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119 recorded sales · median £158,000 · Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest Council · Labour minority — no overall control 18/41 seats · 44% · OCD 2026
73/100
Good
Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£158k
median price
7.1
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£158k
median sold price
9.1 yrs
of local pay to buy
54 min
London — fastest
4
rail stations mapped
0
grammar schools
46
schools total
7.1
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
320
Violence — most
9.6
NO₂ · WHO 10
0.5%
in a flood zone
135
green spaces
7.1
PM2.5 · WHO 5
150
eat & drink
50
shops
90.9%
gigabit
21
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities
Sold price trend
£199,950 in 2010 → £375,000 in 2025
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Bracknell Forest, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-09-15
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)
Crime2026-07
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
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What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £158,000. That's about 9.1× local earnings — around the 9.2× five-year average.
Sold price history
2025 · 2 sales
Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 119 sales£158,000
Full history since 1995
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay9.1× · five-year average 9.2×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Resold at a loss from Bracknell Forest29.2%
Of the homes across Bracknell Forest that sold again within five years, 29.2% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Worse than South East (17.4%).
By property type
Detached houses0%
Semi-detached houses0%
Terraced houses4.3%
Flats32.7%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new41.4%
Bought second-hand24.2%
Overall
Typical resale gain+7.8% · ~6.9-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (636 resale pairs) across Bracknell Forest — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted
Home ownership67%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,171
Bracknell Forest Council£1,781
Police & Crime Commissioner£298
Fire & Rescue£91
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,447
Band B£1,689
Band C£1,930
Band D (baseline)£2,171
Band E£2,654
Band F£3,136
Band G£3,618
Band H£4,342
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in Bracknell Forest how Melrose compares · from Bracknell Forest
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Bracknell +92.3%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bracknell | £398,750 | +92.3% | 160 |
| Bullbrook | £352,500 | +53.1% | 208 |
| Easthampstead | £380,000 | +41.1% | 292 |
| College Town | £422,000 | +30.9% | 162 |
| Great Hollands | £356,000 | +29.2% | 180 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Melrose — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 MELROSE BRACKNELL | Terraced | — | — | £370,000 | Sep 2025 |
| 36 Melrose | Flat | — | — | £380,000 | Jul 2025 |
| 2, Melrose | Terraced | — | — | £395,000 | Oct 2024 |
| 28, Melrose | Terraced | — | — | £330,000 | Oct 2023 |
| 5, Melrose | Terraced | — | — | £367,000 | Feb 2023 |
| 17, Melrose | Terraced | — | — | £400,000 | Oct 2022 |
| 56 MELROSE BRACKNELL | Flat | — | — | £225,000 | Sep 2022 |
| 76 Melrose | Flat | — | — | £220,000 | Sep 2022 |
| 53, Melrose | Terraced | — | — | £320,000 | Sep 2021 |
| 79 MELROSE | Flat | — | — | £185,000 | Sep 2021 |
24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from Bracknell Forest
Crime runs at 7.1 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Per 1,000 / month7.1
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Bracknell Forest
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Bracknell Forest district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on. Some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can look like a hotspot.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from Bracknell Forest
Population124,607
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 8/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 75% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 8/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 8/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 75% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 8 in 2019 — little changed since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
7.3/10
Employment
7.9/10
Education & skills
6.7/10
Health & disability
8.8/10
Crime
7.3/10
Housing & services
4.1/10
Living environment
8.0/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Bracknell Forest — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+66%
Unemployment · economically active residents4.3%
Degree-level (Level 4+)36%
Good or very good health87%
Own their home67%
Median age39.4
Born outside the UK17%
See the full Bracknell Forest report →
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
100% of the 7 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
7 of 7 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 7 nearest inspected schools
of the 7 nearest inspected schools
GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"
Catchments
Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.
Council catchment polygons + GIAS
Nearest schools 25 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery | Primary | — | 0.2 km |
| South Hill Park Pre-School | Nursery | Good ('25) | 0.2 km |
| The Pines School | Primary | Good ('23) | 0.8 km |
| Little Gems Nursery | Nursery | — | 0.8 km |
| St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell | Primary | — | 0.8 km |
| St Margaret Clitherow Nursery | Nursery | — | 0.8 km |
| The Teepee Day Nursery | Nursery | Outstanding ('25) | 0.8 km |
| Birch Hill Preschool | Nursery | Good ('21) | 0.9 km |
| St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | Inspected '24 — see report | 1.4 km |
| Crown Wood Primary School | Primary | Good ('21) | 1.6 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
At a glance
| Here | |
|---|---|
| Life expectancy — men | 81.5 yrs |
| Life expectancy — women | 85.4 yrs |
| Smoking | 11.5% |
| Adults overweight or obese | 67.3% |
OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)
14
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 0.9 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
4 of 4 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ringmead Medical Group | GP | — | 0.2 km |
| Kamsons Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.4 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 0.9 km |
| Crown Wood Medical Centre | GP | Good ('16) | 1.4 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 1.4 km |
| Great Hollands Practice | GP | — | 1.5 km |
| Great Hollands Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 1.6 km |
| Easthampstead Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 1.7 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from Bracknell Forest
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 54 min from Ascot.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bracknell | 1.6 mi | London Waterloo | 64 min |
| Martins Heron | 1.8 mi | London Waterloo | 61 min |
| Crowthorne | 3.2 mi | — | no direct train |
| Bagshot | 3.3 mi | London Waterloo | 66 min |
| Ascot | 3.6 mi | London Waterloo | 54 min |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Ascot (54 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging9 points
Per 10,000 residents0.7
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Bracknell Forest
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1001.1%
Flood zone0.5% of postcodes
Radonup to <1% of homes
Historic landfill48 sites within ~1 km
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search
Transport noise (Defra)
Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".
Defra strategic noise mapping
Heritage & green space
Listed buildings256
Conservation areas4
Green belt35.1%
Green spaces135
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Bracknell Forest
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 150 | 95% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 50 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 21 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 135 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Bracknell Forest
Figures for the wider Bracknell Forest — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate4.3%
In work (employment rate)66.4%
Companies registered here15,158
New incorporations (12m)1,923
Property companies (SPVs)1,321
See the full Bracknell Forest report →
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district