Easinghope Lane Hipplecote, Malvern Hills
21 addresses across 3 postcodes (WR6), about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 24406749.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2010 the median was £949,948 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 1, E: 2, F: 2).
- Flood: 3 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 Malvern Hills costs £2,451 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 76% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Malvern Link, about 10.6 km (6.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 930 m (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 26 to 129 m above sea level.
- Noise: 9 of its 21 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Knightwick Surgery, about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away.
- People: About 530 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | £949,948 | £949,948 | £949,948 |
| 2005 | 1 | £375,000 | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2024 | GATE HOUSE WR6 5PA | Other | £1,050,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 4 Apr 2023 | PLOT 3, LOWER GURNOX FARM WR6 5PA | Other | £60,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 28 May 2010 | HAWKSNEST BARN WR6 5PA | Detached | £949,948 | |
| 7 Sep 2005 | HAWKSNEST FARMHOUSE WR6 5PA | Detached | £375,000 | |
| 25 Apr 1997 | CHAPEL HOUSE WR6 5PA | Detached | £250,000 |
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 217 m². Most common: House, detached (5); Bungalow, detached (2). Built: before 1900 (3); 2003-2006 (1); 2007-2011 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Malvern Hills in 2026-27: Band D £2,451 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,634 | £1,906 | £2,179 | £2,451 | £2,996 | £3,540 | £4,085 | £4,902 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band E (19% of about 1,710 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- 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
- Bank Farmhouse, grade II
- Barn about 20 metres south east of Bank Farmhouse, grade II
- DODDENHAM HALL, grade II
- LAUREL COTTAGE, grade II
- RIVERVIEW, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 5 August 2026: WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WR6 5PA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WR6 5PS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WR6 5NZ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 2 / 4 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 22 addresses are between 26 m and 129 m above sea level (70 m on average); the ground rises about 103 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR6 5NZ | 76% | 76% | 76% | 24% |
| WR6 5PA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WR6 5PS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Malvern Link 321,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.6 km (6.6 miles) |
| Worcester Foregate Street 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 10.9 km (6.8 miles) | |
| Worcester Shrub Hill 577,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.8 km (7.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 50.6 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Knightwick Surgery | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Peak Pharmacy | 8.6 km (5.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | High Street (Dental Surgery) | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Bromyard Community Hospital | 9.3 km (5.8 miles) |
| Police station | Worcester Police Station | 10.7 km (6.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 220 m² | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,990 m² | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 7,380 m² | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 720 m² | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Berrow Hill Camp, a scheduled monument, 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north. 10 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Berrow Hill Camp | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Tinkers' Coppice | Wood | 320 m north-west |
| Nipple Coppice | Wood | 610 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Hay Wood | Wood | 720 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Shooter's Coppice | Wood | 930 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Ankerdine Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Seven Acre Dingle | Valley | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 8 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 21 |
9 of the street's 21 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 Malvern Hills: see them on the Malvern Hills 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 | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 56% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 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) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 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 6 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
- WR6 5PA: 18 addresses of 20 in the postcode
- WR6 5PS: 2 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- WR6 5NZ: 1 address of 32 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in WR6 and across Malvern Hills.
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.