WV6 8AY
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Property report — WV6 8AY
Open-data due diligence for WV6 8AY and the area around it.
WV6 8AY in brief: 38 recorded sales (£74,500–£460,000) · no modelled flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for WV6 8AY itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the WV6 8 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£370,486
Population
17,795
Crimes recorded
63
Schools
7
Flood risk
None modelled
Gigabit broadband
94%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in WV6 8, 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 (40 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | £290,000 | 19 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 2025-03-14 | £325,000 | 4 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 2025-02-19 | £460,000 | 15 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 2018-12-07 | £272,500 | 3 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 2018-05-11 | £269,000 | 39 FORTON CLOSE | Terraced |
| 2017-11-24 | £260,000 | 1 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 2017-08-02 | £270,000 | 31 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 2017-01-20 | £256,000 | 5 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 2016-06-15 | £215,000 | 12 FORTON CLOSE | Terraced |
| 2016-03-31 | £190,000 | 33 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 2014-10-10 | £198,000 | 16 FORTON CLOSE | Terraced |
| 2014-04-17 | £236,000 | 8 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 2012-11-23 | £234,000 | 17 FORTON CLOSE | Terraced |
| 2012-08-03 | £224,500 | 3 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 2012-01-03 | £161,500 | 9 FORTON CLOSE | Semi-detached |
| 2011-04-15 | £250,000 | 31 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 2009-03-06 | £213,500 | 8 FORTON CLOSE | Terraced |
| 2008-10-10 | £225,000 | 12 FORTON CLOSE | Terraced |
| 2008-08-28 | £220,000 | 27 FORTON CLOSE | Terraced |
| 2006-09-15 | £249,950 | 5 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 2004-11-18 | £187,000 | 14 FORTON CLOSE | Terraced |
| 2004-07-23 | £205,000 | 33 FORTON CLOSE | Terraced |
| 2004-05-18 | £178,000 | 12 FORTON CLOSE | Terraced |
| 2004-04-14 | £170,000 | 25 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 2004-02-27 | £165,000 | 29 FORTON CLOSE | Semi-detached |
| 2003-08-29 | £172,500 | 31 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 2003-07-30 | £165,000 | 3 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 2001-08-22 | £112,000 | 6 FORTON CLOSE | Terraced |
| 2000-09-01 | £115,000 | 31 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 1999-09-30 | £89,950 | 31 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 1999-08-06 | £93,500 | 5 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 1999-06-14 | £83,950 | 33 FORTON CLOSE | Terraced |
| 1999-01-06 | £92,000 | 10 FORTON CLOSE | Terraced |
| 1997-10-28 | £92,500 | 17 FORTON CLOSE | Semi-detached |
| 1997-03-26 | £80,000 | 39 FORTON CLOSE | Terraced |
| 1996-07-03 | £74,500 | 4 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 1995-09-29 | £83,000 | 7 FORTON CLOSE | Detached |
| 1995-02-01 | £89,600 | 10 FORTON CLOSE | Terraced |
38 recorded sales on WV6 8AY. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School | 0.2 mi | Primary | Outstanding (2024) |
| Christ Church (Church of England) Junior School | 0.4 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Smestow Academy | 0.5 mi | Secondary | Inadequate (2022) |
| Westacre Infant School | 0.6 mi | Primary | Good (2023) |
| Castlecroft Primary School | 0.6 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Woodthorne Primary School | 0.7 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: CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE (0.7 mi) · TAMAR MEDICAL CENTRE (0.9 mi) · LAKESIDE (1.1 mi)
Nearest hospitals: NUFFIELD HOSPITAL (0.5 mi) · NUFFIELD HEALTH - WOLVERHAMPTON HOSPITAL (0.5 mi) · WEST PARK HOSPITAL (1.7 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: THE MOUNT HOTEL (Grade II) (0.2 mi) · OLD SWAN INN (Grade II) (0.2 mi) · TERRACE WALLS AND STEPS APPROXIMATELY 45.5 METRES WEST OF THE MOUNT HOTEL (Grade II) (0.2 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: TETTENHALL WOOD PHARMACY (0.2 mi) · BRIDGNORTH ROAD PHARMACY (0.2 mi) · CASTLECROFT PHARMACY (0.7 mi)
Nearest stations: Wolverhampton St George's (West Midlands Metro) (2.4 mi) · Pipers Row (West Midlands Metro) (2.5 mi) · Bilbrook (2.5 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: Spar (0.2 mi) · Lidl (0.6 mi) · Sainsbury's (1.0 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 49
- One-person households
- 31%
- Households with children
- 25%
- Households
- 7,602
Owned 77% · Social rent 8% · Private rent 14%
Census 2021 (ONS), for WV6 8.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in WV6 8 (May 24–Apr 26, average 76/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.
Flood risk
No modelled flood risk is recorded for WV6 8AY 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 | DistrictWV6 | SectorWV6 8 | PostcodeWV6 8AY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £312,310 | £370,486 | £191,275 |
| Population | 65,389 | 17,795 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 6/10 | 8/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 236 | 63 | — |
| Schools | 22 | 7 | — |
| Flood risk | High | High | Low |
| Gigabit broadband | 87% | 94% | 100% |
| Superfast broadband | 97% | 98% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (WV6 8); 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 1 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
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