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On Meadow Way, in Hawks Green
What it's like at WS12 3YQ: every home that has sold on Meadow Way 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 Meadow Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 34 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 8, Meadow WayDetached | Jan 2017 | £232,500 | 132 m² | £1,761/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14, Meadow WaySemi-detached | Feb 2020 | £188,000 | 64 m² | £2,938/m² | 3 |
| 16, Meadow WayDetached | Nov 1998 | £68,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Meadow WayDetached | Oct 2016 | £162,500 | 70 m² | £2,321/m² | 2 |
| 24, Meadow WayDetached | May 2019 | £220,000 | 71 m² | £3,099/m² | 2 |
| 26, Meadow WayDetached | Apr 2004 | £174,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 28, Meadow WayDetached | Jan 2023 | £380,000 | 78 m² | £4,872/m² | 1 |
| 34, Meadow WayDetached | Sept 2010 | £162,000 | 120 m² | £1,350/m² | 5 |
| 36, Meadow WayDetached | Nov 2015 | £200,000 | 107 m² | £1,869/m² | 1 |
| 40, Meadow WayDetached | Jul 2009 | £200,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Cannock, a short drive or bike ride (1.8 km), with 329k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Buckingham Place, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 23); 7 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Gorsemoor Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 65% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Kingsmead School, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 48.5 · 12.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Queen Mary's High School (11.5 km) and Queen Mary's Grammar School (12.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 500 m away; Yo! To Go @ Tesco (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Heath Hayes Health Centre (600 m), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Beauty Outlet is 1.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is New Cross Hospital, 12 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 66% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Pumpkin Patch Coffee Shop & Bistro is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Newhall Farm Inn the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 55% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
The nearest park is Fair Lady Coppice, 1.2 km away; for exercise, Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 32 km away.
Most households own their home, 15% 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.
13 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.
Cannock Chase constituency: Josh Newbury MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,125 (7.3%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 37%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 27%, Green Party 5%.
4 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 WS12 3YQ →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Meadow Way in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 20 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 | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 90.4% | 94.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.4% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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: Pingles Leisure Centre · about 42 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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