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On Porchester Road, in Thorneywood
What it's like at NG3 6HG: every home that has sold on Porchester 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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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 Porchester Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
16 of the 116 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 222, Porchester RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2000 | £149,500 | 231 m² | £647/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 224, Porchester RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1996 | £66,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 226, Porchester RoadOther | Dec 2018 | £226,000 | 131 m² | £1,725/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Lace Market tram stop, a short drive or bike ride (2.9 km). The nearest rail station is Carlton, 3.0 km away, with 53k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Longbeck Avenue, 100 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (route 39); 53 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Porchester Junior School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 73% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is The Wells Academy, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 43.1 · 5.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Redhill Academy (4.4 km) and Nottingham Girls' Academy (5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Flints Stores, 900 m away, with Porchester Road Post Office closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Victoria and Mapperley Practice (900 m), with Mapperley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (900 m).
For a haircut, Angels 12 is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Medical Centre, 5.0 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 45% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 62% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 2 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Coffee Shop is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Punch Bowl the nearest pub (under 50 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 92 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 22% flats and 19% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Pearmain Park, 700 m away; for exercise, Mapperley Sports Village (700 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Colwick Country Park (West Lake), 3.4 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 21 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 71 km.
Most households own their home, 26% rent privately.
The nearest university is Nottingham Trent University, 2.7 km away (TEF Gold).
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.
17 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.
Nottingham East constituency: Nadia Whittome MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 15,162 (41.7%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Labour 54%, Green Party 12%, Conservative 11%, Reform UK 10%.
26 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 NG3 6HG →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Nottingham 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 116 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 86 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.8% | 2.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 77.7% | 87.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 21.7% | 10.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 1.4% | 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 Sykes Lane · about 58 min
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