Berkeley Street Walsall
6 addresses across 3 postcodes (WS2), about 90 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 41902261.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (D: 3).
- Flood: 2 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 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 Bescot Stadium, about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Pleck Park, is about 320 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 17.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 8.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 123 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 6 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Pleck Health Centre, about 560 m (0.3 miles) away, with 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 740 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 45% of households owned their home and 20% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 130 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
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 65 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (2); House, end-terrace (1). Built: 1950-1966 (2); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (3).
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 (76% of about 670 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)
- Narrow Lane House and Neighbourhood Office Site, Narrow Lane, Walsall: up to 14 homes, not permissioned (430 m (0.3 miles))
- Pleck Working Men's Club, Pleck Road, Walsall: up to 11 homes, not permissioned (530 m (0.3 miles))
- THE SUBSTATION, PARK LANE, DARLASTON WS10 9SE: up to 20 homes, permissioned (850 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 14 October 2026: WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
- 1 October 2026: WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WS2 9AP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WS2 9AS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WS2 9AT | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 5 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 123 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WS2 9AP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WS2 9AS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WS2 9AT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bescot Stadium 155,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Walsall 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | |
| Tame Bridge Parkway 632,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 35 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hough Road Pleck | 50 m |
| Bus or coach station | Walsall Bus Station | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Morrisons Car Park - Wallows Lane | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osprey Charging Station | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 22 km (14 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Pleck Health Centre | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 8 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Pleck Pharmacy | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Hillary Street Dental Surgery | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Dorothy Pattison Hospital | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | West Midlands Police - Darlaston Police Station | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Mpk - James Bridge, Darlston | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Pleck Park 9.8 ha | 320 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,810 m² | 380 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 100 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 9.8 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Brunswick Park, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Brunswick Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Walsall Memorial Garden | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Pouk Hill | Hill | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north |
| Hatherton Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
| Joseph Ashe Copse | Wood | 3 km (1.9 miles) south |
| Moorcroft Junction | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km (2 miles) south-west |
| Moorcroft Wood | Wood | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south-west |
| Rough Wood | Wood | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 17.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 15.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 6 |
4 of the street's 6 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 Walsall: see them on the Walsall page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillary Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 490 m (0.3 miles) | Requires improvement (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–18 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| West Walsall E-ACT Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Wood Green Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Palfrey Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Salisbury Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Palfrey Infant School | Primary | 2–7 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Requires improvement (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Albert Pritchard Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Alumwell Nursery School | Nursery | 2–4 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Alumwell Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Alumwell Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Wood Green Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleck General Stores WS2 9RD | Retailers - other | 210 m | 5 Very good | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Sundal Stores. WS2 9QT | Retailers - other | 240 m | 4 Good | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Arthur House (NOVACCS) WS2 9AU | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 260 m | 5 Very good | 15 Dec 2025 |
| New China Kitchen WS2 9QT | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 270 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 13 Jan 2025 |
| New Wok WS2 9SD | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 330 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Bescot Lodge WS2 9AE | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 7 Jan 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 68 |
| Vehicle crime | 13 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 11 |
| Burglary | 7 |
| Public order | 6 |
| Other crime | 5 |
| Other theft | 5 |
| Drugs | 5 |
| Possession of weapons | 4 |
| Shoplifting | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Dora Street (28); On or near Somers Road (18); On or near Kingsley Street (18); On or near Gower Street (13); On or near Hucker Road (11).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 34 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 25% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 14% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 45% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 27% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 17% | 17% |
| Private rented | 37% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 46% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 16% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 8% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 12% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 75% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 20% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 34% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 66% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 9% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 2 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
- WS2 9AP: 4 addresses
- WS2 9AS: 1 address of 40 in the postcode
- WS2 9AT: 1 address of 36 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Gower Street · Slaters Lane · Dora Street · Kingsley Street · Hough Place · Sheridan Street · James Bridge Close · Darlaston Road · Hough Road · Sheridan Close · Somers Road · Aldis Road
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.