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On Chestnut Close, in Codsall
What it's like at WV8 2EZ: every home that has sold on Chestnut Close 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Chestnut Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 6 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Chestnut CloseDetached | Dec 2020 | £405,000 | 196 m² | £2,066/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Chestnut CloseDetached | Nov 2022 | £355,000 | 89 m² | £3,989/m² | 2 |
| 4, Chestnut CloseDetached | Nov 2022 | £325,000 | 87 m² | £3,736/m² | 1 |
| 6, Chestnut CloseDetached | Aug 2023 | £355,000 | 75 m² | £4,733/m² | 2 |
| 7, Chestnut CloseDetached | Jul 2019 | £315,000 | 119 m² | £2,647/m² | 2 |
| 8, Chestnut CloseDetached | Feb 2026 | £340,000 | 74 m² | £4,595/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Codsall, about a 5-minute walk (600 m), with 136k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Meadow Way, 300 m away, with a bus about every 55 minutes on weekdays (routes 18, 710); 2 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St Christopher's Catholic Primary Academy, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 67% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Codsall Middle School, 850 m away.
Grammar schools are within reach: Wolverhampton Girls' High School (4.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative, 700 m away; The Farmhouse (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Russell House Surgery (700 m), with Birches Bridge Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Daydreams is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Cross Hospital, 7.5 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 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Comptons Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and Burg Inns Ltd T/A The Bentlands the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 33 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 22 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 54% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Wheel Field, 800 m away; for exercise, Codsall Leisure Center (1.1 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Birmingham is 36 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 50% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% 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.
10 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.
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%.
7 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 WV8 2EZ →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Chestnut Close in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 42 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: 0 of 6 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 | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.4% | 90.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.9% | 4.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.2% | 3.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
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