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On The Elms, in Churton, Farndon & Malpas
What it's like at SY13 4QS: every home that has sold on The Elms 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.
Nothing recorded on this street or nearby yet.
Sales and extensions on The Elms; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
| Bell FarmOther | May 2019 | £420,000 | 300 m² | £1,400/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell FarmhouseDetached | Aug 2016 | £385,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Blue Bell InnDetached | Mar 2003 | £242,500 | – | – | 1 |
| School HouseDetached | Nov 2023 | £146,750 | – | – | 1 |
| The BelfrySemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £850,000 | 238 m² | £3,571/m² | 1 |
| The NookDetached | Feb 2020 | £250,000 | 146 m² | £1,712/m² | 1 |
| The VicarageDetached | Jan 2020 | £610,000 | 261 m² | £2,337/m² | 2 |
| 1, The ElmsSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £135,000 | 142 m² | £951/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Whitchurch (Shrops), a drive away (5.2 km), with 23k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cardiff Central.
The nearest bus stop is Vicarage, 450 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 41).
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 74 minutes away by public transport (32 by car).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Bishop Heber High School, 3.9 km away; Attainment 8: 53.8 · 14.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 4.3 km away, with The Village Stores closer still (2.3 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Laurel Bank Surgery (3.5 km), with Well the closest pharmacy (3.8 km).
For a haircut, Lily's Beauty Salon is 4.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is The Countess of Chester Hospital, 19 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 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 19 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Willeymoor Lock is the closest café or restaurant (1.4 km), and Horse And Jockey Inn the nearest pub (2.7 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 278 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 53% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 146 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is The Rec, 4.0 km away; for exercise, Heber Fitness Centre (4.0 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 32 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 48 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% 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.
2 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.
Chester South and Eddisbury constituency: Aphra Brandreth MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 3,057 (5.8%), turnout 71%. Vote shares: Conservative 38%, Labour 32%, Reform UK 12%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
1 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 4QS →
No crimes recorded "on or near" The Elms in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 5.3% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 55.7% | 88.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 31.9% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.3% | 5.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 0.4% | 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 45 min
Nearest: Llangollen Railway · about 43 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.