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On Cricklade Road, in Penhill
What it's like at SN2 5AB: every home that has sold on Cricklade 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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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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 11 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Cricklade Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
40 of the 439 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 599, Cricklade RoadDetached | Jul 2009 | £106,000 | 85 m² | £1,247/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 605, Cricklade RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £287,000 | 120 m² | £2,392/m² | 1 |
| 607, Cricklade RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2021 | £275,000 | 127 m² | £2,165/m² | 1 |
| 609, Cricklade RoadDetached | May 1997 | £109,000 | 149 m² | £732/m² | 1 |
| 611a, Cricklade RoadDetached | Jun 2018 | £330,000 | 147 m² | £2,245/m² | 2 |
| 613, Cricklade RoadDetached | Nov 2012 | £249,950 | 175 m² | £1,428/m² | 2 |
| 615, Cricklade RoadDetached | Apr 2004 | £242,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 617, Cricklade RoadTerraced | Sept 2023 | £110,000 | 111 m² | £991/m² | 4 |
| 619, Cricklade RoadDetached | Jun 2018 | £340,000 | 140 m² | £2,429/m² | 2 |
| 619a, Cricklade RoadDetached | Mar 2006 | £320,000 | 220 m² | £1,455/m² | 2 |
| 621, Cricklade RoadDetached · company-owned | Jul 2011 | £325,000 | 166 m² | £1,958/m² | 3 |
| 621a, Cricklade RoadDetached | Mar 2015 | £277,000 | 153 m² | £1,810/m² | 4 |
| 623, Cricklade RoadDetached · company-owned | Jul 2015 | £395,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 625, Cricklade RoadDetached | Aug 2017 | £290,000 | 123 m² | £2,358/m² | 1 |
| 627, Cricklade RoadDetached | Jun 2002 | £185,000 | 133 m² | £1,391/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Swindon, a short drive or bike ride (2.7 km), with 3.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Bradley Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (routes 51, C11, 51X); 29 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Beechcroft Infant School, a few minutes' walk (450 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Rodbourne Cheney Primary School (1.4 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Kingsdown School, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 41.4 · 6.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
It's a family area: 26% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is The Coop, 700 m away, with Shop Locally (Penhill Stores) closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Crossroads Surgery (450 m), with Clive Parade Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Mr Barbers is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Great Western Hospital, 7.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 54% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 58% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
The Penalty Spot / Stratton Juniors Football Club is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Moonrakers the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 107 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 27% flats and 5% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Merton Fields Millennium Green, 250 m away; for exercise, Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool (900 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Cotswold Country Park and Beach, 15 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bristol is 69 km away.
Most households own their home, 8% 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.
37 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.
Swindon North constituency: Will Stone MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 4,103 (9.3%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Labour 41%, Conservative 31%, Reform UK 17%, Green Party 5%.
10 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 SN2 5AB →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Nearest: Birdland Park and Gardens · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 9 of 320 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 53 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 1.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.6% | 90.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.9% | 8.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Swindon 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 439 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.