NN5 7BB postcode in Northampton, West Northamptonshire

NN5 7BB is a postcode in Northampton, in the Dallington Spencer ward of West Northamptonshire. It is in the Northampton North parliamentary constituency and the Northamptonshire police force area, and has been in use since January 2007.

Flooding Low flood risk 44 of 56 homes and businesses at low risk, from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses can get it. West Northamptonshire: 94% Typical price £232,500 Homes sold in NN5 7, last 12 months. ▼ 3.9% on the year before Nearest station Northampton 750 m in a straight line

Where NN5 7BB is, and what is near it

Map of NN5 7BB and what is near it Map of NN5 7BB: its centre point, with the 221 other postcodes in the NN5 7 sector, 4 schools, 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices and 15 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. NN5 7AA: also in NN5 7NN5 7AB: also in NN5 7NN5 7AD: also in NN5 7NN5 7AE: also in NN5 7NN5 7AF: also in NN5 7NN5 7AG: also in NN5 7NN5 7AH: also in NN5 7NN5 7AJ: also in NN5 7NN5 7AL: also in NN5 7NN5 7AN: also in NN5 7NN5 7AP: also in NN5 7NN5 7AQ: also in NN5 7NN5 7AR: also in NN5 7NN5 7AT: also in NN5 7NN5 7AU: also in NN5 7NN5 7AW: also in NN5 7NN5 7AX: also in NN5 7NN5 7AZ: also in NN5 7NN5 7BA: also in NN5 7NN5 7BD: also in NN5 7NN5 7BE: also in NN5 7NN5 7BF: also in NN5 7NN5 7BG: also in NN5 7NN5 7BH: also in NN5 7NN5 7BJ: also in NN5 7NN5 7BL: also in NN5 7NN5 7BN: also in NN5 7NN5 7BP: also in NN5 7NN5 7BQ: also in NN5 7NN5 7BS: also in NN5 7NN5 7BT: also in NN5 7NN5 7BU: also in NN5 7NN5 7BW: also in NN5 7NN5 7BX: also in NN5 7NN5 7BY: also in NN5 7NN5 7BZ: also in NN5 7NN5 7DA: also in NN5 7NN5 7DB: also in NN5 7NN5 7DD: also in NN5 7NN5 7DE: also in NN5 7NN5 7DF: also in NN5 7NN5 7DG: also in NN5 7NN5 7DH: also in NN5 7NN5 7DJ: also in NN5 7NN5 7DP: also in NN5 7NN5 7DR: also in NN5 7NN5 7DS: also in NN5 7NN5 7DT: also in NN5 7NN5 7DU: also in NN5 7NN5 7DW: also in NN5 7NN5 7DX: also in NN5 7NN5 7DY: also in NN5 7NN5 7DZ: also in NN5 7NN5 7EA: also in NN5 7NN5 7EB: also in NN5 7NN5 7EE: also in NN5 7NN5 7EF: also in NN5 7NN5 7EG: also in NN5 7NN5 7EH: also in NN5 7NN5 7EJ: also in NN5 7NN5 7EL: also in NN5 7NN5 7EN: also in NN5 7NN5 7EP: also in NN5 7NN5 7EQ: also in NN5 7NN5 7ER: also in NN5 7NN5 7ES: also in NN5 7NN5 7ET: also in NN5 7NN5 7EW: also in NN5 7NN5 7EX: also in NN5 7NN5 7FA: also in NN5 7NN5 7FB: also in NN5 7NN5 7FF: also in NN5 7NN5 7FG: also in NN5 7NN5 7GE: also in NN5 7NN5 7HA: also in NN5 7NN5 7HB: also in NN5 7NN5 7HD: also in NN5 7NN5 7HH: also in NN5 7NN5 7HJ: also in NN5 7NN5 7HL: also in NN5 7NN5 7HN: also in NN5 7NN5 7HP: also in NN5 7NN5 7HW: also in NN5 7NN5 7JR: also in NN5 7NN5 7LX: also in NN5 7NN5 7PN: also in NN5 7NN5 7RY: also in NN5 7NN5 7TZ: also in NN5 7 Long Buckby station 13.2 kmDallington Spencer NN5 7BB Map of NN5 7BB and what is near it Map of NN5 7BB: its centre point, with the 221 other postcodes in the NN5 7 sector, 4 schools, 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices and 15 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Long Buckby station 13.2 kmDallington Spencer NN5 7BB
  • NN5 7BB
  • Other postcodes in NN5 7: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 15 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 52.2432, longitude -0.9124)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after NN5 7BB?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at NN5 7BB?

Every home and business at NN5 7BB can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% can get it

West Northamptonshire: 94%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

West Northamptonshire: 98%

The line marks the figure across West Northamptonshire.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at NN5 7BB?

BinDayBuddy has not read West Northamptonshire Council's days for NN5 7BB today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

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Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is NN5 7BB at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

Low risk

The Environment Agency counts 56 homes and businesses at NN5 7BB. 44 are in an area at low risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

56 homes and businesses at NN5 7BB Low: 44Not in an area at risk: 12

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across West Northamptonshire

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for NN5 7BB: 6,229 properties in West Northamptonshire are at high risk (2.7% of all its properties). All the figures for West Northamptonshire

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of NN5 7BB is in 2 of the Environment Agency's flood warning areas. No warning or alert was in force for them at 07:16 on 22 October 2026.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026; warnings in force checked at 07:16 on 22 October 2026, using Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near NN5 7BB?

Homes in NN5 7 sold for a typical £232,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 96 sales, down 3.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£232,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£242,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 3.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £445,000 19 sales
  • Semi-detached £255,000 31 sales
  • Terraced £216,500 34 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £115,000 12 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole NN5 district: a typical £263,250 from 526 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Homes sold in NN5 7BB

HM Land Registry records 6 standard sales of homes in NN5 7BB from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 19 June 2026. The middle price was £104,998, from £78,000 to £158,000. Across NN5 7, the typical price in the 12 months to August 2026 was £232,500. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near NN5 7BB?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 780 homes in the neighbourhood around NN5 7BB. Over half of them (71%) are in council tax band A. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (23%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around NN5 7BB

Band D in West Northamptonshire for 2026‑27: £2,487. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,658 (band A) to £2,487 (band D); band A, the most common, is £1,658.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 550 (71%)£1,658
Band Babout 180 (23%)£1,934
Band Cabout 40 (5%)£2,210
Band Dabout 10 (1%)£2,487
Band Efewer than 5£3,039
Band Ffewer than 5£3,592
Band Gfewer than 5£4,144
Band Hfewer than 5£4,973

When the homes were built

  1. 23% Before 1900
  2. 14% 1900 to 1918
  3. 21% 1919 to 1939
  4. 9% 1945 to 1964
  5. 3% 1965 to 1982
  6. 12% 1983 to 1999
  7. 8% 2000 to 2009
  8. 1% 2010 to 2019
  9. 9% 2020 or later

Averages for West Northamptonshire before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of NN5 7BB is in (ONS area E01027241), rounded by the VOA.

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Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near NN5 7BB?

The nearest open schools to NN5 7BB, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near NN5 7BB, and how we find them

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

Where is the nearest station to NN5 7BB?

The nearest railway station to the centre of NN5 7BB is Northampton Rail Station, 750 metres away in a straight line.

  • Northampton Rail Station Railway station 750 mWalk
  • Long Buckby Rail Station Railway station 13.2 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

15 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Muscott Street, 77 m away.

More stations near NN5 7BB, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near NN5 7BB?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of NN5 7BB, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

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Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near NN5 7BB?

0 within 1 km 8 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of NN5 7BB, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Pod Point Charging point · 2 chargers · Type 2 1.1 kmWalk
  • A charging point Charging point · No details mapped 1.2 kmWalk
  • A charging point Charging point · No details mapped 1.7 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

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Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near NN5 7BB?

The nearest to the centre of NN5 7BB, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to NN5 7BB?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near NN5 7BB?

The nearest care homes to the centre of NN5 7BB, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near NN5 7BB?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of NN5 7BB, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near NN5 7BB?

The nearest vets to the centre of NN5 7BB on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is NN5 7BB in a conservation area?

The centre of NN5 7BB is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near NN5 7BB?

Police.uk records 852 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of NN5 7BB in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Anti-social behaviour241 reports
Violence and sexual offences222 reports
Shoplifting93 reports
Other theft66 reports
Public order59 reports
Criminal damage and arson34 reports

Also: burglary 30, drugs 26, robbery 23, vehicle crime 21, bicycle theft 13, possession of weapons 13, theft from the person 7, other crime 4.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for NN5 7BB

Ward
Dallington Spencer
Parish
Northampton
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
Built-up area
Northampton
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 2007

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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NN5 7DY50 mNN5 7DP100 mNN5 7DZ120 mNN5 7DX130 mNN5 7FB140 mNN5 7DR150 m
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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