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In Eye & Thorney. What's changing around Francis Drive
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| 1, Francis DrivePE6 0LY | 26 Apr 2024 | £360,000 | Detached · new |
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| 2, Francis DrivePE6 0LY | 26 Apr 2024 | £415,000 | Detached · new |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Whittlesea, a drive away (7.6 km), with 51k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Peterborough.
The nearest bus stop is Wisbech Road, 500 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 4).
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 The Duke of Bedford Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 81% 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 Jenner Healthcare (800 m), with Halls The Chemist the closest pharmacy (900 m).
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.
The 19th Hole is the closest café or restaurant (2.7 km), and The Rose & Crown the nearest pub (950 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 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.
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.
2 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.
Checked at PE6 0LY; a long street can cross an Article 4 boundary, so check the exact postcode.
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No crimes recorded "on or near" Francis Drive in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
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| 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.
None of the 127 injury collisions in Eye & Thorney over the same years were on Francis Drive.
Police-reported collisions where someone was hurt (DfT STATS19), on the nearest named road within 30 m. A main road through the area naturally collects more than a side street.
Not in an HMO Article 4 area. Peterborough publishes its HMO Article 4 areas and this postcode is outside them. Directions change, so confirm with the council before buying. About HMOs
Local Housing Allowance, Peterborough rental area, 2026-27, a month: Shared room £345 · 1 bed £575 · 2 beds £700 · 3 beds £810 · 4 beds £1,050. The most a tenant on Universal Credit or Housing Benefit gets towards rent here, set at the cheapest 30% of local rents in 2023 and frozen since April 2024.
Gross LHA yields at this neighbourhood's 2025 prices: 2-bed vs terraced houses 3.91% · 3-bed vs semis 4.14%.