Blacksmiths Lane Dumbleton, Tewkesbury
16 addresses across 2 postcodes (WR11), about 140 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 40100468.
- Sales: 16 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £530,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (D: 4, E: 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 G; Band D in Tewkesbury costs £2,341 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Evesham, about 8.6 km (5.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 65 to 68 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 17 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Winchcombe Medical Centre, about 7 km (4.3 miles) away.
- People: About 590 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 81% of households owned their home and 44% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £530,000 | £530,000 | £530,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £475,000 | £475,000 | £475,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £440,000 | £440,000 | £440,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £522,500 | £522,500 | £522,500 |
| 2012 | 2 | £357,500 | £305,000 | £410,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £575,000 | £575,000 | £575,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £290,000 | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £285,000 | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £290,000 | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £258,000 | £258,000 | £258,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £237,500 | £237,500 | £237,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 May 2025 | ORCHARD VIEW WR11 7TU | Semi-detached | £530,000 | |
| 9 Dec 2024 | GABLE END WR11 7TU | Semi-detached | £475,000 | |
| 2 Dec 2019 | FERNDALE WR11 7TU | Semi-detached | £440,000 | |
| 24 Aug 2017 | THE ROWANS WR11 7TU | Detached | £522,500 | |
| 13 Jun 2012 | GABLE END WR11 7TU | Semi-detached | £305,000 | |
| 30 Mar 2012 | FERNDALE WR11 7TU | Semi-detached | £410,000 | |
| 5 Nov 2010 | FERNDALE WR11 7TU | Semi-detached | £300,000 | |
| 18 Jun 2008 | DOWNCALLOW WR11 7TU | Detached | £575,000 | |
| 14 Jul 2006 | AMARILLI WR11 7TU | Semi-detached | £290,000 | |
| 30 Sep 2005 | GABLE END WR11 7TU | Semi-detached | £285,000 | |
| 12 Aug 2004 | STONECROFT WR11 7TU | Detached | £290,000 | |
| 6 Feb 2003 | ORCHARD VIEW WR11 7TU | Semi-detached | £258,000 | |
| 7 Dec 2001 | WOODCOTE WR11 7TU | Semi-detached | £237,500 | |
| 7 May 1999 | YORK HOUSE WR11 7TU | Detached | £155,000 | |
| 27 Sep 1996 | GABLE END WR11 7TU | Semi-detached | £100,000 | |
| 24 May 1996 | STONECROFT WR11 7TU | Detached | £127,500 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 137 m². Most common: House, detached (4); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 1967-1975 (2); 1976-1982 (1); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Tewkesbury in 2026-27: Band D £2,341 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,560 | £1,820 | £2,080 | £2,341 | £2,861 | £3,381 | £3,901 | £4,681 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (26% of about 1,060 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Dumbleton Conservation Area. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Dumbleton Article 4 Direction.
- Tree preservation orders: 1 protected tree on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- SYCAMORE COTTAGE, grade II
- THE THATCHED COTTAGE, grade II
- YEW TREE COTTAGE, 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
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 17 addresses are between 65 m and 68 m above sea level (66 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR11 7TQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WR11 7TU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Evesham 287,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.6 km (5.4 miles) |
| Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 109,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.5 km (5.9 miles) | |
| Honeybourne 113,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.1 km (8.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Blacksmiths Lane Dumbleton | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | Merstow Green Bus Station Evesham | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 50.4 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Winchcombe Medical Centre | 7 km (4.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Abbeyvale Pharmacy | 6.7 km (4.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Worcs Dental Access Centre | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Evesham Community Hospital | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) |
| Police station | Winchcombe Police Station | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | BP Vale Service Station, Cheltenham Road Cashzone | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 470 m² | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 350 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 620 m² | 90 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Peter, a listed building (Grade I), 250 m south. 24 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Peter | Listed building, Grade I | 250 m south |
| Dumbleton Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 590 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Dumbleton Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Dumbleton Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Oxhill Wood | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Alderton Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Dyers Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1 mile) south |
| Earls Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.0 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 16 | 17 |
1 of the street's 17 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 Tewkesbury: see them on the Tewkesbury page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dumbleton Village Club WR11 7TH | Other catering premises | 150 m | 5 Very good | 23 Jul 2025 |
| H.A. Day And Sons WR11 7TH | Farmers/growers | 150 m | Exempt | |
| Dumbleton Cricket Club WR11 7TP | Other catering premises | 180 m | 5 Very good | 15 Aug 2024 |
| Dumnbleton Village Hall WR11 7TP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 180 m | 5 Very good | 8 Aug 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near St Peters Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 81% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 36% | 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) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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
Garden Close · Dairy Lane · St Peters Lane · Main Street · Mill Farm Cottages
All the streets in WR11 and across Tewkesbury.
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.