Hanbury Road Sharpway Gate, Bromsgrove
4 addresses across 3 postcodes (B60), about 820 m (0.5 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 4702801.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2017 the median was £1,025,000 across 1 sale.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 Bromsgrove costs £2,479 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bromsgrove, about 4 km (2.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 83 to 114 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 4 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is New Road Surgery Bromsgrove, about 5 km (3.1 miles) away.
- People: About 370 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 68% of households owned their home and 37% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | £1,025,000 | £1,025,000 | £1,025,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £480,000 | £480,000 | £480,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Mar 2019 | THE FIRS B60 4AR | Other | £840,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 16 Nov 2017 | HARBOURS HILL FARM B60 4AG | Detached | £1,025,000 | |
| 19 Apr 2001 | HARBOURS HILL FARM B60 4AG | Detached | £480,000 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Bromsgrove in 2026-27: Band D £2,479 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,652 | £1,928 | £2,203 | £2,479 | £3,029 | £3,580 | £4,131 | £4,957 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (22% of about 690 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: yes, Bromsgrove.
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 4 January 2027 to 8 January 2027: WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the verge (major (paa) works)
- 4 January 2027 to 8 January 2027: WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the verge (major works)
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 4 addresses are between 83 m and 114 m above sea level (95 m on average); the ground rises about 30 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B60 4AG | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| B60 4AR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| B60 4AW | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bromsgrove 696,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Droitwich Spa 519,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) | |
| Redditch 910,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Bromsgrove Bus Station | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 28.5 km (18 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | New Road Surgery Bromsgrove | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Avoncroft Pharmacy | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Damani Dental Practice | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Droitwich Spa Private Hospital | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police - Bromsgrove Police Station | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Bromsgrove, Charford Cashzone | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 390 m² | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.2 ha | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Allotments | Stoke Prior Allotments 2.4 ha | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary the Virgin, a listed building (Grade I), 1 km (0.6 miles) south. 14 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Standing cross at the junction of School Road and Astwood Lane | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Hanbury Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Dodderhill Common | Wood | 320 m south |
| Piper's Hill | Hill | 380 m south |
| Thompson Wood | Wood | 590 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Harbours Hill | Hill | 880 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Church Coppice | Wood | 940 m (0.6 miles) south |
| Brick Kiln Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 4 |
2 of the street's 4 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 Bromsgrove: see them on the Bromsgrove page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanbury CofE First School Church of England | Primary | 3–9 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Hanbury Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 68% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 30% | 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) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 43% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 4 January 2027 to 8 January 2027 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- B60 4AR: 2 addresses of 4 in the postcode
- B60 4AG: 1 address of 2 in the postcode
- B60 4AW: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in B60 and across Bromsgrove.
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.