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On Milestone Way, in Ashmore
What it's like at WV12 5YB: every home that has sold on Milestone 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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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 Milestone Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 28 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Milestone WayDetached | Mar 2015 | £183,000 | 210 m² | £871/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Milestone WayDetached | Jul 2006 | £160,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 6, Milestone WayTerraced | Jul 2025 | £342,500 | 115 m² | £2,978/m² | 3 |
| 8, Milestone WayDetached | Oct 2016 | £218,000 | 91 m² | £2,396/m² | 1 |
| 10, Milestone WayDetached | Nov 1998 | £81,000 | 128 m² | £633/m² | 1 |
| 12, Milestone WayDetached | Dec 2023 | £290,000 | 82 m² | £3,537/m² | 1 |
| 20, Milestone WayDetached | Mar 2025 | £267,000 | 79 m² | £3,380/m² | 1 |
| 24, Milestone WaySemi-detached | Jul 2012 | £125,000 | 58 m² | £2,155/m² | 3 |
| 26, Milestone WaySemi-detached | Nov 2001 | £66,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 28, Milestone WaySemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £212,000 | 65 m² | £3,262/m² | 5 |
| 30, Milestone WaySemi-detached | Dec 2015 | £132,500 | 60 m² | £2,208/m² | 4 |
| 32, Milestone WayTerraced | Dec 2013 | £135,000 | 85 m² | £1,588/m² | 1 |
| 34, Milestone WaySemi-detached | May 2018 | £175,000 | 81 m² | £2,160/m² | 2 |
| 42, Milestone WayDetached | Jun 2006 | £185,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bloxwich North, a short drive or bike ride (2.2 km), with 123k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Dorchester Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (routes 69, 703); 31 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Alban's Church of England Primary Academy, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 55% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Beacon Academy (0.4 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Coppice Performing Arts School, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 43.8 · 3.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Moseley Park (4.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Queen Mary's High School (5.4 km) and Queen Mary's Grammar School (6.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi Food Stores, 300 m away, with Essington Road Store closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sina Health Centre (350 m), with Coppice Farm Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Bounce Hair and Beauty is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is New Cross Hospital, 4.0 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 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
242 Coffee Shop is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Milestone the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 55 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 38% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is New Invention Community Green, 750 m away; for exercise, Bloxwich Active Living Centre (3.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 27 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
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.
19 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 North East constituency: Sureena Brackenridge MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,422 (16.3%), turnout 47%. Vote shares: Labour 43%, Conservative 27%, Reform UK 23%, Green Party 4%.
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 WV12 5YB →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
On this street: 0 of 18 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 | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.6% | 93.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.2% | 6.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 88 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · 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.
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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 28 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.