WV2 3DE Wolverhampton
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Blakenhall. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Dudley Road, Wolverhampton: 38 addresses
- Cousins Street, Wolverhampton: 1 address
- Elm Farm Road, Wolverhampton: 1 address
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 (80% of about 600 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 445 Dudley Road Wolverhampton WV2 3AQ: up to 2 homes, permissioned (50 m)
- Land Adjacent To 434A Dudley Road Wolverhampton WV2 3AQ, permissioned (60 m)
- Land Adjacent To Kings Arms Public House 434 Dudley Road Wolverhampton West Midlands WV2 3AQ: up to 2 homes, permissioned (60 m)
- Niphon Works, Lower Villiers Street: up to 49 homes, permissioned (80 m)
- 466 Dudley Road Wolverhampton West Midlands WV2 3AF: up to 1 home, permissioned (130 m)
- Land Opposite Sikh Temple, Duncan Street Wolverhampton, permissioned (140 m)
- 470 Dudley Road WV2 3AF, permissioned (150 m)
- 36 Milford Road WV2 4NG, completed (160 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 4 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 addresses are about 157 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 | Wolverhampton 5.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km |
| Coseley 520,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km | |
| Tipton 359,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | The Royal (West Midlands Metro) | 1.0 km |
| Wolverhampton St George's (West Midlands Metro) | 1.2 km | |
| Pipers Row (West Midlands Metro) | 1.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 20 stops within 400 m, 49 within 800 m; nearest Mason Street Blakenhall | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | Wolverhampton Bus Station | 1.3 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Parking Services - City of Wolverhampton Council | 750 m |
| EV charging points | 15 within 1.6 km; nearest Wenea | 260 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 28.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Duncan Street Primary Care Centre | 60 m |
| Pharmacies | 10 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Dudley Road Pharmacy | 60 m |
| NHS dentists | 8 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 200 m |
| Hospital | Wolverhamptom Recovery Hospital Prescriber | 1.0 km |
| Police station | Bilston Street Police Station | 1.2 km |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest Payzone | 560 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Phoenix Park 7.2 ha | 490 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 280 m² | 170 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.3 ha | 270 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Howell Road Allotment Site 2.0 ha | 730 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 7.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Luke, a listed building (Grade II*), 280 m south-west. 51 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Luke | Listed building, Grade II* | 280 m south-west |
| Church of St John | Listed building, Grade II* | 840 m north |
| Catholic Church of St Mary and St John | Listed building, Grade II* | 880 m north |
| Anglian cross 25m south of St Peter's Collegiate Church | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km north |
| West Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.0 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Horseley Fields Junction | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km north-east |
| Park Hill | Hill | 1.6 km south |
| Park Coppice | Wood | 1.7 km south |
| Ashen Coppice | Wood | 2.0 km south |
| Alder Coppice | Wood | 2.6 km south |
| The Gorge | Valley | 3.4 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.1 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 11 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 21 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 40 |
40 of the postcode's 40 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 34 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 24% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 30% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 19% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 26% | 17% |
| Private rented | 44% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 48% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 11% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 9% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 6% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 14% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 68% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 15% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 41% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 48% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 20% | 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 Dudley Road.