Marl Road Dudley
16 addresses across 2 postcodes (DY2), about 110 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 11400512.
- Sales: 4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2016 the median was £115,975 across 2 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Dudley cost £233,819 in August 2026 (+3.4% on a year); private rents averaged £855 a month.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 4, E: 2).
- Flood: 2 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: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Knowle Hill Road, is 30 m away.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 6 times (1 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 5 to 10% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Merry Hill Centre - Solar Panels, is 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Dudley costs £2,145 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Cradley Heath, about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 180 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 144 to 147 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 16 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Anchor Medical Practice, about 920 m (0.6 miles) away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 330 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 68% of households owned their home and 21% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 11 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | £115,975 | £87,000 | £144,950 |
| 1999 | 1 | £42,500 | £42,500 | £42,500 |
| 1995 | 1 | £42,000 | £42,000 | £42,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 2016 | 7 DY2 0HR | Semi-detached | £144,950 | |
| 2 Sep 2016 | 16 DY2 0HR | Semi-detached | £87,000 | |
| 28 Sep 1999 | 3 DY2 0HR | Semi-detached | £42,500 | |
| 28 Apr 1995 | 5 DY2 0HR | Semi-detached | £42,000 |
House prices and rents in Dudley
A typical home in Dudley cost £233,819 in August 2026, 3.4% more than a year before. That is 20% more than five years earlier and 60% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £362,171 |
| Semi-detached | £244,121 |
| Terraced | £203,478 |
| Flat or maisonette | £120,440 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £207,742 |
Private renters in Dudley paid £855 a month on average in September 2026, 3.1% more than a year before. That is 30% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £609 |
| Two bedrooms | £780 |
| Three bedrooms | £940 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,245 |
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 95 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (8). Built: 1930-1949 (7); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (social) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (8 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
None of the street's postcodes has the 5 or more domestic meters needed for figures to be published.
Council tax
What each band costs in Dudley in 2026-27: Band D £2,145 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,430 | £1,668 | £1,907 | £2,145 | £2,621 | £3,098 | £3,575 | £4,290 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (72% of about 600 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: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 37, Kingsley Street, Netherton, Dudley, DY2 0PZ: up to 11 homes, permissioned (530 m (0.3 miles))
- Church Road, Netherton: up to 29 homes, not permissioned (610 m (0.4 miles))
- Land between Heath Road and Copse Road, Netherton: up to 27 homes, not permissioned (640 m (0.4 miles))
Energy projects nearby
5 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merry Hill Centre - Solar Panels Dudley P23/0897/PN14J | Solar farm | 1 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Aug 2023 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Merry Hill Shopping Centre - Solar Panels Dudley P25/0416/PN14J | Solar farm | 8.8 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Jun 2025 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Dudley EfW | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 7.4 MW | Operational Feb 1998 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Edwin Richards Landfill Scheme | Landfill Gas | 1.8 MW | Operational Jun 2002 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Cradley Heath | Advanced Conversion Technologies | 1.1 MW | Operational Oct 2014 | 2.2 km (1.3 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, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DY2 0HR | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 4 | unlikely |
| DY2 0HW | 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
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 6 times, for 1 hour in all, in 2025. They discharge into Black Brook.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coppice Lane Cso Severn Trent Water | Black Brook | 6 | 1 | 1 km (0.6 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
2 of the street's 2 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
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 5 to 10%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 30 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowle Hill Road Knowle Hill Road, Netherton, West Midlands | 1980 to 1990 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household | 30 m |
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 16 addresses are between 144 m and 147 m above sea level (145 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DY2 0HR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY2 0HW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Cradley Heath 719,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Old Hill 154,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Lye (West Midlands) 81,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 29 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Knowle Hill Road Netherton | 130 m |
| Bus or coach station | Merry Hill Bus Station | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Car parks | M Moor Centre Car Park | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wenea | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 23.7 km (15 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Anchor Medical Practice Good Jul 2025 | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Milan Chemist | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bhandal Dental Practice | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Russells Hall Hospital Requires improvement Nov 2023 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Care homes | 4 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Micron House Good Jul 2019 | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Police station | West Midlands Police | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest ATM | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,310 m² | 180 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 16 ha | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 850 m² | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.0 ha | 120 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.7 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 26 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Coal mining remains at Saltwells Wood, immediately west of Saltwells House, a scheduled monument, 870 m (0.5 miles) south-west. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Coal mining remains at Saltwells Wood, immediately west of Saltwells House | Scheduled monument | 870 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Cobb's Engine House, Warley | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Yewtree Hill | Hill | 150 m north-east |
| Lodge Farm Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 280 m south-west |
| Saltwells Wood | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Withymoor Island | Island | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Bourne Hills Basin | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Parkhead Locks | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are 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 | 15 | 16 |
1 of the street's 16 addresses is 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 Dudley: see them on the Dudley page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherton CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 290 m | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| The Link Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 740 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Northfield Road Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (Nov 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Netherton Park Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Dudley Wood Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Netherbrook Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Woodside Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 2–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Sledmere Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Apr 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Quarry Bank Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Mar 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Corngreaves Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Mary's RC Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
| Reddal Hill Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Nurseries and childcare
4 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 480 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatterbox Private Day Nursery DY2 0JT | Full day care | 38 | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hearts Day Nursery DY2 0PJ | Full day care | 45 | Not inspected yet | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Netherbrook Acorns Before & After School Club DY2 9RZ | Out-of-school day care | 46 | Not inspected yet | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Kids Planet Waterfront DY5 1XA | Full day care | 85 | Good (Mar 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 83 childminders and 8 home childcarers (nannies) in Dudley. 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
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherton Cricket Ground DY2 0HU | Pub/bar/nightclub | 290 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 16 Oct 2019 |
| Yew Tree Store DY2 0JU | Retailers - other | 380 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 26 Feb 2019 |
| Dudley Water Sports Centre DY2 0HB | Pub/bar/nightclub | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 30 Sep 2015 |
| Sams Superstore DY2 0HE | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 25 Jan 2022 |
| Chatterbox Private Day Nursery DY2 0JT | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 30 Jul 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Talbot Road (7); On or near Hockley Lane (2); On or near Marl Road (1); On or near Knowle Hill Road (1).
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 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2023 14:00 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 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 | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 16% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 68% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 33% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 24% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 17% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 20% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 76% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 21% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 2 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
Nearby streets
Talbot Road · Knowle Hill Road · Hockley Lane · Highbridge Road · Lyttleton Close · Monarch Way · Alpine Drive · Queens Gardens · Fox Hills Park · Trysull Way · Yew Tree Hills · Griffin 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.