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On Watery Lane, in Harpole, Kislingbury & Bugbrooke
What it's like at NN7 3LN: every home that has sold on Watery 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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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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Watery Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 14 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1b, Watery LaneDetached | Mar 1998 | £100,000 | 72 m² | £1,389/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Watery LaneDetached | Mar 1999 | £130,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3a, Watery LaneDetached | Jan 2021 | £393,000 | 82 m² | £4,793/m² | 3 |
| 4, Watery LaneDetached | Aug 1998 | £114,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Watery LaneDetached | Nov 2024 | £580,000 | 204 m² | £2,843/m² | 2 |
| 6, Watery LaneDetached | Dec 2022 | £490,000 | 135 m² | £3,630/m² | 2 |
| 7, Watery LaneDetached | Jun 2021 | £340,000 | 63 m² | £5,397/m² | 2 |
| 8, Watery LaneDetached | Sept 2023 | £380,000 | 136 m² | £2,794/m² | 1 |
| 9, Watery LaneDetached | Jun 2009 | £195,000 | 164 m² | £1,189/m² | 1 |
| 10, Watery LaneDetached | Sept 2005 | £280,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Watery LaneDetached | Jul 2015 | £350,000 | 116 m² | £3,017/m² | 1 |
| 15, Watery LaneDetached | Aug 2022 | £465,000 | 208 m² | £2,236/m² | 2 |
| 17, Watery LaneDetached | Nov 2020 | £453,000 | 124 m² | £3,653/m² | 2 |
| 19, Watery LaneDetached | Jan 2021 | £595,000 | 176 m² | £3,381/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Northampton, a drive away (8.7 km), with 2.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
The nearest bus stop is Bliss Charity Aided School, 150 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route D3); 8 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 40 minutes away by public transport (17 by car).
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is The Bliss Charity School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 82% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Campion School, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 46.2 · 6.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Duston School (3.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is One Stop Community, 3.2 km away, with Nether Heyford Bowls Club closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bugbrooke Medical Practice (2.1 km), with Bugbrooke Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.1 km).
For a haircut, Heritage is 3.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Northampton General Hospital, 7.8 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 18 pubs and bars.
Church Street Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Nether Heyford Playing Fields Assoc. the nearest pub (under 50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 151 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 44% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 750 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Village Green, 200 m away; for exercise, Nether Heyford Playing Fields Assoc. (300 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Birmingham is 57 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 25% are 65 or over.
15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| the Old Sun Inn | II | 100 m |
| Cob Wall Enclosing Orchard at Heyford Cottage | II | 110 m |
| Heyford Cottage | II | 130 m |
| Bliss Charity School School House | II | 160 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%.
1 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 3LN →
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" Watery Lane in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 11 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.3% | 86.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 4.2% | 5.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.5% | 6.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 0.2% | 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 Whitwell Creek · about 71 min
Nearest: The Wave, Coventry · about 37 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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