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On Virginia Avenue, in Mosspit & Silkmore Lane
What it's like at ST17 4YA: every home that has sold on Virginia Avenue 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 Virginia Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 60 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Virginia AvenueDetached | Feb 2025 | £360,000 | 112 m² | £3,214/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Virginia AvenueDetached | Oct 2020 | £305,000 | 154 m² | £1,981/m² | 4 |
| 3, Virginia AvenueDetached | Aug 2022 | £327,500 | 111 m² | £2,950/m² | 4 |
| 4, Virginia AvenueDetached | Aug 2009 | £185,000 | 116 m² | £1,595/m² | 2 |
| 5, Virginia AvenueDetached | Oct 2009 | £174,500 | 95 m² | £1,837/m² | 3 |
| 6, Virginia AvenueDetached | Sept 2018 | £280,000 | 124 m² | £2,258/m² | 1 |
| 7, Virginia AvenueTerraced | Aug 2016 | £150,000 | 85 m² | £1,765/m² | 3 |
| 8, Virginia AvenueDetached | Mar 2026 | £395,000 | 153 m² | £2,582/m² | 5 |
| 9, Virginia AvenueTerraced | Jul 2024 | £230,000 | 123 m² | £1,870/m² | 5 |
| 10, Virginia AvenueDetached | Sept 2000 | £102,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Virginia AvenueTerraced | Mar 2025 | £220,000 | 116 m² | £1,897/m² | 4 |
| 12, Virginia AvenueDetached | Sept 2000 | £107,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Virginia AvenueDetached | Oct 2016 | £231,500 | 98 m² | £2,362/m² | 1 |
| 15, Virginia AvenueDetached | Aug 2007 | £162,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 15a, Virginia AvenueDetached | Feb 2001 | £99,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Virginia AvenueDetached | Jun 2000 | £107,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Virginia AvenueDetached | Sept 2025 | £215,000 | 73 m² | £2,945/m² | 3 |
| 18, Virginia AvenueDetached | Nov 2004 | £210,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Virginia AvenueTerraced | Apr 2006 | £146,000 | 96 m² | £1,521/m² | 2 |
| 20, Virginia AvenueDetached | Nov 2007 | £216,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 21, Virginia AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2003 | £127,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Virginia AvenueDetached | Oct 2000 | £126,850 | 131 m² | £968/m² | 1 |
| 24, Virginia AvenueDetached | Mar 2022 | £315,000 | 90 m² | £3,500/m² | 3 |
| 25, Virginia AvenueDetached | Dec 2017 | £160,000 | 92 m² | £1,739/m² | 3 |
| 26, Virginia AvenueDetached | Oct 2000 | £125,700 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Virginia AvenueTerraced | Jul 2016 | £162,000 | 95 m² | £1,705/m² | 4 |
| 28, Virginia AvenueDetached | Nov 2000 | £114,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Virginia AvenueTerraced | Aug 2016 | £165,000 | 96 m² | £1,719/m² | 2 |
| 30, Virginia AvenueDetached | Dec 2000 | £94,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Virginia AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £203,500 | 74 m² | £2,750/m² | 4 |
| 32, Virginia AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2013 | £139,000 | 75 m² | £1,853/m² | 1 |
| 33, Virginia AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2019 | £170,000 | 74 m² | £2,297/m² | 2 |
| 34, Virginia AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2012 | £140,000 | 74 m² | £1,892/m² | 2 |
| 35, Virginia AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2022 | £215,000 | 95 m² | £2,263/m² | 5 |
| 36, Virginia AvenueDetached | Sept 2003 | £119,500 | 77 m² | £1,552/m² | 2 |
| 37, Virginia AvenueTerraced | Apr 2017 | £167,000 | 96 m² | £1,740/m² | 5 |
| 38, Virginia AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Jul 2019 | £175,000 | 68 m² | £2,574/m² | 3 |
| 39, Virginia AvenueTerraced | Sept 2021 | £210,000 | 88 m² | £2,386/m² | 2 |
| 40, Virginia AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £180,000 | 73 m² | £2,466/m² | 6 |
| 41, Virginia AvenueDetached | Apr 2001 | £81,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Virginia AvenueSemi-detached | May 2016 | £162,000 | 73 m² | £2,219/m² | 3 |
| 43, Virginia AvenueTerraced | Oct 2017 | £167,500 | 97 m² | £1,727/m² | 3 |
| 44, Virginia AvenueDetached | Jan 2006 | £247,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Virginia AvenueTerraced | Oct 2003 | £124,500 | 96 m² | £1,297/m² | 1 |
| 46, Virginia AvenueDetached | Sept 2006 | £226,500 | 125 m² | £1,812/m² | 3 |
| 47, Virginia AvenueTerraced | Sept 2014 | £158,000 | 88 m² | £1,795/m² | 3 |
| 48, Virginia AvenueDetached | May 2019 | £240,000 | 117 m² | £2,051/m² | 2 |
| 49, Virginia AvenueTerraced | Mar 2019 | £145,000 | 64 m² | £2,266/m² | 5 |
| 50, Virginia AvenueDetached | Mar 2018 | £305,000 | 148 m² | £2,061/m² | 2 |
| 51, Virginia AvenueTerraced | Feb 2014 | £130,000 | 68 m² | £1,912/m² | 2 |
| 52, Virginia AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2006 | £233,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 53, Virginia AvenueTerraced | Mar 2018 | £160,000 | 97 m² | £1,649/m² | 3 |
| 54, Virginia AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £180,000 | 72 m² | £2,500/m² | 3 |
| 55, Virginia AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2017 | £164,000 | 96 m² | £1,708/m² | 3 |
| 56, Virginia AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2004 | £124,000 | 72 m² | £1,722/m² | 2 |
| 57, Virginia AvenueTerraced | Aug 2025 | £175,000 | 56 m² | £3,125/m² | 3 |
| 58, Virginia AvenueDetached | Jun 2016 | £175,000 | 75 m² | £2,333/m² | 2 |
| 59, Virginia AvenueTerraced | Oct 2018 | £150,000 | 64 m² | £2,344/m² | 4 |
| 61, Virginia AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2016 | £162,950 | 76 m² | £2,144/m² | 4 |
| 63, Virginia AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2004 | £131,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Stafford, a short drive or bike ride (1.7 km), with 2.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
The nearest bus stop is Queens Shopping Park, 300 m away, with a bus about every 18 minutes on weekdays (routes 74, 826, 827); 7 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Silkmore Primary Academy, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 77% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Blessed William Howard Catholic School, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 52 · 14.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 550 m away, with T K Maxx closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wolverhampton Road Surgery (1.2 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, FG man is 1.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is New Cross Hospital, 21 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 66% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Asda Living is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Buzz Bingo the nearest pub (150 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 109 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 22% flats and 22% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Meadowcroft Park, 150 m away; for exercise, Brian Westhead Pavilion (850 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 44 km away.
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
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.
18 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.
Stafford constituency: Leigh Ingham MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 4,595 (10.0%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Labour 40%, Conservative 30%, Reform UK 19%, Green Party 6%.
34 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 ST17 4YA →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Virginia Avenue in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Wallasey · about 84 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 31 min
Nearest: Dudley Zoo · about 32 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 45 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 | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 93.9% | 86.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 7.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.7% | 5.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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.