Beacon Drive Walsall
4 addresses across 2 postcodes (WS1), about 90 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 41900934.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2014 the median was £381,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (D: 2, E: 1).
- 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 A; Band D in Walsall costs £2,627 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Walsall, about 1.5 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Grange, is about 760 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 14.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 8.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 129 to 132 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 4 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Little London Surgery, about 860 m (0.5 miles) away, with 7 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 77% of households owned their home and 46% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 40 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | £381,000 | £381,000 | £381,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | £262,500 | £250,000 | £275,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £385,000 | £385,000 | £385,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2014 | 1 WS1 2NP | Detached | £381,000 | |
| 16 Sep 2011 | 2 WS1 2NP | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 14 Jan 2011 | 3 WS1 2NP | Detached | £275,000 | |
| 22 Aug 2003 | 1 WS1 2NP | Detached | £385,000 | |
| 22 Aug 1996 | 2 WS1 2NP | Detached | £150,000 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 184 m². Most common: House, detached (3). Built: 1967-1975 (2); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Walsall in 2026-27: Band D £2,627 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,752 | £2,044 | £2,336 | £2,627 | £3,211 | £3,795 | £4,379 | £5,255 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (35% of about 660 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- POOL STREET (site of former 12 to 15): up to 10 homes, not permissioned (750 m (0.5 miles))
- CALDMORE GREEN CLUB, 19 WEST BROMWICH STREET, WALSALL, WS1 4BP: up to 9 homes, not permissioned (890 m (0.6 miles))
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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 4 addresses are between 129 m and 132 m above sea level (130 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WS1 2NP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WS1 2NR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Walsall 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
| Bescot Stadium 155,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) | |
| Tame Bridge Parkway 632,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 48 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Jesson Road Chuckery | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Walsall Bus Station | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Car parks | Asda St Matthews Car Park | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 20.1 km (13 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 7 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Little London Surgery | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 15 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest A Karim's Chuckery Pharmacy | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 8 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Walsall Diabetes Centre (Manor Hospital) | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Police station | West Midlands Police | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Payzone | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Grange 62 ha | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 400 m² | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.0 ha | 340 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2.4 ha | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 63 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Walsall Memorial Garden, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west. 11 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Walsall Memorial Garden | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Walsall Arboretum | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hatherton Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| The Spinney | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) east |
| Longwood Junction | Lake or reservoir | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| Park Pits | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north |
| The Dingle | Valley | 3 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
| Pouk Hill | Hill | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 14.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 3 | 4 |
1 of the street's 4 addresses is 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 Walsall: see them on the Walsall page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Mary's Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 190 m | Outstanding (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 280 m | No overall grade (Apr 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Whitehall Junior Community School | Primary | 7–11 | 690 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 750 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 750 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Blue Coat Church of England Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 830 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Chuckery Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 940 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Caldmore Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 950 m (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Whitehall Nursery and Infant Academy | Primary | 3–7 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Park Hall Infant Academy | Primary | 3–7 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Park Hall Junior Academy | Primary | 7–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Walsall Studio School | Secondary | 14–19 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Marys Grammar Innovate Services WS1 2PG | School/college/university | 190 m | 5 Very good | 9 Jun 2026 |
| Queen Marys Girls School WS1 2PG | School/college/university | 190 m | 5 Very good | 16 May 2025 |
| St Marys RC Primary School WS1 3AY | School/college/university | 280 m | 5 Very good | 25 Jun 2025 |
| Little Crickets WS1 3BJ | Other catering premises | 370 m | 5 Very good | 19 May 2025 |
| Gorway House WS1 3BG | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 380 m | 4 Good | 29 Aug 2025 |
| Walsall Cricket Club WS1 3BE | Pub/bar/nightclub | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 8 Sep 2026 |
| Little Crickets Nursery WS1 3BE | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 26 Sep 2025 |
| St. Martin's Nursery School WS1 2NF | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 13 May 2025 |
| The Frying Machine WS5 3PH | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 23 Oct 2025 |
| Metro Inns Ltd WS5 3AB | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 500 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 2 Nov 2022 |
| Bake Joy Ltd WS5 3AB | Retailers - other | 500 m (0.3 miles) | Awaiting inspection |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 24 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Other theft | 4 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Parklands Gardens (16); On or near Beacon Drive (13); On or near Stablewood Grove (6); On or near Jesson Close (3); On or near Spring Court (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 47% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 20% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 11% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 50% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 46% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 84% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 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
Nearby streets
Parklands Gardens · Spring Court · Gorway Road · Jesson Close · Stablewood Grove · Jesson Road · Birmingham Road · Gorway Gardens · Broadway North
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.