Foxleigh Drive Wem, Shropshire
12 addresses across 1 postcode (SY4), about 110 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 28200239.
- Sales: 11 recorded sales since 1995; in 2020 the median was £527,500 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Shropshire cost £277,521 in August 2026 (-0.9% on a year); private rents averaged £828 a month.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (D: 3, E: 1, F: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 30 times (57 hours) in 2025.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Shropshire costs £2,528 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wem, about 620 m (0.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 270 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 81 m above sea level.
- Noise: 10 of its 12 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Wem And Prees Medical Practice, about 290 m away.
- People: About 490 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 89% of households owned their home and 28% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 22 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | £527,500 | £527,500 | £527,500 |
| 2014 | 1 | £169,950 | £169,950 | £169,950 |
| 2012 | 1 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £122,500 | £122,500 | £122,500 |
| 2003 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 1999 | 2 | £62,000 | £60,000 | £64,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £52,000 | £52,000 | £52,000 |
| 1996 | 2 | £67,000 | £49,000 | £85,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £56,000 | £56,000 | £56,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Feb 2014 | 2 SY4 5BP | Detached | £169,950 | |
| 11 Jan 2012 | 2 SY4 5BP | Detached | £125,000 | |
| 12 May 1995 | 4 SY4 5BP | Detached | £56,000 | |
| 18 Nov 2011 | 6 SY4 5BP | Detached | £122,500 | |
| 4 Jun 1999 | 8 SY4 5BP | Detached | £60,000 | |
| 28 Aug 1996 | 10 SY4 5BP | Detached | £85,000 | |
| 10 Dec 1999 | 12 SY4 5BP | Detached | £64,000 | |
| 26 Apr 1996 | 14 SY4 5BP | Detached | £49,000 | |
| 28 Aug 2020 | FOXLEIGH HOUSE SY4 5BP | Detached | £527,500 | |
| 14 Feb 2003 | FOXLEIGH HOUSE SY4 5BP | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 20 May 1997 | OR-BRIQUE SY4 5BP | Detached | £52,000 |
House prices and rents in Shropshire
A typical home in Shropshire cost £277,521 in August 2026, 0.9% less than a year before. That is 16% more than five years earlier and 41% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £416,462 |
| Semi-detached | £259,969 |
| Terraced | £208,538 |
| Flat or maisonette | £135,574 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £224,381 |
Private renters in Shropshire paid £828 a month on average in September 2026, 4.8% more than a year before. That is 31% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £611 |
| Two bedrooms | £773 |
| Three bedrooms | £959 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,406 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 77 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (3); House, detached (2). Built: 1950-1966 (3); 1967-1975 (1); before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 12,737 kWh of it on average in 2024, 12% more than the district's 11,370 kWh, and 4,997 kWh of electricity, 20% more than the district's 4,165 kWh. There are gas meters for about 90% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is SY4.
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (32% of about 760 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Edinburgh House, New Street, Wem: up to 28 homes, permissioned (470 m (0.3 miles))
- Proposed Residential Development Land To The East Of New Street, Wem, Shropshire: up to 6 homes, not permissioned (480 m (0.3 miles))
- 26 - 28 Aston Street, Wem, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 5AY: up to 6 homes, permissioned (580 m (0.4 miles))
- Old Post Office And Buildings To The Rear 25 High Street, Wem, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 5DG: up to 8 homes, permissioned (720 m (0.4 miles))
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
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, 0 at medium risk and 6 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 30 times, for 57 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Roden.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellgate Combined Sewer Overflow Severn Trent Water | River Roden | 30 | 57 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 81 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY4 5BP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wem 112,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Prees 9,330 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Yorton 8,550 journeys in 2024–25 | 6 km (3.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 32 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest No. 97 Wem | 180 m |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 53.3 km (33 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wem And Prees Medical Practice Good Mar 2016 | 290 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Rowlands Pharmacy | 290 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Drawwell House Dental Surgery | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Whitchurch Hospital | 12.7 km (7.9 miles) |
| Care homes | 6 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Landona House Good Feb 2019 | 140 m |
| Police station | West Mercia Police - Whitchurch Police Station | 12.3 km (7.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Midcounties Co-Op Wem, Shopping Park Cashzone | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,550 m² | 270 m |
| Play area | 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 450 m² | 290 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.9 ha | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Love Lane Allotments 1.1 ha | 110 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 1.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is PARK HOUSE (formerly listed as The Hall, New Street), a listed building (Grade II*), 560 m (0.3 miles) south. 85 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| PARK HOUSE (formerly listed as The Hall, New Street) | Listed building, Grade II* | 560 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Hazlitt House | Listed building, Grade II* | 720 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Church of St Peter and St Paul | Listed building, Grade II* | 810 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Wem Castle: a motte castle immediately south west of St Peter and St Paul's Church | Scheduled monument | 880 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Moated site 500m south east of Creamore Cottage | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Palmshill Rough | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south-east |
| Brockhurst Covert | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) east |
| Soulton Wood | Wood | 3 km (1.8 miles) east |
| Black Wood | Wood | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) south |
| Lee Hills | Hills | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) south-east |
| Slade | Valley | 5 km (3.1 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.0 | 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 |
| 60 to 64 | 7 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 12 |
10 of the street's 12 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 Shropshire: see them on the Shropshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 360 m | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 60% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 60% in 2024 and 60% in 2023) |
| The Thomas Adams School | Secondary | 11–18 | 680 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 43.3 (43.4 in 2025 and 42.3 in 2024); 38.2% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C+; 13.7% AAB or better; progress average |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 620 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wem Playmates Nursery SY4 5JX | Full day care | 50 | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 92 childminders and 10 home childcarers (nannies) in Shropshire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkestone Arms SY4 5AF | Pub/bar/nightclub | 260 m | 5 Very good | 13 Oct 2021 |
| Empower Trust @ St. Peter's CE Primary School And Nursery SY4 5BX | School/college/university | 370 m | 5 Very good | 1 May 2025 |
| Empower Trust @ Happy Days After School Care SY4 5BX | School/college/university | 370 m | 5 Very good | 22 Feb 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 12 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 6 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Sycamore Drive (11); On or near Summerfield Road (3); On or near Foxleigh Drive (2); On or near Foxleigh Grove (2); On or near Foxleigh Crescent (2).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 89% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 55% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 20% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 67% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 12% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 37% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
- SY4 5BP: 12 addresses of 13 in the postcode
Nearby streets
The Paddock · Foxleigh Grove · Foxleigh Close · Fir Tree Lane · Marne Close · Foxleigh Crescent · Bazeley Way · Love Lane · Summerfield Road · Sycamore Drive · Station Road · Windmill Meadow
All the streets in SY4 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.