Chestnut Cottages Woolstaston, Shropshire
21 addresses across 8 postcodes (SY6), about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) long. USRN 34701737.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2002 the median was £141,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, E: 1, F: 2).
- Flood: 5 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 E; Band D in Shropshire costs £2,528 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 94% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Church Stretton, about 4.2 km (2.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 173 to 272 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 21 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Church Stretton Medical Centre, about 4.2 km (2.6 miles) away.
- People: About 1,050 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 44% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1 | £141,000 | £141,000 | £141,000 |
| 1995 | 2 | £60,000 | £40,000 | £80,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sep 2002 | 1 SY6 6HQ | Semi-detached | £141,000 | |
| 18 Dec 1995 | 1 SY6 6HQ | Semi-detached | £80,000 | |
| 13 Apr 1995 | 1 SY6 6HQ | Semi-detached | £40,000 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 95 m². Most common: House, detached (2); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (3); 2018 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (2); owner-occupied (1).
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 E (21% of about 1,890 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, All Stretton. 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): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
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, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 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 32 homes the Environment Agency counts, 2 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SY6 6HN | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| SY6 6NN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY6 6HE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY6 6HQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY6 6LB | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| SY6 6LJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY6 7JJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY6 7JL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 21 addresses are between 173 m and 272 m above sea level (200 m on average); the ground rises about 99 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY6 6HE | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY6 6HN | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY6 6HQ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY6 6LB | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY6 6LJ | 25% | 25% | 25% | 75% |
| SY6 6NN | 94% | 94% | 94% | 0% |
| SY6 7JJ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY6 7JL | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Church Stretton 123,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Craven Arms 100,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.9 km (9.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| EV charging points | Essex Road | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 73.2 km (45 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Church Stretton Medical Centre | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Msn & Lunts Pharmacy | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Shrewsbury Hospital | 13.2 km (8.2 miles) |
| Police station | Pontesbury Police Station | 10.1 km (6.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Midcounties Co-op Church Stretton | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1,350 m² | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 210 m² | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bowdler's House, a listed building (Grade II*), 590 m (0.4 miles) north. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bowdler's House | Listed building, Grade II* | 590 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Woolstaston Hall and garden wall adjoining to east | Listed building, Grade II* | 600 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Church of St Michael and All Angels | Listed building, Grade II* | 680 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Castle Bank motte and bailey castle, 150m north west of Woolstaston Hall. | Scheduled monument | 720 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Cross-dyke, field bank, ridge and furrow and hut structures 400m south of High Park House | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Bowl barrow on Plush Hill, 120m north west of Jinlye | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Deadmansbatch | Wood | 660 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Spring Coppice | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Lower Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Smethcott Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Long Batch | Valley | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 15 | 20 |
6 of the street's 21 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 1 from railways, 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 | 61 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 42% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 45% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 43% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 24% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 27% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 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
- SY6 6HN: 9 addresses of 39 in the postcode
- SY6 6NN: 5 addresses of 37 in the postcode
- SY6 6HE: 2 addresses of 18 in the postcode
- SY6 6HQ: 1 address of 3 in the postcode
- SY6 6LB: 1 address of 15 in the postcode
- SY6 6LJ: 1 address of 9 in the postcode
- SY6 7JJ: 1 address of 11 in the postcode
- SY6 7JL: 1 address of 8 in the postcode
All the streets in SY6 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.