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On Chester Road, in Whitchurch
What it's like at SY13 1LZ: every home that has sold on Chester 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 Chester Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 38 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 3, Chester RoadTerraced | Jul 2006 | £113,000 | 52 m² | £2,173/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Chester RoadTerraced | Dec 1999 | £33,000 | 45 m² | £733/m² | 1 |
| 7, Chester RoadTerraced | Jul 2010 | £75,500 | 39 m² | £1,936/m² | 2 |
| 9, Chester RoadTerraced | Nov 2025 | £142,500 | 40 m² | £3,563/m² | 4 |
| 11, Chester RoadTerraced | May 2000 | £36,000 | 44 m² | £818/m² | 2 |
| 11a, Chester RoadTerraced | Jan 2006 | £119,950 | 68 m² | £1,764/m² | 1 |
| 11b, Chester RoadTerraced | Mar 2012 | £80,000 | 67 m² | £1,194/m² | 1 |
| 15, Chester RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £162,000 | 69 m² | £2,348/m² | 1 |
| 19, Chester RoadOther | Nov 2020 | £420,000 | 360 m² | £1,167/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Whitchurch (Shrops), a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 23k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cardiff Central.
The nearest bus stop is Sainsbury's, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 41); 6 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 52 minutes away by public transport (35 by car).
The nearest primary school is Whitchurch CofE Junior Academy, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km); 50% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Sir John Talbot's School, 1.8 km away; Attainment 8: 46.8 · 6.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 250 m away; Fog Town (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Claypit Street Medical Practice (Churchmere Medical Group) (700 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Lily's Beauty Salon is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Leighton Hospital, 22 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 50% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 71% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 29 restaurants and cafés and 15 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Etzio is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Black Bear the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 70 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 109 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 33% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 359 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Waterway Park, 450 m away.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 42 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 51 km.
Most households own their home, 20% 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.
41 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stable block and coach house approximately 10 metres to north west of The Mount Hotel | II | 40 m |
| The Mount Hotel and adjoining screen wall | II | 70 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.
North Shropshire constituency: Helen Morgan MP (Liberal Democrat), since December 2021. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 15,311 (30.9%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 53%, Conservative 22%, Reform UK 16%, Labour 7%.
14 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 SY13 1LZ →
On this street: 0 of 25 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 2.5% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 91.9% | 70.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.1% | 18.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.5% | 7.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.3% | 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: Wallasey · about 53 min
Nearest: Cambrian Heritage Railways · about 44 min
Nearest: Chester Zoo · about 37 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Shropshire 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 38 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.