A458 Bridgnorth, Shropshire
16 addresses across 6 postcodes (WV15,WV16), about 3.2 km (2 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 4300845.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 C; Band D in Shropshire costs £2,528 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Cosford, about 15.6 km (9.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 730 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 42 to 99 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 16 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bridgnorth Medical Practice, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away.
- People: About 1,450 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 33% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 2 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often burglary.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 124 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 2024 (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in Shropshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,528 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,685 | £1,966 | £2,247 | £2,528 | £3,090 | £3,652 | £4,214 | £5,056 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (30% of about 2,640 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Oldbury (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 239.
- 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
- BISHOP PERCY'S HOUSE, grade I
- 20, EAST CASTLE STREET, grade II*
- 34-36, HIGH STREET, grade II*
- 48, Mill Street, grade II*
- Church of St Mary Magdalene, grade II*
- CHURCH OF ST. LEONARD, grade II*
- FORMER SWAN INN, grade II*
- GOVERNOR'S HOUSE, grade II*
- GRAMMAR SCHOOL HOUSE, grade II*
- THE COURT, grade II*
- THE RECTORY, grade II*
- TOWN HALL, grade II*
- 1 AND 2, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- 1 AND 2, MILL STREET, grade II
- 1 and 3 Stourbridge Road, grade II
- 1-7, NORTHGATE (See details for further address information), grade II
- 1-9 EBENEZER ROW, grade II
- 1, BRIDGE STREET, grade II
- 1, EAST CASTLE STREET, grade II
- 1, WATERLOO TERRACE, grade II
- 10, EAST CASTLE STREET, grade II
- 10, ST JOHNS STREET, grade II
- 10A AND 11, ST JOHNS STREET, grade II
- 11-13, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 11, EAST CASTLE STREET, grade II
- 11, MILL STREET, grade II
- 12-14 AND 18-20 ST MARY'S STREET, grade II
- 12, EAST CASTLE STREET, grade II
- 12, WEST CASTLE STREET, grade II
- 13, EAST CASTLE STREET, grade II
And 209 more.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 24 Ludlow Road, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 5AG: up to 5 homes, permissioned (470 m (0.3 miles))
- Shropshire Council Offices, Westgate, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 5AA: up to 30 homes, permissioned (660 m (0.4 miles))
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 4 January 2027 to 9 January 2027: SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works)
- 25 January 2027 to 9 April 2027: National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands), Utility asset works, multi-way signals, on the footway, carriageway, verge (major (paa) works, permit applied for)
Finished in the last three months
- 21 October 2026 to 26 October 2026: SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (standard works)
- 21 October 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the verge (standard works)
- 27 August 2026: SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, no carriageway incursion, on the footpath (immediate - emergency works)
- 27 July 2026 to 28 August 2026: National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands), Utility asset works, lane closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| WV15 6AL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| WV15 6BT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| WV15 6BQ | not in 2 or 3 | ||
| WV16 4QR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| WV16 5DY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WV16 5LZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 42 m and 99 m above sea level (65 m on average); the ground rises about 57 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WV15 6AL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WV15 6BQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WV15 6BT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WV16 4QR | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| WV16 5DY | 100% | 86% | 86% | 0% |
| WV16 5LZ | 83% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Cosford 82,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 15.6 km (9.7 miles) |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 10 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Oldbury Wells School | 330 m |
| Car parks | Old Smithfield Parking | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 47.2 km (29 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bridgnorth Medical Practice | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest High Town Dental Practice | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Bridgnorth Hospital | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police - Bridgnorth Police Station | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Bridgnorth, Low Town Cashzone | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,600 m² | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 350 m² | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.0 ha | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,770 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Panpudding Hill: a ringwork and bailey castle 100m south of Bridgnorth Station, a scheduled monument, 770 m (0.5 miles) east. 51 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Panpudding Hill: a ringwork and bailey castle 100m south of Bridgnorth Station | Scheduled monument | 770 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Bridgnorth Castle | Scheduled monument | 930 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Church of St Mary Magdalene | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| The Rectory | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Paul's Pool | Lake or reservoir | 610 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Folly Hole | Wood | 850 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Potseething Coppice | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| The Hook Plantation | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| The Hook Dingle | Valley | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north |
| The Hill | Hill | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 10 | 16 |
6 of the street's 16 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 Shropshire: see them on the Shropshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlefields Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 120 m | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Oldbury Wells School | Secondary | 11–16 | 400 m (0.2 miles) | No published inspection |
| St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Requires improvement (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Bridgnorth Endowed School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Leonard's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St. Mary's Bluecoat Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caterlink Ltd @ Castlefields Primary School WV16 5DQ | School/college/university | 80 m | 5 Very good | 27 Nov 2024 |
| Dad's The Word WV16 5NQ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 10 Mar 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Burglary | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Highlands Road (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 52% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 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 | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 39% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 6 to 8 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL: Highway improvement works, 4 January 2027 to 9 January 2027 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL: Highway improvement works, 21 October 2026 to 26 October 2026 (two-way signals) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands): Utility asset works, 25 January 2027 to 9 April 2027 (multi-way signals) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Utility repair and maintenance works, 19 October 2026 to 22 October 2026 (some carriageway incursion) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- WV15 6AL: 7 addresses of 46 in the postcode
- WV15 6BT: 3 addresses of 41 in the postcode
- WV15 6BQ: 2 addresses
- WV16 4QR: 2 addresses of 21 in the postcode
- WV16 5DY: 1 address of 20 in the postcode
- WV16 5LZ: 1 address of 11 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Castlefields · Uplands Drive · Stretton Close · Highlands Road · Ludlow Heights · Morgan Springs · Meadow Close
All the streets in WV15, WV16 and across Shropshire.
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.