CV1 4RF Coventry
Live postcode, introduced June 1999. Ward: Radford. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Draper's Fields, Coventry: 11 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Coventry in 2026-27: Band D £2,517 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,678 | £1,957 | £2,237 | £2,517 | £3,076 | £3,635 | £4,195 | £5,033 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (71% of about 1,170 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 3.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): HMO - 30.9.23.
- Tree preservation orders: 24 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- BRIDGE NUMBER 1, COVENTRY CANAL, grade II
- CANAL HOUSE, grade II
- CANAL WAREHOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Former Vintage House, St. Nicholas Street/Leicester Row, Coventry, CV1 4BN: up to 100 homes, not permissioned (150 m)
- Bishop Gate, Bishop Street/Tower Street, CV1 1AJ: up to 129 homes, not permissioned (210 m)
- Land North of Lamb street and West of Bishop street: up to 138 homes, not permissioned (220 m)
- Land at Sandy Lane: up to 250 homes, pending decision (240 m)
- Dale buildings Tower Street: up to 200 homes, not permissioned (280 m)
- Land West of Bishop Street (corner with Well Street): up to 40 homes, permissioned (330 m)
- Former Transco Site, Abbots Lane: up to 212 homes, permissioned (440 m)
- Charles Ager Smithford Way: up to 55 homes, not permissioned (530 m)
Flood risk
No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 97 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Coventry 6.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km |
| Canley 453,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km | |
| Coventry Arena 135,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 20 stops within 400 m, 68 within 800 m; nearest Nauls Mill House Coventry | 190 m |
| Bus or coach station | Pool Meadow Bus Station Coventry | 460 m |
| Car parks | 5 within 800 m; nearest Leicester Row Street Parking | 80 m |
| EV charging points | 133 within 1.6 km; nearest Draper's Field 3 | 30 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 16.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 11 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Hillfields Health Centre - 1 | 290 m |
| Pharmacies | 14 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Coventry Care Pharmacy | 290 m |
| NHS dentists | 10 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 190 m |
| Hospital | Walsgrave Hospital | 5.1 km |
| Police station | Coventry Central Police Station | 1.1 km |
| Cash machines | 6 machines within 800 m; nearest City Of Coventry Health Centre | 470 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 6 within 800 m; nearest Lady Herbert's Garden 1.1 ha | 290 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 4.6 ha | 590 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 190 m² | 420 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 590 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 770 m² | 530 m |
Within 800 m: 6 parks and gardens, 11 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Cook Street Gate, a scheduled monument, 320 m south-east. 104 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 13 of them Grade I and 14 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Street Gate | Scheduled monument | 320 m south-east |
| City Gate | Listed building, Grade I | 320 m south-east |
| The Old Grammar School (St John's Hospital Chapel) | Listed building, Grade I | 360 m south |
| Lady Herbert's Garden | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 380 m south-east |
| Swanswell Gate and City Wall to North of Swanswell Gate | Listed building, Grade I | 440 m south-east |
| Former Blue Coat School | Listed building, Grade II* | 560 m south |
| Site of Cloister, Chapter House and Undercrofts of Coventry Priory | Scheduled monument | 580 m south-east |
| Coventry city walls | Scheduled monument | 770 m south-east |
| Stoney Road Allotments | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.7 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Swanswell Pool | Lake or reservoir | 480 m east |
| Primrose Hill | Hill | 1.3 km east |
| Stivichall Grove | Wood | 2.0 km south |
| Quinton Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km south |
| Stivichall Common | Wood | 3.0 km south-west |
| Wyken Slough | Wetland | 4.9 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 14.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 11 | 11 |
None of the postcode's 11 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 3% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 7% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 3% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 66% | 17% |
| Private rented | 28% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 4% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 23% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 6% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 20% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 16% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 73% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 1% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 20% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 32% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 73% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 1 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Draper's Fields.