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On Elmwood Road, in Wordsley & Buckpool
What it's like at DY8 5JL: every home that has sold on Elmwood 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Elmwood Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 44 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Elmwood RoadSemi-detached | May 2024 | £290,000 | 107 m² | £2,710/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Elmwood RoadDetached | May 2025 | £392,500 | 104 m² | £3,774/m² | 2 |
| 3, Elmwood RoadSemi-detached | Oct 1998 | £59,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Elmwood RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2024 | £245,000 | 80 m² | £3,063/m² | 1 |
| 9, Elmwood RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2026 | £260,000 | 74 m² | £3,514/m² | 3 |
| 11, Elmwood RoadSemi-detached | Jan 1998 | £63,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Elmwood RoadTerraced | Sept 2024 | £267,000 | 112 m² | £2,384/m² | 2 |
| 14a, Elmwood RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2011 | £155,000 | 83 m² | £1,867/m² | 1 |
| 16, Elmwood RoadDetached | Jul 2006 | £216,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Elmwood RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £120,000 | 78 m² | £1,538/m² | 1 |
| 19, Elmwood RoadDetached | Sept 2001 | £79,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Elmwood RoadDetached | Feb 2021 | £215,000 | 84 m² | £2,560/m² | 2 |
| 22, Elmwood RoadDetached | Sept 2006 | £185,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Elmwood RoadDetached | Feb 1997 | £74,950 | 109 m² | £688/m² | 2 |
| 28, Elmwood RoadDetached | Jan 2016 | £195,000 | 89 m² | £2,191/m² | 1 |
| 31, Elmwood RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2007 | £120,000 | 62 m² | £1,935/m² | 4 |
| 32, Elmwood RoadSemi-detached | May 2002 | £124,450 | – | – | 1 |
| 41, Elmwood RoadDetached · company-owned | Jul 2024 | £260,000 | 99 m² | £2,626/m² | 1 |
| 43, Elmwood RoadTerraced | Aug 2024 | £250,000 | 55 m² | £4,545/m² | 2 |
| 45, Elmwood RoadDetached | Apr 2014 | £125,000 | 56 m² | £2,232/m² | 1 |
| 47, Elmwood RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2008 | £162,500 | 56 m² | £2,902/m² | 1 |
| 49, Elmwood RoadDetached | Jun 2009 | £141,000 | 67 m² | £2,104/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Stourbridge Town, a drive away (3.5 km), with 379k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Kidderminster.
The nearest bus stop is Hamilton Drive, 50 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (routes 226, 17, 226A); 17 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Belle Vue Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 35% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Summerhill School, 1.8 km away; Attainment 8: 51.6 · 9.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Wolverhampton Girls' High School (12 km) and King Edward VI Five Ways School (12.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Co-op, 700 m away, with Spar closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wordsley Green Health Centre (850 m), with County Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Jet Set Hair Studio is 1.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Russells Hall Hospital, 3.5 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: 9 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
The Roe Deer is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and The Ashwood the nearest pub (700 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 11 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 29% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 122 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is King George V Park, 600 m away; for exercise, The Fitness Factory (2.6 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 28 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
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.
6 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.
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire constituency: Mike Wood MP (Conservative), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 6,303 (14.0%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Conservative 40%, Labour 26%, Reform UK 22%, Liberal Democrat 5%.
6 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 DY8 5JL →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Elmwood Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 28 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 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 90.9% | 93.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.8% | 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.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 81 min
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