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On Thorpe Avenue, in Burntwood West
What it's like at WS7 1NF: every home that has sold on Thorpe Avenue 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 Thorpe Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 22 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Thorpe AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2001 | £86,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Thorpe AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2012 | £134,000 | 88 m² | £1,523/m² | 2 |
| 3, Thorpe AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £136,000 | 56 m² | £2,429/m² | 1 |
| 4, Thorpe AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £265,000 | 84 m² | £3,155/m² | 3 |
| 6, Thorpe AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2009 | £129,000 | 88 m² | £1,466/m² | 2 |
| 7, Thorpe AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2024 | £210,000 | 54 m² | £3,889/m² | 3 |
| 9, Thorpe AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2010 | £113,500 | 53 m² | £2,142/m² | 1 |
| 10, Thorpe AvenueFlat | Nov 2007 | £150,000 | 87 m² | £1,724/m² | 3 |
| 11, Thorpe AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2014 | £115,000 | 69 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
| 12, Thorpe AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 1998 | £59,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Thorpe AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2006 | £96,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, Thorpe AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 1995 | £48,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Thorpe AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 1997 | £45,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Thorpe AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £272,500 | 95 m² | £2,868/m² | 2 |
| 21, Thorpe AvenueDetached | Oct 2021 | £220,000 | 85 m² | £2,588/m² | 2 |
| 22, Thorpe AvenueDetached | Feb 2022 | £280,000 | 80 m² | £3,500/m² | 2 |
| 23, Thorpe AvenueDetached | Sept 2007 | £170,000 | 92 m² | £1,848/m² | 2 |
| 24, Thorpe AvenueOther | May 2019 | £182,000 | 80 m² | £2,275/m² | 2 |
| 25, Thorpe AvenueDetached | Mar 2015 | £165,000 | 56 m² | £2,946/m² | 2 |
| 26, Thorpe AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2024 | £255,000 | 107 m² | £2,383/m² | 3 |
| 27, Thorpe AvenueDetached | Jul 2026 | £255,000 | 55 m² | £4,636/m² | 2 |
| 29, Thorpe AvenueDetached | Nov 2001 | £65,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Hednesford, a drive away (4.8 km), with 276k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Chaselands, 150 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 60); 19 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Holly Grove Primary Academy, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 70% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Chase Terrace Academy, 1.3 km 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, 650 m away, with Thistle Barn Creations closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Salters Meadow Health Ctr (800 m), with Burntwood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Chequers is 2.1 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.
Costa Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Hazelwood House the nearest pub (300 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, 550 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.
17 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%.
12 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 1NF →
On this street: 0 of 13 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 | 0.2% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| 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.
Nearest: Pingles Leisure Centre · about 38 min
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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 22 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.