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On Mark Road, in Wednesbury
What it's like at WS10 7JQ: every home that has sold on Mark Road 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Mark Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 12 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Mark RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2014 | £94,950 | 66 m² | £1,439/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Mark RoadTerraced | Dec 2022 | £100,000 | 79 m² | £1,266/m² | 1 |
| 9, Mark RoadTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2010 | £73,000 | 77 m² | £948/m² | 1 |
| 12, Mark RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2016 | £95,000 | 58 m² | £1,638/m² | 1 |
| 15, Mark RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2020 | £116,000 | 73 m² | £1,589/m² | 3 |
| 17, Mark RoadTerraced | Jul 2026 | £177,000 | 58 m² | £3,052/m² | 3 |
| 18, Mark RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2017 | £112,000 | 60 m² | £1,867/m² | 4 |
| 24, Mark RoadTerraced | Oct 2016 | £68,000 | 66 m² | £1,030/m² | 3 |
| 27, Mark RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2011 | £85,000 | 66 m² | £1,288/m² | 1 |
| 28, Mark RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2014 | £91,000 | 82 m² | £1,110/m² | 2 |
| 29, Mark RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2014 | £115,000 | 68 m² | £1,691/m² | 3 |
| 30, Mark RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2019 | £120,000 | 59 m² | £2,034/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Wednesbury Parkway Metro station, about a 10-minute walk (650 m). The nearest rail station is Darlaston, 2.4 km away.
The nearest bus stop is Blakedon Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (route 79); 44 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Holyhead Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 60% 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 Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 41.4 · 6.2% 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, 500 m away, with Bilston Road Supermarket closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Spires Health Centre (250 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, 2Slique is 450 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.
Boba Head is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Old Cross the nearest pub (100 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 Kings Hill Park, 950 m away; for exercise, Wednesbury Leisure Centre (300 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.
52 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.
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 7JQ →
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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.
On this street: 0 of 12 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 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% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 86.1% | 92.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 13.6% | 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.
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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 12 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.