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On Fen Road, in Fleet Hargate & Holbeach St Johns
What it's like at PE12 8QD: every home that has sold on Fen 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.
Sales and extensions on Fen Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 55 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Barrington, Fen RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2001 | £75,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenacre, Fen RoadOther | Mar 2024 | £750,000 | 317 m² | £2,366/m² | 2 |
| Three Chestnuts, Fen RoadDetached | Jul 2004 | £345,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Tudor Lodge, Fen RoadOther | Sept 2020 | £620,000 | 633 m² | £979/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Spalding, a drive away (11 km), with 208k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Peterborough.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 94 minutes away by public transport (29 by car).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km); 68% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is University Academy Holbeach, 2.1 km away; Attainment 8: 39.9 · 4.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Spalding High School (11.4 km) and Spalding Grammar School (12.1 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.6 km away, with G Shearer & Son closer still (1.1 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Littlebury Medical Centre (1.4 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.5 km).
For a haircut, Mackenzies Barbers is 1.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Pilgrim Hospital, 27 km away, rated requires improvement 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 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Holbeach Community Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (1.3 km), and Holbeach United Services Club the nearest pub (1.3 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 66 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 43 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 70% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
Bungalow country: 30% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 429 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Carters Park, 1.7 km away; for exercise, Bodyworks Health and Fitness (1.5 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Norwich is 86 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 97 km.
1 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.
South Holland and The Deepings constituency: Sir John Hayes MP (Conservative), since May 1997. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 6,856 (14.9%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Conservative 38%, Reform UK 23%, Labour 20%, Independent 11%.
16 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 PE12 8QD →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 28% are 65 or over.
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" Fen Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 43 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.7% | 2.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 9.0% | 2.7% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 38.7% | 75.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 43.3% | 15.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.6% | 4.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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: Heacham · about 48 min
Nearest: Peterborough Lido · about 32 min
Nearest: Nene Valley Railway · about 42 min
Nearest: Hamerton Zoo Park · about 50 min
Nearest: Boston Community Stadium · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.