Millstream Worthen, Shropshire
28 addresses across 3 postcodes (SY5), about 240 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 36500302.
16 homes have an energy certificate (D: 10, E: 6). 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 D; Band D in Shropshire costs £2,528 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises. The nearest railway station is Welshpool, about 10.1 km away in a straight line. Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 103 to 111 m above sea level. 2 of its 28 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Westbury Medical Centre, about 5.7 km away. About 670 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 69% of households owned their home and 39% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 5 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
16 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 87 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (12); House, detached (4). Built: 1967-1975 (6); 1976-1982 (5); 1996-2002 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (13); rented (private) (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in Shropshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,528 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,685 | £1,966 | £2,247 | £2,528 | £3,090 | £3,652 | £4,214 | £5,056 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (22% of about 900 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: no.
Listed buildings
- Brook End and Brookside Cottage, 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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 28 addresses are between 103 m and 111 m above sea level (107 m on average); the ground rises about 8 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY5 9EY | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY5 9JT | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY5 9JX | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Welshpool 177,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.1 km |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 4 within 800 m; nearest Church Worthen | 230 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 78.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Westbury Medical Centre | 5.7 km |
| Pharmacies | Pontesbury Pharmacy | 7.4 km |
| NHS dentists | Minsterley Road Dental Practice | 7.0 km |
| Hospital | Victoria Memorial Hospital | 10.4 km |
| Police station | Pontesbury Police Station | 7.1 km |
| Cash machines | Minsterley Service Station, Minsterley Cashzone | 4.8 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 410 m² | 510 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 480 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of All Saints, a listed building (Grade I), 260 m north-east. 17 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade I | 260 m north-east |
| Moated site at Leigh Hall | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km south-east |
| Small enclosed Iron Age settlement at Leigh Wood, 180m south of Leigh Hall | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km south-east |
| Ringwork on Whitsburn Hill, 310m south west of Whitsburn Cottage | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Brookless Coppice | Wood | 1.1 km south-east |
| Workhouse Dingle | Valley | 1.1 km north-east |
| Leigh Wood | Wood | 1.3 km south-east |
| High Coppice | Wood | 1.6 km south-east |
| Whitsburn Hill | Hill | 2.1 km south |
| Marton Pool | Lake or reservoir | 3.7 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 26 | 28 |
2 of the street's 28 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Mountain CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 570 m | Requires improvement (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Londis Priory Store SY5 9HW | Retailers - other | 230 m | 4 Good | 8 Jul 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Millstream (5).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 69% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 15% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 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 of home (of those who travel to work) | 24% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 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
Old Mill Close · Brookside · Rectory Gardens · Back Lane · Rose Way · Woodbine Close
All the streets in SY5 and across Shropshire.
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.