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On Forge Road, in Kenilworth East
What it's like at CV8 2HR: every home that has sold on Forge Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Forge Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 19 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Forge RoadTerraced | May 2011 | £230,000 | 111 m² | £2,072/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Forge RoadTerraced | Dec 2012 | £150,000 | 72 m² | £2,083/m² | 4 |
| 4, Forge RoadTerraced | Mar 2015 | £189,000 | 70 m² | £2,700/m² | 6 |
| 5, Forge RoadTerraced | Jun 2019 | £245,000 | 84 m² | £2,917/m² | 1 |
| 8, Forge RoadTerraced | Oct 2006 | £156,000 | 68 m² | £2,294/m² | 4 |
| 9, Forge RoadTerraced | Mar 2016 | £241,000 | 82 m² | £2,939/m² | 2 |
| 11, Forge RoadTerraced | Mar 2010 | £165,000 | 79 m² | £2,089/m² | 1 |
| 12, Forge RoadDetached | Oct 2024 | £365,000 | 106 m² | £3,443/m² | 3 |
| 12a, Forge RoadTerraced | Jan 2024 | £290,000 | 81 m² | £3,580/m² | 1 |
| 14, Forge RoadTerraced | Sept 2020 | £255,000 | 82 m² | £3,110/m² | 4 |
| 15, Forge RoadTerraced | Jul 2025 | £280,000 | 93 m² | £3,011/m² | 2 |
| 16, Forge RoadTerraced | Jun 2021 | £275,000 | 103 m² | £2,670/m² | 1 |
| 17, Forge RoadTerraced | Jul 2018 | £326,000 | 102 m² | £3,196/m² | 2 |
| 18, Forge RoadTerraced | Jun 2019 | £275,000 | 80 m² | £3,438/m² | 2 |
| 19, Forge RoadTerraced | Aug 2015 | £260,000 | 83 m² | £3,133/m² | 2 |
| 20, Forge RoadTerraced | Dec 2024 | £317,500 | 76 m² | £4,178/m² | 2 |
| 21, Forge RoadTerraced | Oct 2015 | £250,000 | 83 m² | £3,012/m² | 1 |
| 22, Forge RoadDetached | Sept 2006 | £330,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 23, Forge RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2026 | £330,000 | 76 m² | £4,342/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Kenilworth, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 181k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Coventry.
The nearest bus stop is Forge Road, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 24A, X16, 24); 7 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Park Hill Junior School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 66% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Kenilworth School and Sixth Form, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 57.4 · 20.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 950 m away, with Tesco Express closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Abbey Medical Centre (1.1 km), with Leyes Lane Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, Park Road is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Warwick Hospital, 6.7 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 67% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 67% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Engine Inn is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Jack Chamberlain t/a The Wyandotte Inn the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 10 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 42% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 479 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Black Pad, 950 m away; for exercise, Fitness Worx (750 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 17 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 50% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Warwick, 3.8 km away (TEF Gold).
23 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Hollycote | II | 90 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Kenilworth and Southam constituency: Sir Jeremy Wright MP (Conservative), since May 2005. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 6,574 (12.3%), turnout 71%. Vote shares: Conservative 36%, Labour 24%, Liberal Democrat 20%, Reform UK 13%.
26 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CV8 2HR →
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
On this street: 0 of 18 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.6% | 85.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.2% | 9.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 1.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Warwick since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 19 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · about 79 min
Nearest: Battlefield Line Railway · about 39 min
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