B4089 Alcester, Stratford-on-Avon
22 addresses across 4 postcodes (B49), about 890 m long, classed as a b road. USRN 38300377.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (E: 3).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 Stratford-on-Avon costs £2,484 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wootton Wawen, about 6.3 km away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 890 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 47 to 65 m above sea level.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Alcester Health Centre, about 1.3 km away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km.
- People: About 910 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 74% of households owned their home and 45% 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 132 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (2); Bungalow, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (2); 1991-1995 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
Council tax
What each band costs in Stratford-on-Avon in 2026-27: Band D £2,484 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,656 | £1,932 | £2,208 | £2,484 | £3,036 | £3,588 | £4,140 | £4,968 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (23% of about 1,240 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 7.
- 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, Stratford-on-Avon.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, grade II*
- CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCHYARD CROSS APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES WEST, grade II
- GLEBE FARM BARN AND ATTACHED ANIMAL HOUSING APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES WEST OF FARMHOUSE, grade II
- GLEBE FARM BARN APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES NORTH OF FARMHOUSE, grade II
- GLEBE FARM CARTSHED APPROXIMATELY 80 METRES SOUTH WEST OF FARMHOUSE, grade II
- GLEBE FARMHOUSE AND ATTACHED FORMER COWHOUSE, grade II
- SHEPHERDS YARD, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 30 September 2026
- 19 October 2026: SEVERN TRENT WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway, verge (minor works)
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 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B49 6HA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| B49 6HB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| B49 6FG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| B49 6HG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 22 addresses are between 47 m and 65 m above sea level (55 m on average); the ground rises about 18 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B49 6FG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| B49 6HA | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| B49 6HB | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| B49 6HG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wootton Wawen 19,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km |
| Wilmcote 20,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km | |
| Bearley 2,550 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m, 1 within 800 m; nearest Alcester Academy Bus Park | 740 m |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 1.9 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 26.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Alcester Health Centre | 1.3 km |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Hopkins Pharmacy | 1.3 km |
| NHS dentists | Dental Practice | 2.0 km |
| Hospital | Alexandra Hospital | 7.3 km |
| Police station | Alcester Police Station | 2.2 km |
| Cash machines | Oversley Mill Service Station, Oversley Green, Alcester Bypass Cashzone | 3.1 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 7,810 m² | 890 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 580 m² | 930 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.5 ha | 920 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 480 m² | 1.5 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary the Virgin Dovecote Approximately 105 Metres North East, a listed building (Grade I), 290 m south-east. 11 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary the Virgin Dovecote Approximately 105 Metres North East | Listed building, Grade I | 290 m south-east |
| Kinwarton Dovecot | Scheduled monument | 300 m south-east |
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade II* | 350 m south |
| Standing cross in St Mary's churchyard | Scheduled monument | 350 m south |
| Alcester Abbey | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Durlop Hill | Hill | 1.4 km south |
| Windmill Hill | Hill | 1.9 km north |
| Tom's Corner Spinney | Wood | 2.0 km north-east |
| Yew Tree Spinney | Wood | 2.3 km north-east |
| Alne Wood | Wood | 2.4 km north |
| Westminster Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.7 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.6 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcester Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 900 m | Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Exceptional; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Benedict's Catholic High School Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.6 km | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Nicholas CofE Primary Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km | No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Tudor Grange Primary Academy, Haselor | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km | Report card (Nov 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (warwickshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 74% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 4% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 39% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
- B49 6HA: 16 addresses of 20 in the postcode
- B49 6HB: 4 addresses of 21 in the postcode
- B49 6FG: 1 address of 23 in the postcode
- B49 6HG: 1 address of 5 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in B49 and across Stratford-on-Avon.
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.