Hawkbatch Upper Arley, Wyre Forest
57 addresses across 16 postcodes (DY12), about 3.2 km long. USRN 45702651.
3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2018 the median was £155,000 across 1 sale. 12 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 3, E: 3, F: 3, G: 1). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Wyre Forest costs £2,512 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Kidderminster, about 7.3 km away in a straight line. Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 28 to 174 m above sea level. 1 of its 57 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Bewdley Medical Centre, about 4.0 km away. About 1,080 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 28% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | £155,000 | £155,000 | £155,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £394,950 | £394,950 | £394,950 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Sep 2023 | THE LODGE DY12 3AH | Other | £295,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 27 Jul 2018 | THE LODGE DY12 3AH | Detached | £155,000 | |
| 20 Jul 2016 | CLAYPIT COTTAGE DY12 3AH | Detached | £394,950 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 143 m². Most common: House, detached (9); House, semi-detached (2); Bungalow, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (4); 1930-1949 (3); 1900-1929 (2). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (5); owner-occupied (5).
Council tax
What each band costs in Wyre Forest in 2026-27: Band D £2,512 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,675 | £1,954 | £2,233 | £2,512 | £3,071 | £3,629 | £4,187 | £5,025 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (35% of about 1,890 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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, Wyre Forest.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 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 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 7 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 0 very low.
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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| DY12 1PJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY12 1PG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY12 1NY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY12 1PH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY12 1PQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY12 1PN | zone 2 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| DY12 1PA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY12 1PB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY12 1PD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY12 1PE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY12 1PF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY12 3AH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY12 1NX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY12 1PP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY12 1PR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DY12 1PW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 57 addresses are between 28 m and 174 m above sea level (111 m on average); the ground rises about 145 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DY12 1NX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY12 1NY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY12 1PA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY12 1PB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY12 1PD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY12 1PE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY12 1PF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY12 1PG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY12 1PH | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| DY12 1PJ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| DY12 1PN | 17% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DY12 1PP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY12 1PR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY12 1PW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY12 3AH | 89% | 89% | 89% | 11% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kidderminster 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 7.3 km |
| Blakedown 96,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.9 km | |
| Hartlebury 66,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.5 km | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m | |
| Bus or coach station | Kidderminster Bus Station | 6.4 km |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 4.7 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 40.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Bewdley Medical Centre | 4.0 km |
| Pharmacies | Peak Pharmacy | 4.0 km |
| NHS dentists | Bewdley Dental Practice | 4.1 km |
| Hospital | Kidderminster Hospital | 5.8 km |
| Police station | West Mercia Police - Bewdley Police Station | 4.1 km |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 4.0 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.6 ha | 1.3 km |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 56 | 57 |
1 of the street's 57 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Arley CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
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 | 58 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 36% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 68% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 37% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 43% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 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 2 to 5 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
- DY12 1PJ: 13 addresses of 23 in the postcode
- DY12 1PG: 8 addresses
- DY12 1NY: 6 addresses
- DY12 1PH: 6 addresses
- DY12 1PQ: 5 addresses of 7 in the postcode
- DY12 1PN: 3 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- DY12 1PA: 2 addresses
- DY12 1PB: 2 addresses
- DY12 1PD: 2 addresses
- DY12 1PE: 2 addresses
- DY12 1PF: 2 addresses
- DY12 3AH: 2 addresses of 63 in the postcode
- DY12 1NX: 1 address of 3 in the postcode
- DY12 1PP: 1 address
- DY12 1PR: 1 address
- DY12 1PW: 1 address of 2 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in DY12 and across Wyre Forest.
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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.