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On Pike Lane, in Armitage & Colton
What it's like at WS15 4AF: every home that has sold on Pike 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Pike Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 9 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Pike LaneDetached | Apr 2000 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Pike LaneDetached | Dec 2019 | £305,000 | 126 m² | £2,421/m² | 3 |
| 3, Pike LaneTerraced | Oct 2012 | £175,000 | 83 m² | £2,108/m² | 5 |
| 17, Pike LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £242,500 | 84 m² | £2,887/m² | 3 |
| 18, Pike LaneDetached | May 2024 | £720,000 | 336 m² | £2,143/m² | 1 |
| First Floor Flat, 19, Pike LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2006 | £136,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19b, Pike LaneDetached · company-owned | Dec 2017 | £325,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 21, Pike LaneDetached | Nov 2010 | £430,000 | 253 m² | £1,700/m² | 1 |
| Bramley House, Pike LaneDetached | Jun 2010 | £290,000 | 186 m² | £1,559/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Rugeley Town, a drive away (4.0 km), with 185k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Rectory Lane, 100 m away, with a bus about every 20 minutes on weekdays (routes 828, 63, 826, 105); 13 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 43 minutes away by public transport (19 by car).
The nearest primary school is The Croft Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 76% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Rugeley John Taylor, 2.5 km away.
The nearest supermarket is Handsacre Local, 1.1 km away, with Londis (Armitage) closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Brereton Surgery (3.0 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Bespoke Hairdressing is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queens Hospital, 17 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 52% 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: 4 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Handsacre Methodist Church Hall is the closest café or restaurant (950 m), and The Swan Inn the nearest pub (100 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 59 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 37% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 126 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Ravenhill Park, 2.8 km away; for exercise, Sixmil Airsoft (1.4 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Birmingham is 35 km away.
Most households own their home, 14% 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.
14 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stonehouse Cottages | II | 120 m |
| 1, Old Road | II | 160 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.
Lichfield constituency: Dave Robertson MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 810 (1.6%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Labour 35%, Conservative 33%, Reform UK 20%, Liberal Democrat 7%.
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 WS15 4AF →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Pike Lane in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 6 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 | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.4% | 88.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.5% | 4.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.3% | 5.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.6% | 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: Ashby Leisure Centre And Lido · about 49 min
Nearest: Drayton Manor Theme Park · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.