A451 Kidderminster, Malvern Hills
92 addresses across 14 postcodes (DY13), about 3.6 km (2.3 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 24411376.
- Energy: 30 homes have an energy certificate (D: 7, E: 14, F: 6, G: 3).
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band F; Band D in Malvern Hills costs £2,451 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Hartlebury, about 7 km (4.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 42 to 85 m above sea level.
- Noise: 56 of its 93 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Stourport Medical Centre, about 3.2 km (2 miles) away.
- People: About 710 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 36% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
30 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 105 m². Most common: House, detached (10); House, semi-detached (5); House, mid-terrace (5). Built: before 1900 (15); 1900-1929 (4); 1983-1990 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (18); rented (private) (4).
Council tax
What each band costs in Malvern Hills in 2026-27: Band D £2,451 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,634 | £1,906 | £2,179 | £2,451 | £2,996 | £3,540 | £4,085 | £4,902 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band F (22% of about 1,590 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 22.
- 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
- Church of St Peter, grade I
- YARHAMPTON HOUSE, grade II*
- ASTLEY HEIGHTS, grade II
- ASTLEY TOWN HOUSE, grade II
- CHURCHYARD CROSS APPROX 9 M SOUTH OF CHANCEL ARCH OF CHURCH OF ST PETER, grade II
- DUNLEY HALL, grade II
- FORD COTTAGE, grade II
- GROVE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- LITTLE YARHAMPTON, grade II
- LOWER MALT BARN, grade II
- MONUMENT TO CRANE FAMILY ABOUT 5 M SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST PETER, grade II
- MONUMENT TO CROYDON FAMILY ABOUT 12 M SOUTH OF WEST TOWER, CHURCH OF ST PETER, grade II
- MONUMENT TO HILL FAMILY ABOUT 2 METRES EAST OF EAST END OF CHURCH OF ST PETER, grade II
- MONUMENT TO WALTER ACTON MOSELEY ABOUT 6M WEST OF WEST TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST PETER, grade II
- MYRTLE COTTAGE, grade II
- OAKHAMPTON, grade II
- Priors Mill, grade II
- PYRAMID CAPPED PEDESTAL TOMB ABOUT 6 M SOUTH OF PORCH OF CHURCH OF ST PETER, grade II
- The Hall Barn, grade II
- THE OLD RECTORY, grade II
- THE RED HOUSE, grade II
- TUDOR ROSE COTTAGE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DY13 0TT | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY13 0UE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY13 0UA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
| DY13 0TX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY13 0UX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| DY13 0UF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY13 0UD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY13 0TU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY13 0UB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY13 0TZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| DY13 0UH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY13 0UQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY13 0UY | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY13 0UZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 93 addresses are between 42 m and 85 m above sea level (61 m on average); the ground rises about 43 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DY13 0TT | 92% | 62% | 62% | 0% |
| DY13 0TU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY13 0TX | 33% | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| DY13 0TZ | 100% | 13% | 13% | 0% |
| DY13 0UA | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DY13 0UB | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DY13 0UD | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DY13 0UE | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DY13 0UF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY13 0UH | 100% | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| DY13 0UQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY13 0UX | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DY13 0UY | 89% | 89% | 89% | 11% |
| DY13 0UZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Hartlebury 66,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7 km (4.3 miles) |
| Kidderminster 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 9.3 km (5.8 miles) | |
| Droitwich Spa 519,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.2 km (7.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Kidderminster Bus Station | 9 km (5.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 41.8 km (26 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Stourport Medical Centre | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Areley Kings Pharmacy | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Kidderminster Hospital | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police - Bewdley Police Station | 6.7 km (4.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 3,270 m² | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 220 m² | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.1 ha | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.9 ha | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Grove Coppice | Wood | 680 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Wordley Dingle | Valley | 710 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Round Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Newbridge Coppice | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Nutnell Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) south |
| Redstone Marsh | Wetland | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 8 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 32 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 16 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 37 | 93 |
56 of the street's 93 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 Malvern Hills: see them on the Malvern Hills page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astley CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunley Service Station DY13 0UE | Retailers - other | 300 m | Exempt |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (west-mercia).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 34% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 56% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 36% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 41% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 42% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 6 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
- DY13 0TT: 22 addresses
- DY13 0UE: 20 addresses
- DY13 0UA: 14 addresses of 15 in the postcode
- DY13 0TX: 10 addresses of 12 in the postcode
- DY13 0UX: 9 addresses
- DY13 0UF: 5 addresses of 7 in the postcode
- DY13 0UD: 3 addresses
- DY13 0TU: 2 addresses of 5 in the postcode
- DY13 0UB: 2 addresses of 3 in the postcode
- DY13 0TZ: 1 address of 35 in the postcode
- DY13 0UH: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
- DY13 0UQ: 1 address of 5 in the postcode
- DY13 0UY: 1 address of 21 in the postcode
- DY13 0UZ: 1 address of 9 in the postcode
All the streets in DY13 and across Malvern Hills.
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.
- 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.