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On Upper High Street, in Wednesbury
What it's like at WS10 7HJ: every home that has sold on Upper High 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.
Sales and extensions on Upper High Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
7 of the 19 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 31a, Upper High StreetOther | Jun 2019 | £88,250 | 49 m² | £1,801/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32, Upper High StreetOther | Jun 2019 | £73,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 33a, Upper High StreetFlat | Dec 2020 | £130,030 | 61 m² | £2,132/m² | 2 |
| 34, Upper High StreetOther · company-owned | Jan 2023 | £350,000 | 19 m² | £18,421/m² | 4 |
| 35a, Upper High StreetTerraced | Aug 2002 | £60,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 36b, Upper High StreetTerraced | Jul 1999 | £35,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 37, Upper High StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2023 | £150,000 | 61 m² | £2,459/m² | 3 |
| 38, Upper High StreetOther · company-owned | Jan 2023 | £150,000 | 231 m² | £649/m² | 1 |
| 38a, Upper High StreetOther | Dec 2020 | £227,552 | 61 m² | £3,730/m² | 1 |
| 40, Upper High StreetOther · company-owned | May 2021 | £145,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 44, Upper High StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2020 | £60,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Upper High StreetOther | Jul 2019 | £112,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Wednesbury Central Metro station, about a 5-minute walk (600 m). The nearest rail station is Bescot Stadium, 2.2 km away, with 155k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Church Hill, 50 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 40, 47, 11, 30); 135 departures an hour from the 20 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St John's Church of England Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 73% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Old Park Primary School (1.1 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Wodensborough Ormiston Academy, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 38.6 · 5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Moseley Park (4.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Queen Mary's Grammar School (5 km) and Queen Mary's High School (5.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Iceland Frozen Foods, 100 m away; Ghosia Food store (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Jubilee Health Centre (200 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, A Hair Studio is under 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Sandwell Health Campus, 3.6 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 57% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 23 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Mona’s Café is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The William Archer the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (20 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 163 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 28% flats and 12% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Brunswick Park, 850 m away; for exercise, Wednesbury Leisure Centre (250 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 22 km away.
Most households own their home, 18% 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.
57 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clock Tower in Wednesbury Market Place | II | 170 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Tipton and Wednesbury constituency: Antonia Bance MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,385 (10.6%), turnout 43%. Vote shares: Labour 37%, Conservative 26%, Reform UK 25%, Green Party 5%.
18 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 WS10 7HJ →
On this street: 0 of 7 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 86.2% | 92.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 13.5% | 7.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 0.1% | 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 83 min
Nearest: Droitwich Spa Lido · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
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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 19 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.