Blackthorn & Rectory Farm · West Northamptonshire · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcode| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 3a, Downwood Close, Northampton, NN3 8PU | 7 November 2025 | £80,000 |
| 2, Downwood Close, Northampton, NN3 8PU | 4 August 2025 | £210,000 |
| 3d, Downwood Close, Northampton, NN3 8PU | 5 December 2023 | £78,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Blackthorn Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Edgewood School
Other independent special school
Rectory Farm Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
29 female, 26 male
4,256 residents
2,247 residents
5,515 residents
3,947 residents
1,877 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NN3 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
13
within 5 km
ECTON BROOK ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 5EN
ODS code K83048
963 m
WESTON FAVELL P/C CENTRE, BILLING BROOK ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 8DW
ODS code K83618
2.0 km
BILLING BROOK ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 8DW
ODS code K83076
2.0 km
HOLMECROSS ROAD, THORPLANDS, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 8AW
ODS code K83040
2.0 km
51A BEECH AVENUE, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 2JG
ODS code K83043
3.7 km
120 NORTHAMPTON LANE NORTH, MOULTON, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 7QP
ODS code K83009
3.7 km
8 AGGATE WAY, EARLS BARTON, NORTHAMPTON, NN6 0EU
ODS code K83601
3.8 km
166-168 PARK AVENUE NORTH, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 2HZ
ODS code K83042
3.9 km
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE, KING EDWARD ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 5LY
ODS code K83012
4.2 km
202-204 ABINGTON AVENUE, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 4QA
ODS code K83056
4.4 km
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE, ARDINGTON ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 5LT
ODS code K83029
4.4 km
2 THE CRESCENT, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 4SB
ODS code K83050
4.5 km
129 HAZELDENE ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 7PB
ODS code K83077
4.7 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Penfold Lane
BCT · Great Billing
Penfold Lane
BCT · Great Billing
Maidencastle
BCT · Blackthorn
Maidencastle
BCT · Blackthorn
Greatmeadow
BCT · Blackthorn
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Northamptonshire 009B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
4 of 10
Overall England rank
13,241 of 33,755
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
The five-year median is £197,500 from 6 recorded sales in NN3 8PU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for West Northamptonshire is £292,754 in June 2026, up 2.5% year on year.
49 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 7 secondary schools. Blackthorn Primary School is the nearest published school at 564 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
2,604 published events cover 12 months, averaging 217 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,038 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.