A513 Lichfield
45 addresses across 5 postcodes (B79), about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 23400150.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 1, F: 1).
- Flood: 5 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 C; Band D in Lichfield costs £2,352 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Tamworth, about 5.2 km (3.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 54 to 73 m above sea level.
- Noise: 13 of its 45 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Aldergate Med.pract., about 4.8 km (3 miles) away.
- People: About 480 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 40% 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
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 236 m². Most common: House, detached (1); House, semi-detached (1); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1930-1949 (1); 1900-1929 (1); 2012 onwards (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
Council tax
What each band costs in Lichfield in 2026-27: Band D £2,352 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,568 | £1,829 | £2,091 | £2,352 | £2,875 | £3,397 | £3,920 | £4,704 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (19% of about 1,170 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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
- ELFORD LOW FARMHOUSE, grade II
- MILEPOST AT NGR SK 19570813, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 30 September 2026
- 27 October 2026: STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, two-way signals, on the carriageway, verge (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 21 homes the Environment Agency counts, 2 are in areas at high risk, 4 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| B79 9BJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| B79 9BE | zone 2 | 2 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| B79 9BH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| B79 9BL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 3 / 0 | unlikely |
| B79 9BD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 45 addresses are between 54 m and 73 m above sea level (66 m on average); the ground rises about 19 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B79 9BD | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| B79 9BE | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| B79 9BH | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| B79 9BJ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| B79 9BL | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Tamworth 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Lichfield Trent Valley 888,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) | |
| Lichfield City 777,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.5 km (4.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Lichfield City Centre | 7.5 km (4.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 25.3 km (16 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Aldergate Med.pract. | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Whittington Pharmacy | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Lichfield Dental Centre | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| Police station | Tamworth Police Station | 5.2 km (3.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tamworth Co-op - Whittington, Whittington Cashzone | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 930 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.9 ha | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Low bowl barrow, a scheduled monument, 20 m. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Low bowl barrow | Scheduled monument | 20 m |
| Air photographic site SW of Elford | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bull Clump | Wood | 910 m (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Cartersclose Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Hanging Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Dogkennel Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Fisherwick Wood | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Brown's Island | Island | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 9 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 32 | 45 |
13 of the street's 45 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 Lichfield: see them on the Lichfield page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Howard Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
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 (staffordshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 54% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 51% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 46% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 36% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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
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.