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On Blackmile Lane, in Irchester, Wollaston & Bozeat
What it's like at NN7 1JR: every home that has sold on Blackmile Lane 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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1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Blackmile Lane; 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.
| 2a, Blackmile LaneDetached | Apr 2008 | £312,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Blackmile LaneDetached | Sept 2024 | £668,000 | 155 m² | £4,310/m² | 2 |
| 6, Blackmile LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £419,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Blackmile LaneDetached | Jul 2002 | £215,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Blackmile LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2013 | £302,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 20, Blackmile LaneSemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £129,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Blackmile LaneSemi-detached | May 2015 | £321,000 | 107 m² | £3,000/m² | 2 |
| 22a, Blackmile LaneDetached | Sept 2021 | £432,500 | 87 m² | £4,971/m² | 2 |
| 24, Blackmile LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £389,995 | 78 m² | £5,000/m² | 2 |
| 26, Blackmile LaneOther | Jul 2023 | £907,500 | 20 m² | £45,375/m² | 3 |
| 26a, Blackmile LaneDetached | Mar 2013 | £337,500 | 131 m² | £2,576/m² | 1 |
| 28, Blackmile LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £345,000 | 150 m² | £2,300/m² | 2 |
| 30, Blackmile LaneDetached | May 2025 | £499,995 | 118 m² | £4,237/m² | 1 |
| 38, Blackmile LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2019 | £260,000 | 64 m² | £4,063/m² | 1 |
| 40, Blackmile LaneSemi-detached | Oct 1995 | £57,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Plot 10, Blackmile LaneOther | Feb 2019 | £2,005 | – | – | 1 |
| Plot 11, Blackmile LaneOther | Feb 2019 | £2,187 | – | – | 1 |
| Plot 12, Blackmile LaneOther | Feb 2019 | £24,605 | – | – | 1 |
| Plot 2, Blackmile LaneOther | Feb 2019 | £1,094 | – | – | 1 |
| Plot 4, Blackmile LaneOther | Feb 2019 | £1,276 | – | – | 1 |
| Plot 5, Blackmile LaneOther | Feb 2019 | £19,502 | – | – | 1 |
| Plot 6, Blackmile LaneOther | Feb 2019 | £7,290 | – | – | 1 |
| Plot 7, Blackmile LaneOther | Feb 2019 | £4,921 | – | – | 1 |
| Plot 8, Blackmile LaneOther | Feb 2019 | £1,823 | – | – | 1 |
| Plot 9, Blackmile LaneOther | Feb 2019 | £1,823 | – | – | 1 |
| The Old Farmhouse, 1, Blackmile LaneDetached | Dec 2001 | £560,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Wellingborough, a drive away (7.3 km), with 981k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Blackmile Lane, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route W8).
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 55 minutes away by public transport (26 by car).
The nearest primary school is Grendon Church of England Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 80% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Wollaston School, 3.5 km away; Attainment 8: 46.1 · 9.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Co-Operative Food, 2.9 km away, with Croyland Pharmacy closer still (2.7 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wollaston Surgery (2.6 km), with Croyland the closest pharmacy (2.7 km).
For a haircut, The Dog House Barber Company is 2.9 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Northampton General Hospital, 15 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 56% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Grendon Hall Events is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Wollaston Cricket Club the nearest pub (2.3 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 51 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 134 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 31% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 269 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Pocket Park, 3.1 km away; for exercise, Grendon CC (1.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 47 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 40% of households own their home outright.
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.
4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 26, Blackmile Lane | II | 60 m |
| Old Farmhouse | II | 80 m |
| 80, Main Road | II | 190 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.
South Northamptonshire constituency: Sarah Bool MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 3,687 (6.9%), turnout 69%. Vote shares: Conservative 36%, Labour 29%, Reform UK 17%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
0 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 NN7 1JR →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
On this street: 0 of 9 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 5 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.7% | 91.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.2% | 2.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.7% | 4.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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 57 min
Nearest: Woburn Lido · about 44 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in North Northamptonshire 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 26 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.