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On Jacobs Ladder Lane, in Fernhill Heath & Ombersley
What it's like at WR3 7RT: every home that has sold on Jacobs Ladder Lane 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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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 Jacobs Ladder Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
| Windward, Jacob Ladder LaneDetached | Feb 2025 | £730,000 | 199 m² | £3,668/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copperfield, Jacobs Ladder LaneDetached | Feb 2004 | £249,950 | – | – | 1 |
| Three Trees, Jacobs Ladder LaneDetached | Aug 2002 | £180,000 | – | – | 1 |
The nearest station is Worcester Shrub Hill, a drive away (4.2 km), with 577k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Creswell Close, 600 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 22A, 22).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Claines CofE Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 86% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Tudor Grange Academy Worcester, 2.2 km away; Attainment 8: 45.9 · 10.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 1.8 km away, with Dilmore Stores closer still (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Barbourne Health Centre (2.9 km), with Claines Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.4 km).
For a haircut, T J's Unisex Hair & Beauty is 2.9 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Worcestershire Royal Hospital, 7.0 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 53% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
The Bull is the closest café or restaurant (1.1 km), and The Mug House the nearest pub (900 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 202 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 53% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 155 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Bull Meadow, 1.5 km away; for exercise, Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (2.1 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Birmingham is 39 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
The nearest university is University of Worcester, 4.6 km away (TEF Silver).
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.
Droitwich and Evesham constituency: Nigel Huddleston MP (Conservative), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 8,995 (18.1%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Conservative 40%, Labour 22%, Reform UK 19%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
5 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 WR3 7RT →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Jacobs Ladder Lane in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 5.2% | 1.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 67.6% | 78.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 22.8% | 12.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.5% | 6.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 57 min
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