Oakfield Cottages Basford, Shropshire
20 addresses across 4 postcodes (SY7), about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) long. USRN 36500553.
- Sales: 1 recorded sales since 1995; in 2002 the median was £155,700 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (D: 2, E: 1, G: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Shropshire costs £2,528 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Broome, about 4.1 km (2.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 165 to 235 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 20 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Craven Arms Surgery, about 5.1 km (3.1 miles) away.
- People: About 640 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 73% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1 | £155,700 | £155,700 | £155,700 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 2002 | 1 - 2 SY7 8HB | Semi-detached | £155,700 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 119 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (2); House, detached (2). Built: before 1900 (2); 1967-1975 (1); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (3); owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (22% of about 1,300 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Edgton, Hopesay (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- 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
- MILESTONE AT NGR SO 3861 8551, grade II
- THATCH COTTAGE, grade II
- THE OLD FARMHOUSE, grade II
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, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SY7 8HE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| SY7 8HD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
| SY7 8HB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY7 8HN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 20 addresses are between 165 m and 235 m above sea level (191 m on average); the ground rises about 70 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY7 8HB | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY7 8HD | 80% | 80% | 80% | 0% |
| SY7 8HE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SY7 8HN | 94% | 94% | 94% | 3% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Broome 1,680 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
| Craven Arms 100,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) | |
| Hopton Heath 2,230 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Railway Station Craven Arms | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | Corvedale Road Car Park | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 78.7 km (49 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Craven Arms Surgery | 5.1 km (3.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Lunts Pharmacy | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Craven Arms Dental Practice | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Bishops Castle Hospital | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) |
| Police station | Bishops Castle Police Station | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
No parks, play areas, playing fields or allotments within 3 km (1.9 miles).
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church Farmhouse, a listed building (Grade II*), 1 km (0.6 miles) north. 12 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Small multivallate hillfort at Burrow, 750m WSW of St Mary's Church | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Babytree Coppice | Wood | 110 m south-west |
| Barlow Coppice | Wood | 270 m south |
| Snape Wood | Wood | 690 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Wart Hill | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Gainham Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Perry Gutter | Valley | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 19 | 20 |
1 of the street's 20 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 Shropshire: see them on the Shropshire page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
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 (west-mercia).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 58 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 38% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 73% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 56% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 27% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 36% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 43% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 27% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 42% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 5 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
- SY7 8HE: 13 addresses of 14 in the postcode
- SY7 8HD: 4 addresses of 33 in the postcode
- SY7 8HB: 2 addresses
- SY7 8HN: 1 address of 55 in the postcode
All the streets in SY7 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 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.