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On Palmers Way, in Codsall
What it's like at WV8 2JY: every home that has sold on Palmers Way 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 Palmers Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 8 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Palmers WaySemi-detached | Dec 2006 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Palmers WaySemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £218,500 | 86 m² | £2,541/m² | 2 |
| 6, Palmers WaySemi-detached | Aug 2015 | £187,000 | 100 m² | £1,870/m² | 2 |
| 8, Palmers WaySemi-detached | Sept 2008 | £164,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Palmers WaySemi-detached | Mar 2002 | £84,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 11, Palmers WaySemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £55,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Palmers WaySemi-detached | Dec 2020 | £238,000 | 105 m² | £2,267/m² | 2 |
| 17, Palmers WaySemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £280,000 | 108 m² | £2,593/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bilbrook, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 139k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Birches Avenue, 100 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (route 5); 8 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Birches First School, a few minutes' walk (200 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Aldersley High School, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 43.5 · 5.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Wolverhampton Girls' High School (4.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative, 1.1 km away, with JDV Superstore closer still (800 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bilbrook Medical Centre (700 m), with Bilbrook Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Cut 'n' Dry is 1.6 km 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.
Codsall Spice is the closest café or restaurant (900 m), and Woodman Inn the nearest pub (850 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 The Friends of Bilbrook Jubilee Wood, 1.6 km away; for exercise, Barnhurst Pitches (750 m).
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.
The nearest university is University of Wolverhampton, 4.8 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.
1 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%.
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 WV8 2JY →
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 42 min
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| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.4% | 90.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.9% | 4.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.1% | 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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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 8 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.