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On Covel Road, in Sleaford West
What it's like at NG34 8BP: every home that has sold on Covel 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 Covel Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 23 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Covel RoadDetached | Aug 2020 | £196,000 | 80 m² | £2,450/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Covel RoadDetached | Apr 2014 | £185,000 | 103 m² | £1,796/m² | 1 |
| 4, Covel RoadDetached | Feb 1999 | £54,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Covel RoadDetached | Jan 1999 | £59,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Covel RoadDetached | Apr 2015 | £190,000 | 118 m² | £1,610/m² | 1 |
| 7, Covel RoadDetached | Oct 2022 | £205,000 | 82 m² | £2,500/m² | 1 |
| 8, Covel RoadDetached | Aug 2015 | £168,000 | 100 m² | £1,680/m² | 2 |
| 9, Covel RoadDetached | Apr 2000 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Covel RoadDetached | Feb 2017 | £235,000 | 133 m² | £1,767/m² | 2 |
| 11, Covel RoadDetached · company-owned | May 2006 | £212,500 | 116 m² | £1,832/m² | 2 |
| 12, Covel RoadDetached | Oct 2014 | £165,000 | 145 m² | £1,138/m² | 2 |
| 14, Covel RoadDetached | Sept 2011 | £151,500 | – | – | 4 |
| 15, Covel RoadDetached | May 2001 | £119,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Covel RoadDetached | Feb 2024 | £287,000 | 120 m² | £2,392/m² | 3 |
| 17, Covel RoadDetached | Aug 2024 | £375,000 | 218 m² | £1,720/m² | 3 |
| 18, Covel RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £205,000 | 83 m² | £2,470/m² | 2 |
| 19, Covel RoadDetached | Aug 2001 | £117,495 | 112 m² | £1,049/m² | 1 |
| 20, Covel RoadDetached | May 2002 | £128,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Covel RoadDetached | Jun 2024 | £330,000 | 120 m² | £2,750/m² | 2 |
| 22, Covel RoadDetached | Jun 2003 | £134,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 23, Covel RoadDetached | Nov 2006 | £240,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 25, Covel RoadDetached | Jul 2020 | £202,500 | 131 m² | £1,546/m² | 2 |
| 27, Covel RoadDetached | Apr 2022 | £289,950 | 114 m² | £2,543/m² | 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 (1.8 km), with 296k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Lincoln.
The nearest bus stop is The Jolly Scotchman PH, 150 m away, with a bus about every 27 minutes on weekdays (routes IT1, 66, M4, SLE3); 6 departures an hour from the 5 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 (950 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, 1.2 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, 500 m away, with Holdingham Service Station closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sleaford Medical Group (1.7 km), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, Vamp Hairdressers is 1.1 km 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 (350 m), and The Jolly Scotchman the nearest pub (350 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, 1.6 km away; for exercise, Northgate Sports Centre (1.2 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.
8 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Holdingham | II | 180 m |
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.
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%.
6 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 8BP →
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.
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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 23 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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.
On this street: 0 of 15 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.
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