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On Helming Drive, in East Park
What it's like at WV1 2AF: every home that has sold on Helming Drive 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Helming Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 79 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Helming DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2001 | £55,000 | – | – | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Helming DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2007 | £148,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Helming DriveSemi-detached | Sept 2005 | £137,000 | 104 m² | £1,317/m² | 2 |
| 17, Helming DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2002 | £68,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Helming DriveSemi-detached | May 1999 | £48,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Helming DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £210,000 | 74 m² | £2,838/m² | 1 |
| 27, Helming DriveSemi-detached | Sept 2015 | £97,500 | 80 m² | £1,219/m² | 1 |
| 33, Helming DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2016 | £125,000 | 80 m² | £1,563/m² | 1 |
| 37, Helming DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2013 | £118,000 | 83 m² | £1,422/m² | 1 |
| 45, Helming DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2018 | £120,000 | 56 m² | £2,143/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Wolverhampton, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 5.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Bowmans Rise, 200 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 82); 8 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Trinity CofE Primary Academy, about a 10-minute walk (950 m); 64% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Holy Rosary Catholic Primary Academy (0.4 km).
The nearest secondary is St Matthias School, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 40.6 · 9.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Moseley Park (1.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wolverhampton Girls' High School (4 km) and Queen Mary's High School (8.3 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Asda Supermarket, 600 m away, with Deans Road Convenience closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is East Park Medical Practice (450 m), with Brooklands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Friends Barber is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Cross Hospital, 1.8 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 13 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Nekare is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The New Victoria the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (19 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 109 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 22% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Brickheath Park, 400 m away; for exercise, Wolverhampton Swimming and Fitness Centre (450 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 28 km away.
Most households own their home, 15% rent privately.
The nearest university is University of Wolverhampton, 2.2 km away (TEF Bronze).
21 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 South East constituency: Pat McFadden MP (Labour), since May 2005. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 9,188 (27.5%), turnout 43%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Reform UK 23%, Conservative 17%, Green Party 5%.
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 WV1 2AF →
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.
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 79 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 86 min
Nearest: Droitwich Spa Lido · about 36 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: 2 of 52 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.0% | 92.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.5% | 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.
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