WV1 1PN Wolverhampton
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Heath Town. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Cannock Road, Wolverhampton: 10 addresses
- Cambridge Street, Wolverhampton: 2 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Wolverhampton in 2026-27: Band D £2,539 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,693 | £1,975 | £2,257 | £2,539 | £3,103 | £3,667 | £4,232 | £5,078 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (90% of about 1,240 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 2.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- BIRMINGHAM CANAL NO4 LOCK, grade II
- BIRMINGHAM CANAL NO5 LOCK, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Community Rooms Tong Court Boscobel Crescent Wolverhampton WV1 1QQ: up to 2 homes, permissioned (150 m)
- Land corner of Stafford St and Bone Mill Lane WV1 1NT: up to 352 homes, permissioned (290 m)
- Land at Cambridge Street, Wolverhampton (private): up to 64 homes, permissioned (290 m)
- Stafford Street / Cannock Road, Canalside Quarter, Wolverhampton City Centre, not permissioned (350 m)
- 123 Waterloo Road Wolverhampton West Midlands WV1 4RB: up to 1 home, permissioned (440 m (0.3 miles))
- Alan Garbett Butchers 1 Hilton Street WV10 0LF, completed (450 m (0.3 miles))
- Fmr Leaping Wolf PH, 107 Waterloo Road Wolverhampton WV1 4RB: up to 25 homes, permissioned (450 m (0.3 miles))
- Land at Grimstone St / Culwell St, Canalside Quarter, Wolverhampton City Centre WV10 0JP, not permissioned (450 m (0.3 miles))
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
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 12 addresses are between 136 m and 140 m above sea level (138 m on average).
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 | Wolverhampton 5.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bilbrook 139,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) | |
| Coseley 520,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6 km (3.7 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Wolverhampton Station (West Midlands Metro) | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pipers Row (West Midlands Metro) | 920 m (0.6 miles) | |
| Wolverhampton St George's (West Midlands Metro) | 1 km (0.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 49 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cross St North Wolverhampton | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | Wolverhampton Bus Station | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Car parks | 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Faulkland Street Car Park | 370 m |
| EV charging points | 7 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp Pulse | 220 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 29.8 km (19 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Thornley Street Surgery | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 9 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Asda Pharmacy | 360 m |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | New Cross Hospital | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | Bilston Street Police Station | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | Daisy Clean Cashzone | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest St Peter's Gardens 3,320 m² | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 460 m² | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Fowler Playing Fields 24 ha | 150 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Molineux Hotel Building, a listed building (Grade II*), 710 m (0.4 miles) south-west. 95 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 6 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Molineux Hotel Building | Listed building, Grade II* | 710 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Giffard House | Listed building, Grade II* | 770 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Grand Theatre | Listed building, Grade II* | 780 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Art Gallery and Museum | Listed building, Grade II* | 780 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Anglian cross 25m south of St Peter's Collegiate Church | Scheduled monument | 820 m (0.5 miles) south |
| West Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Horseley Fields Junction | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Wolverhampton Locks | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Aldersley Junction | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north-west |
| Stowlawn Wood | Wood | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) south-east |
| Bushbury Hill | Hill | 3.2 km (2 miles) north |
| Park Hill | Hill | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 15.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 0 | 1 |
| 70 to 74 | 3 | 2 |
| 65 to 69 | 3 | 1 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 1 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 5 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 2 |
10 of the postcode's 12 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 10 from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Wolverhampton: see them on the Wolverhampton page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 41 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 30% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 14% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 42% | 17% |
| Private rented | 28% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 50% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 19% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 12% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 15% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 15% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 20% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 80% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 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 Cannock Road.