Evesham Road Lower Wolverton, Wychavon
17 addresses across 2 postcodes (WR10,WR7), about 2.3 km (1.5 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 45404756.
- Sales: 4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2006 the median was £310,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (E: 1, F: 2).
- 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 C; Band D in Wychavon costs £2,373 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Pershore, about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.8 km (1.7 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 30 to 40 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 17 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Pershore Medical Practice, about 4.2 km (2.6 miles) away.
- People: About 680 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 38% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 | £310,000 | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £175,000 | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £116,000 | £116,000 | £116,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Aug 2017 | FLAT, BERKELEY ARMS WR7 4QL | Other | £460,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 26 Oct 2006 | PEARTREES WR7 4QL | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 4 May 2001 | WOOD COTTAGE WR7 4QL | Detached | £175,000 | |
| 22 May 1996 | PEARTREES WR7 4QL | Detached | £116,000 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 99 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (3). Built: before 1900 (2); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
Council tax
What each band costs in Wychavon in 2026-27: Band D £2,373 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,582 | £1,846 | £2,110 | £2,373 | £2,901 | £3,428 | £3,955 | £4,746 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (24% of about 1,520 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 6.
- 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
- LOWER WOLVERTON HALL, grade II*
- BARN AT LOWER WOLVERTON HALL TO THE WEST OF THE HOUSE, grade II
- BREACH FARMHOUSE, grade II
- OUTBUILDING AT LOWER WOLVERTON HALL TO THE NORTH OF THE HOUSE, grade II
- ROSEMARY COTTAGE WOODBINE COTTAGE, grade II
- WOLVERTON FARMHOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 12 September 2026 to 23 September 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, 1 at medium risk and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WR10 2AU | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WR7 4QL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 17 addresses are between 30 m and 40 m above sea level (33 m on average); the ground rises about 10 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR10 2AU | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| WR7 4QL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Pershore 116,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Worcestershire Parkway 456,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Worcester Shrub Hill 577,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.9 km (5.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Stonebow House | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Worcester Bus Station | 9.6 km (6 miles) |
| Car parks | Co-Op Pershore Car Park | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Asda - Pinvin GeniePoint | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 41.8 km (26 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Pershore Medical Practice | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Pershore Pharmacy | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 133 High Street (Dental Surgery) | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Pershore Hospital | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police - Pershore Police Station | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | Simply Fresh, Drakes Broughton | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2.2 ha | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 3,410 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.1 ha | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,780 m² | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Lower Wolverton Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 710 m (0.4 miles) north. 13 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Wolverton Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 710 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Church of St Nicholas | Listed building, Grade II* | 890 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Home Covert | Wood | 360 m north-west |
| Tagg Coppice | Wood | 370 m south |
| Peopleton Rough | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Lodge Wood | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Dufty Coppice | Wood | 2 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Low Hill | Hill | 3 km (1.9 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 17 |
5 of the street's 17 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 Wychavon: see them on the Wychavon page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Barnabas CofE Primary Drakes Broughton Church of England | Primary | 2–12 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
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 | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 48% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 46% | 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) | 38% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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
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.