Hood Lane Lichfield
18 addresses across 4 postcodes (WS15), about 1 km (0.6 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 23400136.
- Sales: 29 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £446,500 across 2 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Lichfield cost £339,176 in August 2026 (+2.7% on a year); private rents averaged £1,100 a month.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (D: 2, E: 3, F: 2).
- Flood: 13 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Landfill: 3 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Old Brickyard Site/Brickyard Clay Hole, is 20 m away.
- Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 21 times (63 hours) in 2025.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Hawkesyard Estate, Rugeley Road - Battery Energy Storage, is 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Lichfield costs £2,352 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 30% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Rugeley Town, about 4.3 km (2.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.2 km (0.7 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 76 to 98 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 18 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Brereton Surgery, about 3.2 km (2 miles) away.
- People: About 1,140 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 90% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | £446,500 | £398,000 | £495,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | £488,000 | £346,000 | £630,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £235,000 | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £345,000 | £345,000 | £345,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £332,500 | £332,500 | £332,500 |
| 2020 | 2 | £560,000 | £475,000 | £645,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | £515,000 | £310,000 | £570,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £465,000 | £465,000 | £465,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £375,000 | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £325,000 | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £205,000 | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2026 | 14A WS15 4AG | Detached | £398,000 | |
| 28 Jun 2016 | 16 WS15 4AG | Semi-detached | £310,000 | |
| 12 Nov 1999 | 16 WS15 4AG | Semi-detached | £140,500 | |
| 2 Oct 1998 | 22 WS15 4AG | Semi-detached | £124,000 | |
| 31 Jul 1995 | 22 WS15 4AG | Semi-detached | £80,000 | |
| 14 Dec 2023 | 24 WS15 4AG | Detached | £345,000 | |
| 20 Oct 2022 | 24 WS15 4AG | Detached | £332,500 | |
| 17 Jul 2006 | 24 WS15 4AG | Detached | £205,000 | |
| 14 Dec 2001 | 24 WS15 4AG | Detached | £122,500 | |
| 25 Feb 2000 | 24 WS15 4AG | Detached | £114,000 | |
| 25 Jun 2015 | 28 WS15 4AG | Detached | £465,000 | |
| 19 Dec 2008 | 28 WS15 4AG | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 11 Jul 2024 | 34 WS15 4AG | Semi-detached | £235,000 | |
| 17 Dec 2025 | 36 WS15 4AG | Semi-detached | £346,000 | |
| 21 Apr 2005 | 36 WS15 4AG | Semi-detached | £160,000 | |
| 16 Apr 2026 | 38 WS15 4AG | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 15 Dec 2011 | 38 WS15 4AG | Detached | £325,000 | |
| 27 Nov 2001 | 38 WS15 4AG | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 15 Dec 1995 | 38 WS15 4AG | Detached | £80,000 | |
| 27 Aug 1999 | 44 WS15 4AG | Detached | £156,000 | |
| 13 Jun 2025 | 46 WS15 4AG | Detached | £630,000 | |
| 3 Aug 2012 | ANDROS COTTAGE WS15 4AG | Detached | £375,000 | |
| 13 Oct 2000 | ANDROS COTTAGE WS15 4AG | Detached | £210,000 | New build. |
| 13 Feb 2020 | GREEN VALLEY WS15 4AG | Detached | £645,000 | |
| 18 Oct 2002 | GREEN VALLEY WS15 4AG | Detached | £365,000 | |
| 8 Jun 2016 | HOOD LODGE WS15 4LF | Detached | £570,000 | |
| 18 Sep 2020 | NEW RECTORY WS15 4AG | Detached | £475,000 | |
| 19 Feb 2016 | VINE COTTAGE WS15 4AG | Detached | £515,000 | |
| 23 Feb 2001 | VINE COTTAGE WS15 4AG | Detached | £155,000 |
House prices and rents in Lichfield
A typical home in Lichfield cost £339,176 in August 2026, 2.7% more than a year before. That is 25% more than five years earlier and 47% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £524,798 |
| Semi-detached | £318,271 |
| Terraced | £253,811 |
| Flat or maisonette | £164,083 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £268,406 |
Private renters in Lichfield paid £1,100 a month on average in September 2026, 6.6% more than a year before. That is 34% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £738 |
| Two bedrooms | £965 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,156 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,692 |
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 105 m². Most common: Bungalow, mid-terrace (2); House, detached (2); Bungalow, end-terrace (1). Built: 1996-2002 (2); 1900-1929 (2); 2003-2006 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (2); owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (7 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 14,470 kWh of it on average in 2024, 24% more than the district's 11,686 kWh, and 3,216 kWh of electricity, 7% less than the district's 3,462 kWh. There are gas meters for about 88% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WS15 4LF | 7 | 1,357 kWh | under 5 | |
| WS15 4AG | 21 | 3,254 kWh | 21 | 16,185 kWh |
| WS15 4PH | 14 | 2,284 kWh | 13 | 14,686 kWh |
| WS15 4UR | 23 9 Economy 7 | 2,789 kWh | 23 | 11,359 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 WS15.
Council tax
What each band costs in Lichfield in 2026-27: Band D £2,352 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,568 | £1,829 | £2,091 | £2,352 | £2,875 | £3,397 | £3,920 | £4,704 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (27% of about 2,540 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, Lichfield.
Listed buildings
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes, 1 of it not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkesyard Estate, Rugeley Road - Battery Energy Storage Lichfield 25/01221/FULM | Battery storage | 100 MW | Planning application made Oct 2025 | 1.5 km (0.9 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, 8 addresses are in areas at high risk, 5 at medium risk and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WS15 4LF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WS15 4AG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WS15 4PH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
| WS15 4UR | not in 2 or 3 | 8 / 5 / 5 | 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
2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 21 times, for 63 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Tributary of River Trent, Shropshire Brook.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Road Cso at Armitage Sps Severn Trent Water | Tributary of River Trent | 7 | 6 | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Armitage Sewage Treatment Works Severn Trent Water | Shropshire Brook | 14 | 57 | 600 m (0.4 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
4 of the street's 4 postcodes are in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
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
3 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 20 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Brickyard Site/Brickyard Clay Hole Off New Road, Armitage, Lichfield, Staffordshire | 1954 to 1960 | Household | 20 m |
| Old Brickyard Clay Hole Off Millmoor Avenur, Armitage, Staffordshire | Not recorded | Industrial | 50 m |
| Red Lion Tip/Red Lion Site Between Old And New Road, Armitage, Staffordshire | 1989 | Inert, industrial | 490 m (0.3 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 18 addresses are between 76 m and 98 m above sea level (88 m on average); the ground rises about 22 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WS15 4AG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WS15 4LF | 100% | 30% | 30% | 0% |
| WS15 4PH | 100% | 92% | 92% | 0% |
| WS15 4UR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Rugeley Town 185,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Rugeley Trent Valley 201,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Lichfield City 777,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.2 km (4.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Croft Longdon | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Rugeley Town Centre | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 32.5 km (20 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Brereton Surgery Good Sep 2026 | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Samuel Johnson Hospital | 7 km (4.4 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Langston Care Limited - 37 Hill Top View Good Nov 2019 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | Rugeley Police Station | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | Handsacre Local | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 7,060 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,020 m² | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,790 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Moated site of Handsacre Hall., a scheduled monument, 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east. 11 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Moated site of Handsacre Hall. | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hood Lane Covert | Wood | 500 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Church Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south |
| New Covert | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Gorsy Bank | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) west |
| Hanch Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-east |
| Piggot's Bottom | Valley | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 13 | 18 |
5 of the street's 18 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 Lichfield: see them on the Lichfield page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St James Church of England Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 680 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection | 45% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 80% in 2024 and 87% in 2023) |
| The Croft Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 76% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 64% in 2024 and 64% in 2023) |
| Hayes Meadow Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 37% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 56% in 2024 and 71% 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
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.1 km (0.7 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poppins Day Nursery WS15 4DF | Full day care | 74 | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.1 km (0.7 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
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. Most were on roads with a 60 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sep 2021 19:00 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 60 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 | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 90% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 54% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 46% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 3 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 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
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
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.