Stokes Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 26 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Stokes DriveDetached | Mar 1996 | £71,000 | 128 m² | £555/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Stokes DriveDetached | Oct 2024 | £365,000 | 179 m² | £2,039/m² | 2 |
| 3, Stokes DriveDetached | Nov 2015 | £198,000 | 115 m² | £1,722/m² | 5 |
| 5, Stokes DriveDetached | Oct 2016 | £162,950 | 80 m² | £2,037/m² | 3 |
| 7, Stokes DriveDetached | Aug 2001 | £96,000 | 140 m² | £686/m² | 2 |
| 8, Stokes DriveDetached | Sept 2021 | £268,000 | 107 m² | £2,505/m² | 1 |
| 9, Stokes DriveDetached | Apr 2004 | £150,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 11, Stokes DriveDetached | Jan 2002 | £108,000 | 50 m² | £2,160/m² | 2 |
| 12, Stokes DriveDetached | Dec 1997 | £87,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Stokes DriveDetached | Oct 2013 | £171,000 | 103 m² | £1,660/m² | 3 |
| 15, Stokes DriveDetached | Jul 2000 | £82,750 | 130 m² | £637/m² | 1 |
| 16, Stokes DriveDetached | May 2025 | £295,000 | 108 m² | £2,731/m² | 3 |
| 17, Stokes DriveDetached | Jul 1998 | £87,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Stokes DriveDetached | Jun 2006 | £165,000 | 118 m² | £1,398/m² | 3 |
| 19, Stokes DriveDetached | Apr 2026 | £282,500 | 115 m² | £2,457/m² | 6 |
| 20, Stokes DriveDetached | Sept 2004 | £179,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 21, Stokes DriveDetached | Apr 2017 | £210,000 | 95 m² | £2,211/m² | 2 |
| 22, Stokes DriveDetached | Apr 2003 | £149,250 | – | – | 2 |
| 23, Stokes DriveDetached | Apr 2017 | £195,000 | 99 m² | £1,970/m² | 5 |
| 24, Stokes DriveDetached | Jun 2021 | £245,000 | 102 m² | £2,402/m² | 3 |
| 25, Stokes DriveDetached | Apr 2017 | £235,000 | 121 m² | £1,942/m² | 3 |
| 26, Stokes DriveDetached | Oct 2000 | £109,995 | 115 m² | £956/m² | 1 |
| 27, Stokes DriveDetached | Nov 2014 | £175,800 | 139 m² | £1,265/m² | 3 |
| 28, Stokes DriveDetached | Mar 2013 | £135,000 | 85 m² | £1,588/m² | 2 |
| 29, Stokes DriveDetached | Oct 2000 | £89,995 | 91 m² | £989/m² | 1 |
| 31, Stokes DriveDetached | Aug 2003 | £176,950 | – | – | 2 |
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 (1.7 km), with 296k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Lincoln.
The nearest bus stop is The Jolly Scotchman PH, 200 m away, with a bus about every 27 minutes on weekdays (routes IT1, 66, M4, SLE3); 8 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 62 minutes away by public transport (30 by car).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 38% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Carre's Grammar School, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 58 · 12.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy (1.1 km) and Carre's Grammar School (1.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lincolnshire Co-op Lincoln Road Food Store, 400 m away; Holdingham Service Station (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sleaford Medical Group (1.6 km), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, Vamp Hairdressers is 950 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Grantham and District Hospital, 17 km away, rated good 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Insomnia Sleaford is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Jolly Scotchman the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 47 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 12 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 56% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1993-1999.
It's growing: about 102 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is The Nettles Fish Park, 1.5 km away; for exercise, Northgate Sports Centre (1.1 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, East Midlands is 63 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 107 km.
9 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%.
7 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 8BA →
Most households own their home, 17% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Stokes Drive in the last 12 months.
On this street: 4 of 20 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 | 1.6% | 2.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 2.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.5% | 79.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.6% | 13.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.5% | 4.1% | 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.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 36 min
Nearest: Nene Valley Railway · about 53 min
Nearest: Woodside Wildlife Park · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.