Meerash Lane Lichfield
25 addresses across 4 postcodes (WS7,WS8), about 1.2 km (0.7 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 23400836.
- Sales: 13 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £264,000 across 1 sale.
- 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: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 3).
- 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: 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, Jubilee Park, is 150 m away.
- Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 26 times (57 hours) in 2025.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Lions Den, Hammerwich - Battery Storage Facility, is 130 m away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A5, carries 29,934 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Lichfield costs £2,352 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Shenstone, about 5 km (3.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.5 km (1 mile) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 125 to 153 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 25 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Darwin Medical Practice, about 1.4 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 600 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 6 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were 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 | 1 | £264,000 | £264,000 | £264,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £180,000 | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £314,500 | £314,500 | £314,500 |
| 2015 | 1 | £160,000 | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £375,000 | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £123,000 | £123,000 | £123,000 |
| 2006 | 2 | £141,250 | £62,500 | £220,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £149,950 | £149,950 | £149,950 |
| 2003 | 1 | £97,250 | £97,250 | £97,250 |
| 2000 | 1 | £29,610 | £29,610 | £29,610 |
| 1999 | 1 | £75,000 | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £47,500 | £47,500 | £47,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2015 | 14 WS7 0LF | Terraced | £160,000 | |
| 12 Jun 2000 | 16 WS7 0LF | Terraced | £29,610 | |
| 28 Apr 2006 | 22 WS7 0LF | Semi-detached | £62,500 | |
| 12 Mar 2018 | 26 WS7 0LF | Semi-detached | £314,500 | |
| 18 Jun 2004 | 26 WS7 0LF | Semi-detached | £149,950 | |
| 19 Nov 1999 | 26 WS7 0LF | Semi-detached | £75,000 | |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 28 WS7 0LF | Terraced | £264,000 | |
| 23 Jul 2019 | 28 WS7 0LF | Terraced | £180,000 | |
| 12 Feb 2010 | 28 WS7 0LF | Terraced | £123,000 | |
| 5 Dec 2003 | 30 WS7 0LF | Terraced | £97,250 | |
| 18 Dec 2006 | 32 WS7 0LF | Semi-detached | £220,000 | |
| 2 Jul 1997 | 32 WS7 0LF | Semi-detached | £47,500 | |
| 3 Sep 2014 | CHERRY COTTAGE WS7 0LG | Detached | £375,000 |
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
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 92 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (1); House, end-terrace (1); House, mid-terrace (1). Built: 1930-1949 (2); 1950-1966 (1); before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 14,145 kWh of it on average in 2024, 20% more than the district's 11,827 kWh, and 3,377 kWh of electricity, 5% more than the district's 3,209 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WS7 0LF | 12 | 1,784 kWh | 14 | 8,883 kWh |
| WS7 0JP | 18 | 2,616 kWh | 18 | 20,300 kWh |
| WS8 6JS | 38 | 2,855 kWh | 42 | 11,135 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 WS7.
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 B (32% of about 1,450 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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, Walsall.
Listed buildings
- HAMMERWICH HOUSE FARM, grade II
- THE WINDMILL, grade II
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lions Den, Hammerwich - Battery Storage Facility Lichfield 24/01169/FULM | Battery storage | 100 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Jul 2025 | 130 m |
| Highfields South Landfill Gas Walsall 12/0926/FL | Landfill Gas | 1 MW | Operational Sep 2012 | 3.9 km (2.4 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
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 9 December 2026: STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works)
- 25 January 2027 to 26 January 2027: STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works, permit applied for)
Finished in the last three months
- 13 October 2026: STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - emergency works)
- 7 October 2026: STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
- 1 September 2026 to 3 September 2026: SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, multi-way signals, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WS7 0LF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WS7 0LG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| WS7 0JP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WS8 6JS | 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
2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 26 times, for 57 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Burntwood Brook, Bourne/Black/Crane Brook.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burntwood Road Storm Overflow Severn Trent Water | Burntwood Brook | 12 | 14 | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Chasetown Pumping Station Severn Trent Water | Bourne/Black/Crane Brook | 14 | 43 | 930 m (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
1 of the street's 4 postcodes is 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; the rest are outside the coalfield.
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
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 150 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jubilee Park Hanney Hay Road, Burntwood, Lichfield, Staffordshire | Not recorded | Industrial | 150 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 25 addresses are between 125 m and 153 m above sea level (143 m on average); the ground rises about 29 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WS7 0JP | 95% | 90% | 90% | 0% |
| WS7 0LF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WS7 0LG | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| WS8 6JS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Shenstone 150,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Lichfield City 777,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km (3.6 miles) | |
| Lichfield Trent Valley 888,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Meerash Lane Hammerwich | 260 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Lichfield City Centre | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 25.7 km (16 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Darwin Medical Practice Good Mar 2019 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Day Night Pharmacy | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Friary Centre (St Michaels Hospital) | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Hammerwich Hall Care Home Good Feb 2026 | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Police station | Brownhills Police Station | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Chasetown, Chase Road Cashzone | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hammerwich Parish Council Playing Fields 4,170 m² | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Coppy Nook 4.9 ha | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,960 m² | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hobstone Hill | Hill | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
| Pipe Marsh | Wetland | 3 km (1.8 miles) east |
| Parker's Plantin | Wood | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) north-east |
| Chasewater | Lake or reservoir | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) west |
| Victoria Osiers | Wood | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) north-east |
| Noddyfield Valley | Valley | 4.9 km (3 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 19 | 25 |
6 of the street's 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeway Primary Academy | Primary | 0–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Dec 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 57% in 2024 and 61% in 2023) |
| Springhill Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | 45% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 67% in 2024 and 55% in 2023) |
| Fulfen Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Outstanding (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 73% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 83% in 2024 and 66% in 2023) |
| Highfields Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection | 32% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 69% in 2024 and 63% in 2023) |
| Brownhills Ormiston Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 42.5 (37.1 in 2025 and 36.3 in 2024); 37.8% grade 5+ in English and maths |
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
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.5 km (0.9 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Days Nursery (Birth - 5 Years) WS7 4TU | Full day care | 78 | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Progressive Sports @ Ridgeway WS7 4TU | Out-of-school day care | 15 | Not inspected yet | 1.5 km (0.9 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
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elias Ashmole Club & Institute WS7 0LF | Pub/bar/nightclub | 340 m | 5 Very good | 10 Oct 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Meerash Lane (6).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A5 between LA Boundary and LA Boundary, with 29,934 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 130 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A5 | LA Boundary to LA Boundary | 29,934 estimated; counted 2024 | 11% | +4% since 2015 | 130 m |
| A5 | LA Boundary to LA Boundary | 23,358 estimated; counted 2024 | 11% | +7% since 2015 | 390 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 61% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 52% | 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) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway improvement works, 25 January 2027 to 26 January 2027 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway improvement works, 13 October 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- WS7 0LF: 15 addresses
- WS7 0LG: 8 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- WS7 0JP: 1 address of 25 in the postcode
- WS8 6JS: 1 address of 54 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.