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We checked the elevation of all 1.8 million UK postcodes. Hundreds sit below sea level, kept dry only by pumps and embankments, and they cluster in three very different corners of the country: the Fens, the Humber, and the reclaimed docks of our biggest cities.
Read MoreWe matched house prices against the distance from every postcode area to its nearest railway station. Homes within a kilometre of a station carry a clear price premium, but the relationship has a twist that catches most people out.
Read MoreWe went through the records of more than 30,000 schools to answer the questions parents actually ask. How many are rated Outstanding? How many are faith schools? Are single-sex schools really dying out? The data has some clear answers.
Read MoreWe measured the distance from every populated postcode district in Britain to its nearest railway station. Nine in ten people live within ten kilometres of a platform, but a handful of sizeable towns sit more than forty kilometres from the nearest train.
Read MoreAlmost 800,000 brand-new homes were sold in England and Wales between 2018 and 2026. We mapped where they went, and found whole new neighbourhoods rising out of old docks, railway sidings and Olympic parkland.
Read MoreNearly a quarter of homes sold in England and Wales are leasehold, meaning the owner does not own the land beneath them. We mapped where leasehold rules, and uncovered a belt of the North West where most houses, not just flats, are sold this way.
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