Hednesford Road Cannock Chase
17 addresses across 3 postcodes (WS12), about 650 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 5500560.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Cannock Chase cost £231,333 in August 2026 (-1.3% on a year); private rents averaged £868 a month.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (B: 4, D: 2, 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.
- Coal mining: 1 of its postcodes is in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
- Landfill: 7 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Hednesford Road Landfill Site, is 10 m away.
- Storm overflows: 4 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 11 times (31 hours) in 2025.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Cannock Chase costs £2,376 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Cannock, about 3.2 km (2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Wimblebury Mound, is about 480 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 163 to 178 m above sea level.
- Noise: 14 of its 17 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Norton Canes Health Centre, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away, with 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 410 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 63% of households owned their home and 23% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 4 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 2 of them fatal or serious.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Cannock Chase
A typical home in Cannock Chase cost £231,333 in August 2026, 1.3% less than a year before. That is 20% more than five years earlier and 58% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £348,921 |
| Semi-detached | £222,470 |
| Terraced | £183,922 |
| Flat or maisonette | £105,774 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £204,194 |
Private renters in Cannock Chase paid £868 a month on average in September 2026, 7.2% more than a year before. That is 33% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £589 |
| Two bedrooms | £782 |
| Three bedrooms | £966 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,347 |
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 85 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (6); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 2020 (4); 1983-1990 (2); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2); rented (private) (1).
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 9,680 kWh of it on average in 2024, 12% less than the district's 11,042 kWh, and 3,597 kWh of electricity, 13% more than the district's 3,192 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WS12 3HJ | 7 | 2,876 kWh | 7 | 9,232 kWh |
| WS12 3JA | 7 | 3,746 kWh | 7 | 9,525 kWh |
These are all the homes on each 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 WS12.
Council tax
What each band costs in Cannock Chase in 2026-27: Band D £2,376 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,584 | £1,848 | £2,112 | £2,376 | £2,904 | £3,432 | £3,960 | £4,752 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (37% of about 790 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, Cannock Chase.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 272 Hednesford Road, Norton Canes, WS11 9SA: up to 11 homes, not permissioned (670 m (0.4 miles))
- 272 Hednesford Road, Norton Canes: up to 9 homes, permissioned (670 m (0.4 miles))
- Land at 61 & 65 Wimblebury Road, Heath Hay, Cannock: up to 6 homes, permissioned (690 m (0.4 miles))
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplars Anaerobic Digestion Facility (Waste AD) Cannock Chase CH.09/03/721 MW | Anaerobic digestion | 6 MW | Operational Jul 2011 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WS12 3HJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| WS12 3JB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WS12 3JA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any 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
4 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 11 times, for 31 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Newlands Brook, River Trent.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath Hayes - Cleeton St/Cannock Rd (Cso) Severn Trent Water | Newlands Brook | 1 | 0 | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Cannock Road Sewage Pumping Station Severn Trent Water | Newlands Brook | 8 | 31 | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Heath Hayes - Boston Close (Cso) Severn Trent Water; monitored 86% of the year | River Trent | 1 | 0 | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Heath Hayes - Hendesford Road 195 (Cso) Severn Trent Water | Newlands Brook | 1 | 0 | 730 m (0.5 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
1 of the street's 3 postcodes is in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground. 2 more are elsewhere in the coalfield, at low risk.
Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is 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
7 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 10 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hednesford Road Landfill Site Hednesford Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, Staffordshire | from 1966 | Not recorded | 10 m |
| Football Field Off Cannock Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, Staffordshire | 1960 to 1976 | Not recorded | 20 m |
| Rear of Site Number 23, Cannock Road Cannock Road, Cannock, Staffordshire | 1960 to 1965 | Not recorded | 30 m |
| Landfill Site West Of Hednesford Road West Of Hednesford Road, Cannock, Staffordshire | from 1970 | Not recorded | 30 m |
| Adjacent To Wimblebury Road, Recreation Ground Wimblebury Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, Staffordshire | 1935 to 1942 | Not recorded | 130 m |
| Land near Norton Lodge Farm North Of Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffordshire | 1946 to 1948 | Not recorded | 240 m |
| Landfill Site Off Hednesford Road Hednesford Road, Cannock, Staffordshire | from 1938 | Household | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 17 addresses are between 163 m and 178 m above sea level (173 m on average); the ground rises about 14 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WS12 3HJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WS12 3JA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WS12 3JB | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Cannock 329,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Hednesford 276,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) | |
| Landywood 169,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 12 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Woodfield Drive Norton East | 260 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Cannock Town Centre | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 29.8 km (19 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Norton Canes Health Centre Good Jul 2026 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bains Pharmacy | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Hednesford Road (Dental Surgery) | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Cannock Chase Hospital Good Feb 2020 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Needwood House Nursing Home Good Jul 2023 | 910 m (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | Cannock Police Station | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Wimblebury Mound 36 ha | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,700 m² | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9.0 ha | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 36 hectares in all.
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Biddulph's Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Chasewater | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-east |
| Noddyfield Valley | Valley | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
| Gains Plantation | Wood | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) south-west |
| Old Lodge Hill | Hill | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
| Cockpit Hill | Hill | 3 km (1.9 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 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 | 3 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 8 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 3 | 17 |
14 of the street's 17 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 Cannock Chase: see them on the Cannock Chase page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Canes High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 750 m (0.5 miles) | Requires improvement (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 43.5 (34.8 in 2025 and 36.9 in 2024); 35.4% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade D-; progress well below average |
| Norton Canes Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection | 73% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 69% in 2024 and 62% in 2023) |
| Heath Hayes Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Nov 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 61% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 57% in 2024 and 62% in 2023) |
| Gorsemoor Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 65% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 55% in 2024 and 60% in 2023) |
| Jerome Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | 84% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 66% in 2023) |
| Five Ways Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 52% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 55% in 2024 and 55% in 2023) |
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
5 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1 km (0.6 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's Nursery - Heath Hayes WS12 3DZ | Sessional day care | 36 | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Farlea Childcare (Gorsemoor) WS12 3TG | Out-of-school day care | 60 | Not inspected yet | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Progressive Sports @ Heath Hayes WS12 2EP | Out-of-school day care | 45 | Not inspected yet | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Honeybuns Day Nursery WS11 9QX | Full day care | 61 | Good (Aug 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Jc Academy Cannock Club WS12 2EZ | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 315 childminders and 25 home childcarers (nannies) in Staffordshire. 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
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (staffordshire).
Road safety
4 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight, in which 1 person died and 1 person was seriously hurt. 1 involved a motorcyclist. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Apr 2025 18:31 | Fatal | 1 person | B4154, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 17 Jan 2025 15:18 | Slight | 2 people | A5190, 30 mph | Wet road |
| 28 Oct 2024 09:26 | Slight | 2 people | B4154, 40 mph | Wet road |
| 31 May 2024 14:01 | Serious | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A5190, 30 mph | Daylight |
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 | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 63% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 33% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 36% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 22% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 71% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 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) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 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 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
- WS12 3HJ: 10 addresses of 16 in the postcode
- WS12 3JB: 4 addresses of 13 in the postcode
- WS12 3JA: 3 addresses of 10 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Stoke's Lane · Woodfield Close
All the streets in WS12 and across Cannock Chase.
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.