Quay Lane Earl's Croome, Malvern Hills
39 addresses across 2 postcodes (WR8), about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 24407143.
- Sales: 16 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £717,500 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Malvern Hills cost £349,550 in August 2026 (+4.3% on a year); private rents averaged £955 a month.
- Energy: 15 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 1, D: 7, E: 4, F: 2).
- Flood: 8 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.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: its homes look to be heated without mains gas.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Hangmans Lane, is 3.8 km (2.3 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Malvern Hills costs £2,451 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Great Malvern, about 8.9 km (5.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 15 to 27 m above sea level.
- Noise: 9 of its 39 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Upton Surgery, about 3.1 km (1.9 miles) away.
- People: About 600 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 71% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin, Conservative, MP for West Worcestershire.
- Council: Upton & Ripple ward, Malvern Hills: its latest election, on 4 May 2023, elected Conservative 1, Green Party 1.
- Crime: 8 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often other theft.
- 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 | £717,500 | £717,500 | £717,500 |
| 2023 | 1 | £440,000 | £440,000 | £440,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £285,000 | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £190,000 | £190,000 | £190,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £547,500 | £547,500 | £547,500 |
| 2017 | 1 | £595,000 | £595,000 | £595,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £217,500 | £217,500 | £217,500 |
| 2009 | 1 | £175,000 | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £170,000 | £170,000 | £170,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £275,000 | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £167,500 | £167,500 | £167,500 |
| 2001 | 1 | £330,000 | £330,000 | £330,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jul 2026 | EMBLEM BARN WR8 9DB | Detached | £717,500 | |
| 4 Jul 2017 | EMBLEM BARN WR8 9DB | Other | £160,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 21 Aug 2001 | EMBLEM HOUSE WR8 9DB | Detached | £330,000 | |
| 26 Sep 2023 | 3, NORTH QUAY WR8 9DB | Detached | £440,000 | |
| 1 Feb 2011 | 3, NORTH QUAY WR8 9DB | Terraced | £217,500 | |
| 5 Jun 2009 | 3, NORTH QUAY WR8 9DB | Terraced | £175,000 | |
| 12 May 1997 | 4, NORTH QUAY WR8 9DB | Detached | £40,000 | |
| 21 Oct 2022 | 5, NORTH QUAY WR8 9DB | Detached | £285,000 | |
| 15 Mar 1999 | 5, NORTH QUAY WR8 9DB | Detached | £68,000 | |
| 11 Jul 2005 | 6, NORTH QUAY WR8 9DB | Terraced | £170,000 | |
| 26 Nov 2021 | 7, NORTH QUAY WR8 9DB | Terraced | £190,000 | |
| 28 May 2004 | STONEHALL BARN WR8 9DB | Detached | £275,000 | |
| 5 Oct 2018 | STONEHALL COTTAGE WR8 9DB | Detached | £547,500 | |
| 6 Dec 1995 | THE COTTAGE WR8 9DB | Detached | £35,000 | |
| 26 Sep 2002 | THE OLD BARN WR8 9DB | Detached | £167,500 | |
| 4 Sep 2017 | WOODLEY FARM WR8 9DB | Detached | £595,000 |
House prices and rents in Malvern Hills
A typical home in Malvern Hills cost £349,550 in August 2026, 4.3% more than a year before. That is 13% more than five years earlier and 41% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £502,136 |
| Semi-detached | £316,219 |
| Terraced | £250,275 |
| Flat or maisonette | £183,236 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £267,998 |
Private renters in Malvern Hills paid £955 a month on average in September 2026, 7.1% more than a year before. That is 33% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £703 |
| Two bedrooms | £886 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,096 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,495 |
Energy performance certificates
15 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 104 m². Most common: House, detached (5); Bungalow, semi-detached (5); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 1950-1966 (6); before 1900 (3); 1996-2002 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6); rented (private) (3); rented (social) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (15 addresses)
- 1 North Quay, Quay Lane
- 2 North Quay, Quay Lane, Earls Croome
- 3 North Quay, Quay Lane, Earls Croome
- 4 North Quay, Quay Lane, Earls Croome
- 5 North Quay, Quay Lane, Earls Croome
- 7 NORTH QUAY, QUAY LANE, EARLS CROOME
- 9 North Quay, Quay Lane
- 10 North Quay, Quay Lane, Earls Croome
- Emblem Barn, Quay Lane, Earls Croome
- Emblem House, Quay Lane, Earls Croome
- Holiday Let At, Emblem House, Quay Lane
- Owl Barn, Quay Lane, Earls Croome
- Quay Cottage,, Quay Lane,, Earls Croombe
- Stonehall Barn, Quay Lane, Earls Croome
- Woodley Farm, Quay Lane, Earls Croome
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 93 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel (15 meters are on Economy 7, the off-peak tariff for storage heaters).
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR8 9DB | 21 | 3,617 kWh | none recorded | |
| WR8 9JR | 72 15 Economy 7 | 3,235 kWh | none recorded |
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 WR8.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (28% of about 2,430 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
- Barn 50 metres west of Woodley Farmhouse, grade II
- Quay Lane Cottage, grade II
- Stonehall Cottage, grade II
- Woodley Farmhouse, grade II
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes, 1 of it not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hangmans Lane Malvern Hills 15/000025/CL | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 5 MW | Being built Feb 2019 | 3.8 km (2.3 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, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WR8 9DB | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| WR8 9JR | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 3 / 7 | 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
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
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
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 39 addresses are between 15 m and 27 m above sea level (19 m on average); the ground rises about 11 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR8 9DB | 70% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| WR8 9JR | 97% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Great Malvern 429,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.9 km (5.5 miles) |
| Worcestershire Parkway 456,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9 km (5.6 miles) | |
| Malvern Link 321,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.8 km (6.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Yorkshire Grey Earls Croome | 190 m |
| Car parks | New Street Long Stay Car Park | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | Gridserve Charging Station | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 51.9 km (32 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Upton Surgery Outstanding Apr 2018 | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Upton-Upon-Severn Dental Surgery | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Pershore Hospital | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) |
| Care homes | Beechwood Residential Care Home Good Dec 2018 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Upton-upon-Severn, Upton-upon-Severn Cashzone | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 4,350 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 240 m² | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 8.6 ha | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,520 m² | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Nicholas, a listed building (Grade II*), 590 m (0.4 miles) east. 11 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 of St Nicholas | Listed building, Grade II* | 590 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Moated site 150m east of St Nicholas' Church | Scheduled monument | 730 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Churchyard cross in St Denys's churchyard | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Croome Court | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Island Pool | Lake or reservoir | 280 m east |
| Gadley Covert | Wood | 750 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Woodley's Brake | Wood | 770 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Barnes's Rough | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Fern Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Cliff Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 30 | 39 |
9 of the street's 39 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 Malvern Hills: see them on the Malvern Hills page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 191 childminders and 25 home childcarers (nannies) in Worcestershire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Yorkshire Grey WR8 9DA | Pub/bar/nightclub | 220 m | 5 Very good | 5 Feb 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Other theft | 3 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Quay Lane (8).
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
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 | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 71% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 24% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 43% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 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 (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 41% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhoods around this street are all 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.
Politics
This street is in the West Worcestershire constituency. Its MP is Dame Harriett Baldwin, Conservative.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harriett Baldwin (elected) | Conservative | 19,783 | 36.2% | -24.5 |
| Dan Boatright-Greene | Liberal Democrat | 13,236 | 24.2% | +6.1 |
| Kash Haroon | Labour | 8,335 | 15.2% | -1.3 |
| Christopher Edmondson | Reform UK | 7,902 | 14.5% | |
| Natalie McVey | Green Party | 5,068 | 9.3% | +4.6 |
| Seonaid Barber | Party of Women | 363 | 0.7% |
Conservative hold, with a majority of 6,547 votes (12.0%). 54,687 valid votes from an electorate of 79,246, a turnout of 69.3%.
Change is in percentage points of the vote on 2019, recalculated for the 2024 boundaries (the notional result), so it compares like with like where the constituency changed shape; it is blank where the party or candidate did not stand in 2019.
Council: Upton & Ripple ward, Malvern Hills
This street is mostly in this ward. Its latest election was on 4 May 2023, for 2 seats.
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Allen (elected) | Green Party | 1,172 |
| Jeremy Donald Owenson (elected) | Conservative | 608 |
| Andrew Michael Waddell | Conservative | 463 |
| Rebecca Rollinson | Green Party | 459 |
| Liz Mills | Liberal Democrat | 143 |
| Doug Guest | Reform UK | 61 |
Turnout 42%.
County council: Croome division, Worcestershire
This street is in this division. Its latest election was on 1 May 2025.
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Allen (elected) | Green Party | 2,027 |
| Russ Varley | Reform UK | 575 |
| Sarah McDermott | Conservative | 497 |
| John Drage | Liberal Democrat | 54 |
| Juma Begum | Labour | 38 |
Turnout 39%.
Councils elect all their members every four years or a third of them in three years out of four, so the members for a ward can come from more than one election; a councillor may have changed party since being elected.
What has changed
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Worcester Road · Orchard Close
All the streets in WR8 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; 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.