Badger Lane Badger, Shropshire
14 addresses across 5 postcodes (WV15,WV6), about 1.6 km (1 mile) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 4300030.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £820,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (E: 2).
- 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 22% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Cosford, about 6.3 km (3.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 49 to 96 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 15 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Albrighton Medical Pract, about 6.9 km (4.3 miles) away.
- People: About 420 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £820,000 | £820,000 | £820,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Nov 2021 | THE MALTINGS WV6 7JS | Terraced | £820,000 | |
| 2 Oct 2018 | THE SETT WV6 7JS | Other | £524,166 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 248 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (1); House, mid-terrace (1). Built: before 1900 (1); 1991-1995 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
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: yes, Badger. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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
- 3 AND 4, BADGER, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 3 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 10 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 0 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| WV6 7JS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WV15 5LS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| WV6 7JP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| WV6 7JR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| WV6 7JU | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 15 addresses are between 49 m and 96 m above sea level (82 m on average); the ground rises about 47 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WV15 5LS | 93% | 93% | 93% | 0% |
| WV6 7JP | 95% | 91% | 95% | 0% |
| WV6 7JR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WV6 7JS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WV6 7JU | 22% | 11% | 22% | 78% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Cosford 82,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Albrighton 92,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) | |
| Shifnal 237,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Town Pool Badger | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Loak Loop Albrighton | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 43.7 km (27 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Albrighton Medical Pract | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Pattingham Pharmacy | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Mr G Shiravi | 6.5 km (4.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Bridgnorth Hospital | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police | 6.5 km (4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,830 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,800 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Churchyard Cross About 5 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Giles, a listed building (Grade II*), 460 m (0.3 miles) south-east. 10 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Churchyard Cross About 5 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Giles | Listed building, Grade II* | 460 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Badger Dingle | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 500 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Ironbridge Gorge | World Heritage Site | 8.9 km (5.5 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lawn Pool | Lake or reservoir | 370 m south-east |
| Church Pool | Lake or reservoir | 430 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Town Pool | Lake or reservoir | 500 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| The Rookery | Wood | 540 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Badger Dingle | Valley | 1.5 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Haden Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 13 | 15 |
2 of the street's 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckbury Church of England Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 2–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
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 | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 30% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 21% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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
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
- WV6 7JS: 10 addresses
- WV15 5LS: 1 address of 52 in the postcode
- WV6 7JP: 1 address of 32 in the postcode
- WV6 7JR: 1 address of 13 in the postcode
- WV6 7JU: 1 address of 15 in the postcode
All the streets in WV15, WV6 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.