WS8 7PL
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Property report — WS8 7PL
Open-data due diligence for WS8 7PL and the area around it.
WS8 7PL in brief: 61 recorded sales (£40,000–£381,500) · no modelled flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for WS8 7PL itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the WS8 7 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£217,018
Population
25,152
Crimes recorded
79
Schools
5
Flood risk
None modelled
Gigabit broadband
88%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in WS8 7, 1995–2026 — mean (blue) and median (terracotta). The median is the typical sale; a wide gap to the mean means a few high-value sales pull the average up. 2026 is a part year (42 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | £245,000 | 27 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2025-02-10 | £240,000 | 35 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2024-12-16 | £260,000 | 46 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2024-11-13 | £211,000 | 31A HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2022-08-10 | £237,000 | 25A HOWDLES LANE | Other |
| 2022-05-27 | £231,000 | 66 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2021-08-20 | £275,000 | 60 HOWDLES LANE | Detached |
| 2021-03-31 | £175,000 | 54 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2020-11-13 | £171,000 | 20 HOWDLES LANE | Terraced |
| 2020-06-12 | £240,000 | 19 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2019-07-26 | £165,000 | 40 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2019-04-30 | £236,000 | 23 HOWDLES LANE | Detached |
| 2018-12-20 | £225,000 | 62 HOWDLES LANE | Detached |
| 2018-08-01 | £184,950 | 66 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2018-05-25 | £174,950 | 18 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2018-04-20 | £184,950 | 64 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2018-01-12 | £172,500 | 35 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2017-09-29 | £140,000 | 28 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2017-07-31 | £160,000 | 31A HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2017-06-16 | £64,500 | 5A HOWDLES LANE | Flat |
| 2017-06-08 | £90,000 | 28 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2017-03-07 | £50,000 | 64 HOWDLES LANE | Other |
| 2017-02-10 | £142,000 | 15 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2016-08-12 | £135,000 | 24 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2016-07-12 | £381,500 | 5 - 9 HOWDLES LANE | Other |
| 2015-12-17 | £74,000 | 11A HOWDLES LANE | Flat |
| 2015-12-14 | £143,000 | 50 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2015-09-29 | £142,000 | 31A HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2014-11-28 | £129,000 | 52 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2014-08-29 | £137,500 | 25A HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2014-08-11 | £137,000 | 14 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2013-11-08 | £130,000 | 25 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2013-11-04 | £188,000 | 19 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2013-11-01 | £190,000 | 60 HOWDLES LANE | Detached |
| 2011-07-22 | £110,000 | 44 HOWDLES LANE | Detached |
| 2010-10-29 | £110,000 | 18 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2009-11-17 | £242,500 | 45 HOWDLES LANE | Detached |
| 2009-07-28 | £110,000 | 19 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2005-05-27 | £117,000 | 31 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2004-09-17 | £134,950 | 35 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2004-04-26 | £55,000 | 23 HOWDLES LANE | Detached |
| 2003-09-19 | £117,500 | 39A HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2003-08-22 | £115,000 | 14 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2003-07-31 | £110,000 | 31 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2003-07-31 | £112,500 | 31 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2003-04-25 | £98,500 | 44 HOWDLES LANE | Detached |
| 2003-04-25 | £93,500 | 44 HOWDLES LANE | Detached |
| 2002-04-12 | £83,000 | 35A HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2001-10-31 | £68,500 | 37 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 2000-01-28 | £60,000 | 37A HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 1998-10-05 | £56,000 | 39A HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 1998-07-31 | £58,000 | 25 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 1998-03-18 | £40,000 | 12 HOWDLES LANE | Detached |
| 1998-03-13 | £66,000 | 11 HOWDLES LANE | Detached |
| 1997-12-12 | £58,950 | 35 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 1997-11-20 | £54,950 | 33 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 1997-10-17 | £51,500 | 37 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 1997-07-11 | £54,000 | 31 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 1996-11-29 | £45,500 | 16 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 1996-11-22 | £51,000 | 25 HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
| 1995-06-09 | £48,500 | 41A HOWDLES LANE | Semi-detached |
61 recorded sales on WS8 7PL. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownhills Ormiston Academy | 0.2 mi | Secondary | Report card → |
| Watling Street Primary School | 0.3 mi | Primary | Good (2022) |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School | 0.4 mi | Primary | Good (2024) |
| St James Academy | 0.7 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Erasmus Darwin Academy | 0.7 mi | Secondary | Report card → |
| Ridgeway Primary Academy | 1.0 mi | Primary | Report card → |
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Ofsted = latest overall effectiveness (newer inspections may be ungraded). Sources: Get Information about Schools (DfE) · Ofsted.
What's nearby
Nearest GP surgeries: PARKSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE (0.6 mi) · HOLLAND PARK SURGERY (0.6 mi) · NEW ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE (0.7 mi)
Nearest hospitals: GOSCOTE HOSPITAL (3.6 mi) · SPIRE LITTLE ASTON HOSPITAL (4.7 mi) · CANNOCK CHASE HOSPITAL ELECTIVE SURGICAL HUB (4.8 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: WYRLEY AND ESSINGTON CANAL ANGLESEY BRANCH RAILWAY AQUEDUCT (Grade II) (0.4 mi) · WYRLEY AND ESSINGTON CANAL FOOTBRIDGE AT OGLEY JUNCTION (Grade II) (0.8 mi) · CHURCH OF ST ANNE (Grade II*) (0.8 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: BROWNHILLS PHARMACY (0.6 mi) · TESCO INSTORE PHARMACY (0.8 mi) · CHASETOWN PHARMACY (0.9 mi)
Nearest stations: Landywood (3.8 mi) · Shenstone (3.9 mi) · Bloxwich North (4.3 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: Aldi (0.7 mi) · The Co-operative Food (0.8 mi) · Tesco (0.8 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 42
- One-person households
- 27%
- Households with children
- 30%
- Households
- 10,107
Owned 69% · Social rent 19% · Private rent 11%
Census 2021 (ONS), for WS8 7.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in WS8 7 (May 24–Apr 26, average 60/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.
Flood risk
No modelled flood risk is recorded for WS8 7PL in the Environment Agency dataset. This is reassuring but not a guarantee — Check the exact address on the official Environment Agency map →
Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (the official dataset name). Indicative catchment data, not an official property flood search.
How granular is this?
| Measure | DistrictWS8 | SectorWS8 7 | PostcodeWS8 7PL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £211,102 | £217,018 | £137,446 |
| Population | 26,686 | 25,152 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 4/10 | 5/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 162 | 79 | — |
| Schools | 9 | 5 | — |
| Flood risk | Low | Low | Low |
| Gigabit broadband | 89% | 88% | 100% |
| Superfast broadband | 97% | 96% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (WS8 7); the postcode column is built from the layers that go finer (sold transactions, Ofcom broadband). Sources: HM Land Registry · Police.uk · Ofsted/GIAS · ONS & IoD2025 · Environment Agency · Ofcom.
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Report generated 2 July 2026. Open data is refreshed periodically; HM Land Registry Price Paid typically lags by around two months, so the most recent sales may not appear yet.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Indicative due diligence compiled from public open data. Not a substitute for a regulated conveyancing or property search, a survey, or professional advice.