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On Finchfield Lane, in Merryhill South
What it's like at WV3 8EE: every home that has sold on Finchfield Lane 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Finchfield Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 90 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Finchfield LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £185,000 | 124 m² | £1,492/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Finchfield LaneDetached | May 2018 | £220,500 | 114 m² | £1,934/m² | 2 |
| 7, Finchfield LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £225,000 | 101 m² | £2,228/m² | 3 |
| 9, Finchfield LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2001 | £93,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Finchfield LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2003 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Finchfield LaneDetached | Sept 2005 | £175,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, Finchfield LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2015 | £170,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Finchfield LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2015 | £206,500 | 92 m² | £2,245/m² | 2 |
| 19, Finchfield LaneSemi-detached | Jun 1996 | £73,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Finchfield LaneSemi-detached | Jul 1997 | £53,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Finchfield LaneTerraced | Jan 2023 | £222,000 | 87 m² | £2,552/m² | 1 |
| 33, Finchfield LaneDetached | Feb 2020 | £280,000 | 105 m² | £2,667/m² | 1 |
| 37, Finchfield LaneDetached | Dec 2018 | £255,000 | 76 m² | £3,355/m² | 2 |
| 39, Finchfield LaneDetached | Aug 2004 | £218,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 41, Finchfield LaneDetached | Jan 2023 | £260,000 | 93 m² | £2,796/m² | 1 |
| 43, Finchfield LaneDetached | Dec 1995 | £53,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Finchfield LaneDetached | Apr 2021 | £397,000 | 144 m² | £2,757/m² | 3 |
| 51, Finchfield LaneDetached | Jun 2024 | £575,000 | 162 m² | £3,549/m² | 4 |
| 53, Finchfield LaneDetached | Jul 2001 | £148,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 53a, Finchfield LaneDetached | May 2014 | £189,950 | 97 m² | £1,958/m² | 1 |
| 55, Finchfield LaneDetached | Aug 2022 | £285,000 | 91 m² | £3,132/m² | 3 |
| 67, Finchfield LaneSemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £45,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 69, Finchfield LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2015 | £242,000 | 146 m² | £1,658/m² | 2 |
| 69a, Finchfield LaneDetached | Sept 2017 | £380,000 | 178 m² | £2,135/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 St George's Metro station, a drive away (3.5 km). The nearest rail station is Wolverhampton, 3.9 km away, with 5.2m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Five Ways, 250 m away, with a bus about every 19 minutes on weekdays (routes 4, 751); 6 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 76% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Woodfield Primary School (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Highfields School, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 51.7 · 17.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Wolverhampton Girls' High School (2.9 km) and Queen Mary's High School (13.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Coop, 300 m away; Sandhu Meat & Poultry (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Coalway Road Surgery (550 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Hair by Rachel Michelle is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Cross Hospital, 6.4 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 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Lulu's is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Merry Hill the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 64 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 24% flats and 15% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Warstones Green, 850 m away; for exercise, Kaos Kickboxing (2.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 31 km away.
Most households own their home, 11% 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.
20 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%.
5 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 WV3 8EE →
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 90 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 59 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 | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.3% | 92.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.7% | 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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Nearest: Little Lakes Golf Club · about 35 min
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