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On St Olaves Drive, in Eye & Thorney
What it's like at PE6 7XS: every home that has sold on St Olaves Drive 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.
Sales and extensions on St Olaves Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 9 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, St Olaves DriveDetached | Apr 2024 | £242,000 | 67 m² | £3,612/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, St Olaves DriveDetached | Feb 2024 | £275,000 | 77 m² | £3,571/m² | 2 |
| 5, St Olaves DriveDetached | Sept 2019 | £210,000 | 78 m² | £2,692/m² | 1 |
| 6, St Olaves DriveDetached | Jun 2026 | £262,000 | 75 m² | £3,493/m² | 2 |
| 8, St Olaves DriveDetached | Nov 2009 | £157,500 | 76 m² | £2,072/m² | 3 |
| 11, St Olaves DriveDetached | Oct 2020 | £192,000 | 71 m² | £2,704/m² | 1 |
| 12, St Olaves DriveDetached | Apr 1999 | £55,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, St Olaves DriveDetached | Apr 2003 | £175,000 | 101 m² | £1,733/m² | 2 |
| 15, St Olaves DriveDetached | Oct 2002 | £143,950 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Peterborough, a drive away (5.3 km), with 5.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Kings Cross.
The nearest bus stop is Back Lane, 250 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes 37, 4); 6 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 42 minutes away by public transport (18 by car).
The nearest primary school is Eye CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 63% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Manor Drive Secondary Academy, 2.9 km away.
The nearest supermarket is Central England Co-operative, 300 m away; Eye Mini Mart (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Manor Farm Medical Practice (250 m), with Eye Chemist the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Head to Head Barbers is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Peterborough City Hospital, 10 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 61% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Musa's is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Blue Boar the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 69 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 66 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 42% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 152 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Little Close Playing Field, 200 m away; for exercise, Legends Fitness (3.1 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, East Midlands is 84 km away, and London Luton, with far more destinations, 84 km.
Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
The nearest university is University Centre Peterborough, 3.5 km away (TEF Silver).
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.
22 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.
Peterborough constituency: Andrew Pakes MP (Labour (Co-op)), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 118 (0.3%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 32%, Conservative 32%, Reform UK 13%, Workers Party of Britain 12%.
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 PE6 7XS →
No crimes recorded "on or near" St Olaves Drive in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 7 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 | 3.5% | 2.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 86.8% | 90.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 5.9% | 2.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.1% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 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 37 min
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