B4176 Shropshire
16 addresses across 7 postcodes (WV15), about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 4300784.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (F: 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.
- 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 93% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Cosford, about 7.7 km (4.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 45 to 74 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 6.8 km (4.2 miles) away.
- People: About 1,010 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 50% of households owned their home and 33% 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 153 m². Most common: House, detached (2); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 1900-1929 (2); before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (1); owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
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 (26% of about 1,370 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 10.
- 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, Shropshire.
Listed buildings
- 6-8, BADGER, grade II
- BROAD BRIDGE, grade II
- CLASSICAL TEMPLE AT NGR SO 7625 9911, grade II
- CRANMORE COTTAGE, grade II
- GORSTY HAYES, grade II
- HAYES BANK, grade II
- MALT HOUSE COTTAGE THE COTTAGE, grade II
- STABLEFORD BRIDGE, grade II
- STABLEFORD FARM COTTAGES, grade II
- STABLEFORD FARM HOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 12 November 2026 to 13 November 2026: BT, Utility asset works, two-way signals, on the carriageway, verge (minor works)
Finished in the last three months
- 22 October 2026: BT, Utility asset works, two-way signals, on the verge (minor works)
- 8 September 2026: SEVERN TRENT WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the verge (immediate - urgent 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WV15 5LR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WV15 5LN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WV15 5LS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| WV15 5LT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WV15 5LL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WV15 5LP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WV15 5LX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 45 m and 74 m above sea level (62 m on average); the ground rises about 29 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WV15 5LL | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| WV15 5LN | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| WV15 5LP | 0% | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| WV15 5LR | 78% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| WV15 5LS | 93% | 93% | 93% | 0% |
| WV15 5LT | 13% | 13% | 13% | 88% |
| WV15 5LX | 0% | 0% | 0% | 17% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Cosford 82,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Shifnal 237,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) | |
| Albrighton 92,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Loak Loop Albrighton | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 44.7 km (28 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Bridgnorth Medical Practice | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Rowlands Pharmacy | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | St Leonards House Dental Centre | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Bridgnorth Hospital | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police - Madeley Police Station | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | Shell Sutton Maddock Cashzone | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,830 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 6,960 m² | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,800 m² | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Badger Dingle, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 1.6 km (1 mile) east. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Badger Dingle | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
| Ironbridge Gorge | World Heritage Site | 8 km (5 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Birches Coppice | Wood | 780 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Newton's Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| The Rookery | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Lower Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Haden Hill | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Badger Dingle | Valley | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.5 | 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 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 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
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
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).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 50% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 29% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 48% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 30% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 41% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 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 | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhoods around this street are all in decile 4 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: BT: Utility asset works, 22 October 2026 (two-way signals) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- WV15 5LR: 5 addresses of 15 in the postcode
- WV15 5LN: 4 addresses
- WV15 5LS: 2 addresses of 52 in the postcode
- WV15 5LT: 2 addresses of 14 in the postcode
- WV15 5LL: 1 address of 2 in the postcode
- WV15 5LP: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
- WV15 5LX: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
All the streets in WV15 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.