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On Rakegate Close, in Fordhouses
What it's like at WV10 6US: every home that has sold on Rakegate Close 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 Rakegate Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 35 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Rakegate CloseDetached | Oct 2019 | £232,500 | 108 m² | £2,153/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Rakegate CloseDetached | Feb 2018 | £170,000 | 82 m² | £2,073/m² | 2 |
| 3, Rakegate CloseDetached | Dec 2013 | £166,000 | 82 m² | £2,024/m² | 1 |
| 4, Rakegate CloseDetached | Dec 2021 | £215,000 | 82 m² | £2,622/m² | 2 |
| 5, Rakegate CloseTerraced | Dec 2018 | £160,000 | 67 m² | £2,388/m² | 2 |
| 6, Rakegate CloseTerraced | Jan 2023 | £170,000 | 56 m² | £3,036/m² | 3 |
| 7, Rakegate CloseTerraced | Apr 2016 | £108,000 | 56 m² | £1,929/m² | 2 |
| 8, Rakegate CloseTerraced | Jul 2025 | £215,000 | 67 m² | £3,209/m² | 4 |
| 9, Rakegate CloseSemi-detached | May 2019 | £163,000 | 67 m² | £2,433/m² | 2 |
| 10, Rakegate CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2025 | £212,500 | 67 m² | £3,172/m² | 2 |
| 16, Rakegate CloseDetached | Jul 2013 | £189,995 | 91 m² | £2,088/m² | 1 |
| 17, Rakegate CloseDetached | Aug 2014 | £192,000 | 108 m² | £1,778/m² | 2 |
| 18, Rakegate CloseDetached | Nov 2017 | £206,000 | 97 m² | £2,124/m² | 3 |
| 19, Rakegate CloseDetached | Jun 2015 | £185,000 | 97 m² | £1,907/m² | 2 |
| 20, Rakegate CloseDetached | Jun 2025 | £350,000 | 102 m² | £3,431/m² | 3 |
| 21, Rakegate CloseDetached | Mar 2013 | £213,745 | 108 m² | £1,979/m² | 1 |
| 22, Rakegate CloseDetached | Mar 2021 | £235,000 | 95 m² | £2,474/m² | 2 |
| 23, Rakegate CloseDetached | Aug 2018 | £205,000 | 108 m² | £1,898/m² | 1 |
| 24, Rakegate CloseDetached | Feb 2013 | £187,995 | 88 m² | £2,136/m² | 1 |
| 25, Rakegate CloseDetached | Jan 2013 | £179,995 | 83 m² | £2,169/m² | 1 |
| 26, Rakegate CloseDetached | Apr 2024 | £260,000 | 100 m² | £2,600/m² | 3 |
| 27, Rakegate CloseDetached | Dec 2012 | £189,995 | 88 m² | £2,159/m² | 1 |
| 28, Rakegate CloseDetached | Dec 2024 | £269,000 | 91 m² | £2,956/m² | 2 |
| 29, Rakegate CloseDetached | Feb 2018 | £165,000 | 83 m² | £1,988/m² | 2 |
| 30, Rakegate CloseDetached | Mar 2013 | £194,995 | 87 m² | £2,241/m² | 1 |
| 31, Rakegate CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £255,000 | 98 m² | £2,602/m² | 1 |
| 33, Rakegate CloseDetached | Nov 2012 | £189,995 | 88 m² | £2,159/m² | 1 |
| 34, Rakegate CloseDetached | Oct 2012 | £174,995 | 83 m² | £2,108/m² | 1 |
| 35, Rakegate CloseDetached | Oct 2012 | £197,995 | 91 m² | £2,176/m² | 1 |
| 36, Rakegate CloseDetached | Mar 2023 | £300,000 | 106 m² | £2,830/m² | 2 |
| 37, Rakegate CloseDetached | Aug 2021 | £215,000 | 91 m² | £2,363/m² | 2 |
| 38, Rakegate CloseDetached | Feb 2020 | £190,000 | 83 m² | £2,289/m² | 2 |
| 39, Rakegate CloseDetached | Oct 2012 | £210,000 | 107 m² | £1,963/m² | 1 |
| 40, Rakegate CloseDetached | Apr 2013 | £199,500 | 107 m² | £1,864/m² | 1 |
| 42, Rakegate CloseDetached | Nov 2013 | £225,000 | 98 m² | £2,296/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bilbrook, a drive away (3.4 km), with 139k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Renton Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 20 minutes on weekdays (route 4); 23 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Rakegate Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 41% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Whitgreave Primary School (1.9 km).
The nearest secondary is Ormiston NEW Academy, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 35.7 · 2.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Wolverhampton Girls' High School (4 km) and Queen Mary's High School (11.5 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Heron Foods, 400 m away, with One Stop closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Probert Road Surgery (400 m), with Alpha Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, K&S Gents Hairdressing is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Cross Hospital, 3.9 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.
Lovey's is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Keg And Comfort the nearest pub (400 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (9 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 88 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 21% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 49% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Wingfoot Park, 600 m away; for exercise, National Indoor Shooting Centre (1.6 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 32 km away.
Most households own their home, 15% rent privately.
The nearest university is University of Wolverhampton, 3.4 km away (TEF Bronze).
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.
33 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.
Wolverhampton West constituency: Warinder Juss MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 7,868 (18.0%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 44%, Conservative 26%, Reform UK 14%, Green Party 6%.
23 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 WV10 6US →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Wolverhampton since 2011.
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 35 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 35 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 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.0% | 92.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.6% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 88 min
Nearest: Pingles Leisure Centre · about 39 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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