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On Whitebeam Close, in Lower Gornal & The Straits
What it's like at DY3 2LH: every home that has sold on Whitebeam Close 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Whitebeam Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 13 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Whitebeam CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £230,000 | 74 m² | £3,108/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Whitebeam CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2008 | £115,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 3, Whitebeam CloseTerraced | Sept 2025 | £225,000 | 70 m² | £3,214/m² | 4 |
| 4, Whitebeam CloseTerraced | Sept 2004 | £95,000 | 55 m² | £1,727/m² | 4 |
| 5, Whitebeam CloseTerraced | Feb 2017 | £150,000 | 90 m² | £1,667/m² | 3 |
| 6, Whitebeam CloseTerraced | Jan 1999 | £57,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Whitebeam CloseTerraced | May 1999 | £47,500 | 56 m² | £848/m² | 1 |
| 8, Whitebeam CloseTerraced | Dec 2025 | £165,000 | 57 m² | £2,895/m² | 2 |
| 9, Whitebeam CloseTerraced | Oct 2002 | £70,000 | 57 m² | £1,228/m² | 2 |
| 10, Whitebeam CloseTerraced | Mar 2023 | £190,000 | 55 m² | £3,455/m² | 6 |
| 11, Whitebeam CloseTerraced | Apr 2020 | £132,000 | 56 m² | £2,357/m² | 7 |
| 12, Whitebeam CloseTerraced | Jan 2019 | £129,950 | 56 m² | £2,321/m² | 2 |
| 14, Whitebeam CloseTerraced | Nov 1998 | £48,995 | 55 m² | £891/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Flood Street Metro station, a drive away (3.8 km). The nearest rail station is Coseley, 3.8 km away, with 520k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Park Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 29 minutes on weekdays (routes 27, 27A, 17A); 27 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Straits Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 69% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ellowes Hall Sports College, 150 m away; Attainment 8: 43.1 · 8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Wolverhampton Girls' High School (8 km) and Queen Mary's Grammar School (13.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 700 m away, with Hollway Store closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lower Gornal Medical Practice (950 m), with Gornal Wood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, The Beauty Room is 1.8 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Russells Hall Hospital, 2.4 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 73% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 11 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Lake Street Methodist Church is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and The Royal British Legion the nearest pub (500 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 62 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 24% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Summer Lane Playing Fields, 650 m away; for exercise, Felines (1.8 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 27 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 26% are 65 or over.
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.
13 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.
Dudley constituency: Sonia Kumar MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 1,900 (5.3%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 34%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 26%, Green Party 3%.
19 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 DY3 2LH →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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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 13 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 87 min
Nearest: Little Lakes Golf Club · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 11 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 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.0% | 93.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.5% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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.