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On Mill Street, in Wem
What it's like at SY4 5EX: every home that has sold on Mill 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.
7 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Mill Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 52 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 36, Mill StreetDetached | Apr 2022 | £385,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37, Mill StreetDetached | Jun 2021 | £405,000 | 156 m² | £2,596/m² | 2 |
| 38, Mill StreetDetached | May 2007 | £248,000 | 194 m² | £1,278/m² | 2 |
| 40, Mill StreetDetached | Mar 2023 | £280,000 | 131 m² | £2,137/m² | 2 |
| 42, Mill StreetDetached | Feb 2021 | £300,000 | 158 m² | £1,899/m² | 3 |
| 44, Mill StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £264,000 | 133 m² | £1,985/m² | 3 |
| 46, Mill StreetSemi-detached | Jan 2005 | £185,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 48, Mill StreetDetached | Aug 2020 | £220,000 | 119 m² | £1,849/m² | 1 |
| Arnwood, Mill StreetDetached | Jun 2020 | £245,000 | 134 m² | £1,828/m² | 2 |
| Foyles House, Mill StreetDetached | Jul 2013 | £185,000 | 115 m² | £1,609/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, Mill House, Mill StreetFlat | Jun 2022 | £115,000 | 49 m² | £2,347/m² | 4 |
| Flat 4, Mill House, Mill StreetFlat | Mar 2018 | £59,995 | 51 m² | £1,176/m² | 2 |
| Moor Lodge, Mill StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £300,500 | 111 m² | £2,707/m² | 1 |
| Old Mill House, Mill StreetDetached | Jan 2023 | £405,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Park House, Mill StreetDetached | Sept 2019 | £350,000 | 148 m² | £2,365/m² | 1 |
| Roden House, Mill StreetTerraced | Apr 2016 | £98,500 | 243 m² | £405/m² | 1 |
| The Orchard, Mill StreetDetached | Dec 2019 | £240,000 | 121 m² | £1,983/m² | 1 |
| Waterloo Cottage, Mill StreetDetached | Jun 2022 | £200,000 | 82 m² | £2,439/m² | 5 |
The nearest station is Wem, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 112k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Shrewsbury.
The nearest bus stop is Wem Mill, 50 m away, with a bus about every 43 minutes on weekdays (routes 511, 509, 512); 7 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Peter's CofE Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (950 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, 850 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 (950 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, Ady's Barbershop is 450 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 (450 m), and United Services (Wem) Club the nearest pub (450 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, 850 m away; for exercise, Butler Sports Centre (700 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.
31 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Old Mill House | II | 70 m |
| Wem Mill | II | 150 m |
| Bridge Over River Roden North of Wem Mill | II | 190 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%.
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 5EX →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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.
On this street: 0 of 48 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 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.
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 52 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.