Greenacre Drive Codsall, South Staffordshire
16 addresses across 3 postcodes (WV8), about 150 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 36700428.
- Sales: 10 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £410,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 5).
- 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 C; Band D in South Staffordshire costs £2,314 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bilbrook, about 370 m away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 530 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 118 to 121 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 16 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bilbrook Medical Centre, about 370 m away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 480 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 74% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £410,000 | £410,000 | £410,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £432,000 | £432,000 | £432,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £269,000 | £269,000 | £269,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £241,000 | £241,000 | £241,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £183,000 | £183,000 | £183,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £140,000 | £140,000 | £140,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £114,000 | £114,000 | £114,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 2025 | 14 WV8 2JA | Detached | £410,000 | |
| 28 Mar 2024 | 8 WV8 2JA | Detached | £432,000 | |
| 5 May 2017 | 5 WV8 2JA | Other | £300,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Aug 2016 | 9 WV8 2JA | Other | £7,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 15 Dec 2006 | 3 WV8 2JA | Detached | £269,000 | |
| 8 Dec 2005 | 12 WV8 2JA | Detached | £240,000 | |
| 2 Sep 2003 | 1 WV8 2JA | Detached | £241,000 | |
| 29 Jul 2002 | 2 WV8 2JA | Detached | £183,000 | |
| 30 Nov 2000 | 12 WV8 2JA | Detached | £140,000 | |
| 21 Mar 1997 | 7 WV8 2JA | Detached | £114,000 |
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 106 m². Most common: House, detached (7). Built: 1983-1990 (6); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (43% of about 610 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: 1 protected tree on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Birches Bridge Garage, Wolverhampton Road, Bilbrook, permissioned (430 m (0.3 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 28 September 2026 to 30 September 2026: SEVERN TRENT WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 8 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WV8 2JA | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| WV8 2JJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| WV8 2JP | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 8 / 10 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 118 m and 121 m above sea level (119 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WV8 2JA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WV8 2JJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WV8 2JP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bilbrook 139,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 370 m |
| Codsall 136,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | |
| Wolverhampton 5.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 16 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Greenacre Drive Bilbrook | 50 m |
| Bus or coach station | Wolverhampton Bus Station | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 34.8 km (22 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bilbrook Medical Centre | 370 m |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Birches Bridge Pharmacy | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Treetops Surgery | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Nuffield Hospital | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Police station | West Midlands Police - Oxley Police Base | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Codsall Cashzone | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,380 m² | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 550 m² | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 5.6 ha | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 8,080 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bedford Gorse | Wood | 680 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Bedford Spinney | Wood | 820 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Wood Coppice | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Wergs Plantation | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Bilbrook Jubilee Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Inland Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 13 | 16 |
3 of the street's 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birches First School | Primary | 3–9 | 370 m | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Christopher's Catholic Primary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 530 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| Codsall Community High School | Secondary | 13–18 | 630 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Lane Green First School | Primary | 3–9 | 800 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Bilbrook CofE (VC) Middle School Church of England | Middle deemed secondary | 9–13 | 800 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Codsall Middle School | Middle deemed secondary | 9–13 | 820 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Sep 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Palmers Cross Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Aldersley High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Nicholas Church of England First School | Primary | 3–9 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Dovecotes Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium Local WV8 1PE | Retailers - other | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 20 Nov 2025 |
| Asda Express PFS Birches Bridge WV8 1PF | Retailers - other | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 18 Nov 2025 |
| Subway WV8 1PF | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 440 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 3 Dec 2024 |
| Codsall Spice WV8 1PF | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 2 Sep 2026 |
| Birches First School WV8 2JG | School/college/university | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 10 Nov 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 20 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 13 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Green Oak Road (18); On or near Wesley Avenue (13); On or near Parkes Avenue (2); On or near Farm Close (2); On or near Wesley Road (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 74% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 13% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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
- WV8 2JA: 14 addresses
- WV8 2JJ: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
- WV8 2JP: 1 address of 43 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Kynaston Crescent · Birches Park Road · Whitefield Close · Meadow Vale · South View Close · Farm Close · Wesley Road · Oakfield Road · Green Oak Road · Charters Avenue · Oakfield Road · Birches Road
All the streets in WV8 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.