Finding postcode…
These only choose where you start. Every page and every lens is still one tap away.
Sign in to keep them on every device →Finding postcode…
On School Road, in Wombourne Inner
What it's like at WV5 9DZ: every home that has sold on School Road 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.
Street View and the aerial view come from Google, which receives your IP address and may set cookies once you choose them. We'll remember your choice on this device.
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 School Road; 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.
| 35, School RoadSemi-detached | May 2000 | £91,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41, School RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2021 | £295,000 | 99 m² | £2,980/m² | 1 |
| 47, School RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £220,000 | 100 m² | £2,200/m² | 1 |
| 49, School RoadSemi-detached | Mar 1999 | £68,500 | 102 m² | £672/m² | 1 |
| 51, School RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £235,000 | 136 m² | £1,728/m² | 1 |
| 53, School RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2018 | £180,000 | – | – | 2 |
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 (6.5 km). The nearest rail station is Coseley, 6.6 km away, with 520k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is St. Benedict's Church, 200 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 16, 15); 25 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Benedict Biscop CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 83% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Wombourne High School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 42.1 · 3.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Wolverhampton Girls' High School (6.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsburys, 2.1 km away, with Greenside Parlour closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Gravel Hill Surgery (500 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Gary Lees is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Russells Hall Hospital, 6.0 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 73% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 11 pubs and bars.
Fresh Coffee Shop is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Vine the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 67 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 21 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 20% flats and 28% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Himley Park, 1.9 km away; for exercise, Wombourne Leisure Centre (950 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 31 km away.
Most households own their home, 12% rent privately.
It's an older community: 26% are 65 or over.
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.
29 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Benedict Biscop | II | 170 m |
| Wombourne War Memorial | 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.
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire constituency: Mike Wood MP (Conservative), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 6,303 (14.0%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Conservative 40%, Labour 26%, Reform UK 22%, Liberal Democrat 5%.
10 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 WV5 9DZ →
On this street: 0 of 20 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 | 0.4% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 94.3% | 90.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.9% | 4.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.2% | 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 87 min
Nearest: Little Lakes Golf Club · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in South Staffordshire 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 28 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.