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On Water Street, in Burntwood West
What it's like at WS7 1AW: every home that has sold on Water 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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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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Water Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 49 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1a, Water StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2005 | £126,500 | 78 m² | £1,622/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Water StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2002 | £91,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 7, Water StreetDetached | Sept 2022 | £210,000 | 126 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
| 9, Water StreetSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £280,000 | 126 m² | £2,222/m² | 2 |
| 11, Water StreetSemi-detached | May 2015 | £145,000 | 80 m² | £1,813/m² | 4 |
| 15, Water StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2000 | £57,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Water StreetDetached | Oct 1998 | £67,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Water StreetDetached | Jan 1995 | £95,000 | 93 m² | £1,022/m² | 1 |
| 25, Water StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2019 | £173,500 | 93 m² | £1,866/m² | 2 |
| 27, Water StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £257,000 | 82 m² | £3,134/m² | 6 |
| 29, Water StreetSemi-detached | Jun 2011 | £155,000 | 106 m² | £1,462/m² | 2 |
| 31, Water StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2012 | £164,000 | 101 m² | £1,624/m² | 2 |
| 33, Water StreetSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £215,000 | 97 m² | £2,216/m² | 1 |
| 35, Water StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2001 | £93,000 | 104 m² | £894/m² | 2 |
| 39, Water StreetDetached | Jul 2025 | £435,000 | 147 m² | £2,959/m² | 3 |
| 41, Water StreetDetached | Mar 2004 | £169,995 | 99 m² | £1,717/m² | 1 |
| 43, Water StreetTerraced | Mar 2025 | £278,000 | 87 m² | £3,195/m² | 4 |
| 45, Water StreetTerraced | Jul 1995 | £22,750 | 98 m² | £232/m² | 1 |
| 51, Water StreetDetached | May 2015 | £245,000 | 140 m² | £1,750/m² | 2 |
| 55, Water StreetDetached | Jul 2018 | £271,000 | 100 m² | £2,710/m² | 2 |
| 57, Water StreetDetached | Mar 2026 | £400,000 | 99 m² | £4,040/m² | 3 |
| 59, Water StreetDetached | Apr 2026 | £410,000 | 140 m² | £2,929/m² | 3 |
| 61, Water StreetDetached | Jul 2023 | £318,000 | 87 m² | £3,655/m² | 4 |
| 63, Water StreetDetached | May 2013 | £248,000 | 112 m² | £2,214/m² | 2 |
| 67, Water StreetDetached | Jun 2024 | £230,000 | 100 m² | £2,300/m² | 1 |
| 69, Water StreetDetached | Nov 2018 | £260,000 | 119 m² | £2,185/m² | 2 |
| Chaseview Care Home, Water StreetOther · company-owned | Apr 2019 | £1,635,000 | – | – | 3 |
The nearest station is Hednesford, a drive away (5.3 km), with 276k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Redwood Drive, 200 m away, with a bus about every 19 minutes on weekdays (routes 60, 62, 61); 20 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Chase Terrace Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 61% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Chase Terrace Academy, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 44.3 · 4.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Kingsmead School (4.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Queen Mary's High School (10.5 km) and Queen Mary's Grammar School (11.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Heron Foods, 200 m away; Jhoots Pharmacy (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Salters Meadow Health Ctr (250 m), with Burntwood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Chequers is 2.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Manor Hospital, 12 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 67% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 73% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 23 restaurants and cafés, 13 pubs and bars.
Cortina Italian Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Firs Club & Institute the nearest pub (150 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 96 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 33% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 123 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Chase Terrace Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Chasewater Outdoor Education Centre (1.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 28 km away.
Most households own their home, 13% 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.
37 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.
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%.
14 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 WS7 1AW →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Nearest: Pingles Leisure Centre · about 38 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 39 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 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 | 0.2% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 98.0% | 88.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 4.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.6% | 5.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
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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 49 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.