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On Barnard Street, in Wem
What it's like at SY4 5EE: every home that has sold on Barnard Street 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Barnard Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 35 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Barnard StreetSemi-detached | Jun 2001 | £58,000 | 82 m² | £707/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Barnard StreetTerraced | Dec 2001 | £70,000 | 70 m² | £1,000/m² | 2 |
| 3, Barnard StreetTerraced | Jun 2022 | £159,950 | 95 m² | £1,684/m² | 3 |
| 4, Barnard StreetSemi-detached | May 2014 | £77,500 | 102 m² | £760/m² | 3 |
| 5, Barnard StreetTerraced | Nov 2003 | £38,750 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Barnard StreetSemi-detached | May 2005 | £145,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Barnard StreetSemi-detached | May 2009 | £92,500 | 70 m² | £1,321/m² | 1 |
| 11, Barnard StreetSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £145,000 | 76 m² | £1,908/m² | 2 |
| 12, Barnard StreetSemi-detached | Jun 2020 | £102,000 | 75 m² | £1,360/m² | 1 |
| 13, Barnard StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2006 | £124,999 | 66 m² | £1,894/m² | 1 |
| 14, Barnard StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £159,000 | 82 m² | £1,939/m² | 3 |
| 15, Barnard StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2024 | £120,000 | 69 m² | £1,739/m² | 2 |
| 16, Barnard StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £120,000 | 81 m² | £1,481/m² | 1 |
| 17, Barnard StreetDetached | May 2010 | £230,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Beechdene, Barnard StreetDetached | May 2024 | £278,500 | 87 m² | £3,201/m² | 2 |
| Brela, Barnard StreetDetached | Mar 2022 | £480,000 | 212 m² | £2,264/m² | 2 |
| Grove Lodge, Barnard StreetDetached | Apr 2000 | £60,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Hardwick, Barnard StreetDetached | Sept 2012 | £136,950 | 63 m² | £2,174/m² | 2 |
| Linden Lea, Barnard StreetDetached | Aug 2023 | £200,000 | 62 m² | £3,226/m² | 6 |
| Netherlea, Barnard StreetDetached | Apr 2013 | £100,000 | 79 m² | £1,266/m² | 1 |
| Police Station, Barnard StreetDetached | Jul 2011 | £204,100 | – | – | 1 |
| Wynton, Barnard StreetDetached | Dec 2007 | £164,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Wem, about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 112k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Shrewsbury.
The nearest bus stop is Roden Lodge, 100 m away, with a bus about every 43 minutes on weekdays (routes 511, 509, 512); 13 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Peter's CofE Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 60% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Thomas Adams School, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 43.4 · 6.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The weekly shop is close by: a food store is about 7 minutes away without a car.
The nearest GP surgery is Wem And Prees Medical Practice (700 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Ady's Barbershop is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, 17 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 43% 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 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Paradise Lounge is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Dickin Arms the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 71 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 89 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 42% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 29% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Wem Recreation Ground, 650 m away; for exercise, Butler Sports Centre (400 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 54 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 63 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% 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.
42 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Churchyard Gate Piers South of St Peter and St Paul'S Church | II | 110 m |
| Roden House | II | 110 m |
| Bridge Over River Roden North of Wem Mill | II | 110 m |
| No. 83 and No. 85 HIGH STREET | II | 120 m |
| Astbury House | II | 130 m |
| 91 High Street and front area railings | II | 130 m |
| Wem Mill | II | 150 m |
| Number 67 and Area Railings | II | 150 m |
| 73, High Street | II | 150 m |
| 93, High Street | II | 150 m |
| Church Hall | II | 150 m |
| 71 and 71a, High Street | II | 150 m |
Nearest 12 shown. 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%.
7 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 SY4 5EE →
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
On this street: 0 of 28 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 2.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 87.5% | 70.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.5% | 18.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.0% | 7.7% | 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 63 min
Nearest: Cambrian Heritage Railways · about 33 min
Nearest: Chester Zoo · about 47 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 35 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.