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LE67 9UN

Last sold £182,000 in October 2016

40, Forest Road, Markfield

Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
4 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
1,109 sq ft / 103 sq m
EPC rating
D
Elevation
About 182m — higher than about 80% of homes in Markfield

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Price history in context

  • Oct 2016 — £182,000 · +112.2% · 70 pts behind the UK market
  • Apr 1999 — £85,750 · +26.1% · 10 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Jul 1997 — £68,000
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £182,000 £68,000 1997 2016

The life around it

  • Mercenfeld Primary School 7-min walk
  • South Charnwood High School 1.6km
  • Rothley station 8.6km
  • Cover Cloud 1.1km
  • The coast (coastline) 64.1km
  • Thornton Reservoir 2.0km
  • Pond 359m
  • Canal 10.5km
  • Slate Brook 2.8km
  • Public Park 711m
  • Play Area 422m
  • One Stop 608m
  • Church Drive (Adj) 35m

Broadband

  • Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 81.8% of premises — not all
  • Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 81.8% of premises — not all
  • Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises

Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data

Commute by train

From Barrow-upon-Soar, 11.7km away

  • 28 min Nottingham
  • 94 min London
  • 99 min Birmingham
  • 101 min Sheffield

Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.

Schools nearby

Flood risk

Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map

Noise

Road noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,490 hours a year — sunnier than 20% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on a gentle south-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Planning

  • In the Markfield conservation area — external changes usually need consent.

From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.

Crime

Below average for England & Wales — 59 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Planning activity nearby

  • Permitted Addition of solar panels Jan 2026 source
  • Undecided Outline planning permission for the erection of one new dwelling and first floor… Jun 2026 source
  • Permitted T1 Ash Tree: Reduce spread over property by 4m from tips. Reason: Tree is infected with… Nov 2025 source
  • Permitted T1 Ash Tree: Reduce spread over property by 4m from tips. Reason: Tree is infected with… Nov 2025 source
  • Permitted G1 - Group of 3x mature Silver Birch - Reduce spread to East by 2m and reduce spread to… Sep 2025 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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