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On Sherwood Street, in Waterloo Road
What it's like at WV1 4RG: every home that has sold on Sherwood 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Sherwood Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
11 of the 41 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Sherwood StreetTerraced | Sept 1996 | £25,000 | 82 m² | £305/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Sherwood StreetTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2019 | £84,000 | 78 m² | £1,077/m² | 1 |
| 4, Sherwood StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2026 | £59,000 | 79 m² | £747/m² | 1 |
| 5, Sherwood StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2019 | £90,000 | 77 m² | £1,169/m² | 3 |
| 6, Sherwood StreetTerraced | Jul 2023 | £141,000 | 86 m² | £1,640/m² | 1 |
| 7, Sherwood StreetTerraced | May 2007 | £101,000 | 80 m² | £1,263/m² | 2 |
| 10, Sherwood StreetTerraced | Jun 2015 | £95,000 | 74 m² | £1,284/m² | 3 |
| 11, Sherwood StreetTerraced | Dec 2014 | £90,000 | 78 m² | £1,154/m² | 2 |
| 12, Sherwood StreetTerraced | Jun 2004 | £87,000 | 76 m² | £1,145/m² | 3 |
| 13, Sherwood StreetTerraced | Feb 2008 | £90,000 | 73 m² | £1,233/m² | 3 |
| 16, Sherwood StreetSemi-detached | Feb 2002 | £53,000 | 115 m² | £461/m² | 1 |
| 21, Sherwood StreetTerraced | Jul 1997 | £33,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Sherwood StreetTerraced | May 2013 | £67,000 | 77 m² | £870/m² | 1 |
| 26, Sherwood StreetSemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £19,000 | 84 m² | £226/m² | 1 |
| 29, Sherwood StreetTerraced | Jun 2004 | £89,000 | 83 m² | £1,072/m² | 1 |
| 30, Sherwood StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2022 | £158,500 | 93 m² | £1,704/m² | 4 |
| 31, Sherwood StreetTerraced | Jun 2014 | £105,000 | 96 m² | £1,094/m² | 1 |
| 32, Sherwood StreetSemi-detached | Dec 1995 | £27,000 | 100 m² | £270/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Wolverhampton, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 5.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Oxley Street, 200 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 3, 4, 5, 62A); 73 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
50% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is West Park Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 76% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Bushbury Lane Academy (1.5 km).
The nearest secondary is Thomas Telford University Technical College, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 53.7 · 14.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Moseley Park (4.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wolverhampton Girls' High School (1.4 km) and Queen Mary's High School (10.8 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 300 m away, with Papa Mini Market closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Leicester Street Medical Centre (300 m), with Staveley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, K2 barbers is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Cross Hospital, 2.8 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: 12 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Emma's Humbugs Coffee & Crafts Cafe At WAC is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Leaping Wolf the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (11 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 128 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 39% flats and 9% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Dunstall Peace Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Tennis Courts (450 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 31 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 35% of households rent privately and 42% socially.
47 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sewer Ventilation Pipe to the South West of No 4 | II | 200 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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%.
19 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 4RG →
It's young: 30% of residents are aged 15–29.
There's a sizeable student population: 24% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is University of Wolverhampton, 550 m 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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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 41 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 40 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 | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.3% | 92.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.9% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.5% | 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: Little Lakes Golf Club · about 41 min
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