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On Swanhill, in Barnack, Wittering & Wansford
What it's like at PE8 6LG: every home that has sold on Swanhill 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Swanhill; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 13 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, SwanhillDetached | Sept 2006 | £328,000 | – | – | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, SwanhillDetached | Aug 2020 | £845,000 | 273 m² | £3,095/m² | 3 |
| 1b, SwanhillDetached | Jan 2008 | £765,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 2, SwanhillDetached | Oct 2013 | £450,000 | 184 m² | £2,446/m² | 3 |
| 3, SwanhillDetached | May 2013 | £342,000 | 135 m² | £2,533/m² | 2 |
| 4, SwanhillDetached | Feb 2012 | £320,000 | 159 m² | £2,013/m² | 1 |
| 5, SwanhillDetached | Jan 2013 | £392,500 | 188 m² | £2,088/m² | 3 |
| 6, SwanhillDetached | Jul 2007 | £365,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 7, SwanhillDetached | Feb 2002 | £225,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, SwanhillDetached | Jun 2021 | £460,000 | 168 m² | £2,738/m² | 2 |
| 9, SwanhillDetached | Apr 2021 | £520,000 | 149 m² | £3,490/m² | 3 |
| 10, SwanhillDetached | Jun 2021 | £500,000 | 171 m² | £2,924/m² | 4 |
| 11, SwanhillDetached | Jan 2011 | £306,000 | 132 m² | £2,318/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Stamford, a drive away (8.3 km), with 343k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Peterborough.
The nearest bus stop is Black Swan Spinney, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 27); 7 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 50 minutes away by public transport (22 by car).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Wittering Primary School, a drive away (3.2 km); 60% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The weekly shop is an easy trip: a food store is about 9 minutes away without a car.
The nearest GP surgery is Wansford (700 m), with Wansford Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, V and A Hair Design is 3.5 km 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 11 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Thirteen Wansford is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and The Paper Mills the nearest pub (650 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 55 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 289 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 42% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 227 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Queen Elizabeth Field, 4.2 km away.
A swim is a short trip away: Rutland Water Sykes Lane, 14 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.1 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, East Midlands is 66 km away, and London Luton, with far more destinations, 83 km.
Most households own their home, 24% rent privately.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Cooper’s House | 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.
North West Cambridgeshire constituency: Sam Carling MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 39 (0.1%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 33%, Conservative 33%, Reform UK 20%, Liberal Democrat 7%.
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 PE8 6LG →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Swanhill in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 9 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 9 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 2.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 3.8% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 59.4% | 90.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 31.6% | 2.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.4% | 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.
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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