A449 Great Malvern, Wyre Forest
24 addresses across 4 postcodes (DY10,DY11,DY7), about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 45703187.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Wyre Forest cost £233,740 in August 2026 (+0.3% on a year); private rents averaged £838 a month.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, E: 1, G: 2).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Caunsall Tip, is 110 m away.
- Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 17 times (19 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Roundhill - Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion Plant, is 2.8 km (1.7 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Wyre Forest costs £2,512 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 93% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Blakedown, about 3.5 km (2.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 43 to 75 m above sea level.
- Noise: 16 of its 24 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Wolverley Surgery, about 3.5 km (2.2 miles) away.
- People: About 920 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 86% of households owned their home and 28% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 3 of them fatal or serious.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Wyre Forest
A typical home in Wyre Forest cost £233,740 in August 2026, 0.3% more than a year before. That is 13% more than five years earlier and 45% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £388,777 |
| Semi-detached | £241,782 |
| Terraced | £190,650 |
| Flat or maisonette | £120,744 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £197,935 |
Private renters in Wyre Forest paid £838 a month on average in September 2026, 1.2% less than a year before. That is 30% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £592 |
| Two bedrooms | £753 |
| Three bedrooms | £911 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,259 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 193 m². Most common: House, detached (3); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1900-1929 (2); 2020 (1); before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 15,183 kWh of it on average in 2024, 42% more than the district's 10,713 kWh, and 6,394 kWh of electricity, 93% more than the district's 3,321 kWh. There are gas meters for about 70% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DY10 3RX | 5 | 4,457 kWh | under 5 | |
| DY11 5YW | 15 | 3,055 kWh | 14 | 12,628 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is DY10.
Council tax
What each band costs in Wyre Forest in 2026-27: Band D £2,512 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,675 | £1,954 | £2,233 | £2,512 | £3,071 | £3,629 | £4,187 | £5,025 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (27% of about 2,470 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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: yes, Wyre Forest, South Staffordshire.
Listed buildings
- CLAY HOUSE BRIDGE, grade II
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes, 1 of it not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roundhill - Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion Plant South Staffordshire 21/00448/COM | Anaerobic digestion | Planning application made Apr 2021 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| DY10 3RX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY7 6PB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY10 3RU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY11 5YW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 17 times, for 19 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Stour.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinver Stw Severn Trent Water | River Stour | 0 | 0 | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| Cookley - Caunsall Road Sps Severn Trent Water | River Stour | 17 | 19 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 110 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caunsall Tip Caunsall Lane, Caunsall, Near Kidderminster | 1957 to 1979 | Inert, commercial, household | 110 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 24 addresses are between 43 m and 75 m above sea level (52 m on average); the ground rises about 32 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DY10 3RU | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DY10 3RX | 20% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DY11 5YW | 93% | 93% | 93% | 0% |
| DY7 6PB | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Blakedown 96,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Hagley 494,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Kidderminster 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Kidderminster Bus Station | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osprey Charging Station | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 31.6 km (20 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Wolverley Surgery Good Nov 2024 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Bills Pharmacy | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Kidderminster Hospital Good Feb 2025 | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Westley Court Care Home Good Sep 2026 | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | West Midlands Police - Stourbridge Police Station | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 7.4 ha | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 2,660 m² | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4.6 ha | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Allotments | Cookley Allotments 1,970 m² | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bath Pool | Lake or reservoir | 320 m south |
| Clouts Covert | Wood | 510 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 700 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Far Coppice | Wood | 800 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Fairy Glen | Valley | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Bunker's Hill | Hill | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 3 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 8 | 24 |
16 of the street's 24 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, 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 Wyre Forest: see them on the Wyre Forest page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookley Sebright Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 65% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 54% in 2024 and 59% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 191 childminders and 25 home childcarers (nannies) in Worcestershire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (west-mercia).
Road safety
3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 3 serious and 0 slight, in which 4 people were seriously hurt. 1 involved a motorcyclist. Most were on roads with a 50 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jun 2024 11:59 | Serious | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A449, 60 mph | Daylight |
| 23 Sep 2022 17:11 | Serious | 2 people | A449, 50 mph | Daylight |
| 10 Jun 2022 20:55 | Serious | 2 people | A449, 50 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 59 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 43% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 86% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 63% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 44% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 42% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 61% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 40% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 3 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 2 to 9 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- DY10 3RX: 15 addresses of 21 in the postcode
- DY7 6PB: 4 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- DY10 3RU: 3 addresses of 5 in the postcode
- DY11 5YW: 2 addresses of 30 in the postcode
All the streets in DY10, DY11, DY7 and across Wyre Forest.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.