Downs Mill Much Wenlock, Shropshire
22 addresses across 4 postcodes (TF13), about 760 m (0.5 miles) long. USRN 4300941.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (D: 2).
- Flood: 10 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 B; Band D in Shropshire costs £2,528 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 67% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wellington (Shropshire), about 11.6 km (7.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 134 to 156 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 22 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Much Wenlock & Cressage Medical Practice, about 670 m (0.4 miles) away.
- People: About 1,060 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 71% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 199 m². Most common: House, detached (2). Built: before 1900 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
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 B (20% of about 1,710 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Much Wenlock (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 5.
- 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
- PRIORY HOUSE, grade I
- PRIORY OF ST MILBURGA (RUINS), grade I
- PRIORY COTTAGE, grade II
- PRIORY TOWER, grade II
- THE PRIORY, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Smithfield Works, Much Wenlock: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (780 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 7 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 14 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 14 homes the Environment Agency counts, 7 are in areas at high risk, 2 medium, 2 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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| TF13 6PE | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 2 / 0 | unlikely |
| TF13 6EN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 5 | unlikely |
| TF13 6HS | zone 3 | 6 / 1 / 3 | unlikely |
| TF13 6NB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 6 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 22 addresses are between 134 m and 156 m above sea level (142 m on average); the ground rises about 23 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TF13 6EN | 100% | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| TF13 6HS | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TF13 6NB | 98% | 29% | 29% | 0% |
| TF13 6PE | 43% | 43% | 43% | 29% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wellington (Shropshire) 676,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.6 km (7.2 miles) |
| Telford Central 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 11.8 km (7.3 miles) | |
| Oakengates 72,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.5 km (7.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 13 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Crossroads Much Wenlock | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Jiggers Bank P&R Coalbrookdale | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest St Mary's Lane Car Park | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 56.9 km (35 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Much Wenlock & Cressage Medical Practice | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wenlock Pharmacy | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Twickel Dental Limited | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Bridgnorth Hospital | 11.2 km (7 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police - Madeley Police Station | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Much Wenlock Cashzone | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,610 m² | 320 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Gaskell Recreation Ground 4.2 ha | 240 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Southfield Road Allotments 8,030 m² | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Priory House, a listed building (Grade I), 320 m south-west. 88 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade I and 5 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Priory House | Listed building, Grade I | 320 m south-west |
| Priory of St Milburga (Ruins) | Listed building, Grade I | 330 m south-west |
| Wenlock Abbey | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 340 m south-west |
| Wenlock Priory | Scheduled monument | 340 m south-west |
| Church of Holy Trinity | Listed building, Grade I | 470 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Medieval cross in Holy Trinity churchyard | Scheduled monument | 480 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Guildhall | Listed building, Grade II* | 500 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Moated site at Whitwell | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| Ironbridge Gorge | World Heritage Site | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Gleedon Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Ash Coppice | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Edge Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Bradley Coppice | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Barrow Dingle | Valley | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) east |
| Pasmore's Pool | Lake or reservoir | 3.3 km (2 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.4 | 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 | 21 | 22 |
1 of the street's 22 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 Shropshire: see them on the Shropshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Brookes School | Secondary | 11–16 | 430 m (0.3 miles) | Requires improvement (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Much Wenlock Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Old Bakery TF13 6HU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 3 Jun 2026 |
| Baker And Cook TF13 6HT | Retailers - other | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 3 Jun 2026 |
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 | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 39% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 71% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 14% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 43% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 44% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 31% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
- TF13 6PE: 13 addresses of 22 in the postcode
- TF13 6EN: 5 addresses of 45 in the postcode
- TF13 6HS: 3 addresses of 24 in the postcode
- TF13 6NB: 1 address of 57 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in TF13 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.