Fairview Cottage Lower Drayton, South Staffordshire
129 addresses across 2 postcodes (ST18), about 180 m long. USRN 36704512.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2018 the median was £287,000 across 1 sale.
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 South Staffordshire costs £2,314 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 69% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Penkridge, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Penkridge Festival Garden, is about 2.5 km (1.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 90 to 92 m above sea level.
- Noise: 53 of its 129 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Penkridge Medical Practice, about 2.5 km (1.5 miles) away.
- People: About 550 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 7 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | £287,000 | £287,000 | £287,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £83,000 | £83,000 | £83,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2018 | 1 ST18 9AB | Semi-detached | £287,000 | |
| 23 Apr 1999 | 1 ST18 9AB | Semi-detached | £83,000 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in South Staffordshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,314 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,542 | £1,800 | £2,057 | £2,314 | £2,828 | £3,342 | £3,856 | £4,627 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (23% of about 2,060 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
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, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST18 9FJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| ST18 9AB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 129 addresses are between 90 m and 92 m above sea level (91 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST18 9AB | 83% | 69% | 69% | 2% |
| ST18 9FJ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Penkridge 293,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Stafford 2.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km (4 miles) | |
| Hednesford 276,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.3 km (5.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Swan Lane Dunston | 130 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Cannock Town Centre | 8.1 km (5.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest EVPlus Charging Station | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 40.7 km (25 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Penkridge Medical Practice | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Northwood Pharmacy | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Priors Dental Practice LTD | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Rowley Hall Hospital | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) |
| Police station | Staffordshire Police - Watling Street Police Station | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | Central England Co-Op - Rising Brook, Burton Square Cashzone | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Penkridge Festival Garden 470 m² | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,250 m² | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,930 m² | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Moated site at Moat House Farm, a scheduled monument, 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Moated site at Moat House Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cockpit Plantation | Wood | 520 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Honey Pots | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Lodgerail Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Little Marsh | Wetland | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) south |
| Acton Hill | Hill | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) north-east |
| Slade | Valley | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 31 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 21 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 76 | 129 |
53 of the street's 129 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 South Staffordshire: see them on the South Staffordshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Leonard's CofE First School Church of England | Primary | 3–9 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Courtyard Bar And Restaurant ST18 9AB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 70 m | 5 Very good | 12 Feb 2026 |
| Haven School ST18 9FJ | School/college/university | 80 m | 5 Very good | 3 Mar 2025 |
| Taylor Tots Nursery ST18 9AD | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 270 m | 5 Very good | 3 Sep 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Swan Lane (7).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 37% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 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 | 21% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 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 6 to 8 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
All the streets in ST18 and across South Staffordshire.
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.