Malvern Hills
59 addresses across 6 postcodes (WR5), about 1.3 km long, classed as a minor road. USRN 24407035.
30 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 4, D: 15, E: 6, F: 4). 3 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Malvern Hills costs £2,451 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Worcestershire Parkway, about 4.0 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 870 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 16 to 37 m above sea level. 25 of its 59 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Spring Gardens Group Medical Practice, about 6.4 km away. About 1,180 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 36% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often criminal damage and arson.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
30 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 143 m². Most common: House, detached (20); Bungalow, detached (7); House, semi-detached (3). Built: before 1900 (7); 1950-1966 (6); 1967-1975 (5). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (25); rented (private) (3).
Council tax
What each band costs in Malvern Hills in 2026-27: Band D £2,451 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,634 | £1,906 | £2,179 | £2,451 | £2,996 | £3,540 | £4,085 | £4,902 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (31% of about 1,500 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 4.
- 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
- 35, Main Road, grade II
- 63, MAIN STREET, grade II
- Colne House, grade II
- The Old Vicarage, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- The Old Smithy, Post Office Lane, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3NS: up to 2 homes, permissioned (940 m)
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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WR5 3PT | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 2 / 0 | unlikely |
| WR5 3PY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WR5 3PX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WR5 3NB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WR5 3NG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WR5 3QA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 60 addresses are between 16 m and 37 m above sea level (23 m on average); the ground rises about 21 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR5 3NB | 100% | 43% | 43% | 0% |
| WR5 3NG | 100% | 72% | 72% | 0% |
| WR5 3PT | 97% | 97% | 97% | 0% |
| WR5 3PX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WR5 3PY | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| WR5 3QA | 0% | 0% | 0% | 56% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Worcestershire Parkway 456,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.0 km |
| Worcester Shrub Hill 577,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km | |
| Worcester Foregate Street 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m, 3 within 800 m; nearest Pixham Ferry Lane Kempsey | 650 m |
| Bus or coach station | Worcester Bus Station | 6.7 km |
| EV charging points | bp Pulse | 3.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 47.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Spring Gardens Group Medical Practice | 6.4 km |
| Pharmacies | St Peters Chemist | 4.2 km |
| NHS dentists | Abbotsbury Court Dental Practice | 4.2 km |
| Hospital | Uhcw Worcester Spire Hospital | 5.3 km |
| Police station | Worcester Police Station | 7.1 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1,070 m² | 870 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 430 m² | 500 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 8,350 m² | 230 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 2.9 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Disc barrow 500m south of Common Farm, a scheduled monument, 1.0 km east. 9 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Disc barrow 500m south of Common Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.0 km east |
| Disc barrow 400m south of Common Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.0 km east |
| Disc barrow 400m SSE of Common Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km east |
| Pirton Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.9 km south-east |
| Battle of Worcester 1651 with Powick Old Bridge 1642 | Registered battlefield | 4.2 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Pool Covert | Wood | 1.8 km south-east |
| Pirton Gorse | Wood | 1.8 km east |
| Pirton Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km south-east |
| Kempsey Grove | Wood | 2.4 km north-west |
| Frieze Wood | Wood | 2.6 km west |
| Chapel Hill | Hill | 2.6 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 21 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 34 | 59 |
25 of the street's 59 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempsey Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.0 km | Good (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Napleton Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 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) | 61% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 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 7 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
- WR5 3PT: 39 addresses of 41 in the postcode
- WR5 3PY: 13 addresses of 14 in the postcode
- WR5 3PX: 4 addresses
- WR5 3NB: 1 address of 31 in the postcode
- WR5 3NG: 1 address of 50 in the postcode
- WR5 3QA: 1 address of 28 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in WR5 and across Malvern Hills.
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.