Road No 1 Kidderminster, Wyre Forest
69 addresses across 3 postcodes (DY10), about 130 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 45700842.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Wyre Forest cost £233,740 in August 2026 (+0.3% on a year); private rents averaged £838 a month.
- Flood: 7 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.
- Landfill: 4 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Victoria Carpet Co, is 190 m away.
- Storm overflows: 4 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 40 times (27 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Kidderminster Energy and Resource Park, is 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A442, carries 32,426 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Wyre Forest costs £2,512 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Kidderminster, about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 400 m (0.2 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 29 to 37 m above sea level.
- Noise: 45 of its 69 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Northumberland House Surgery, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 580 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 81% of households owned their home and 31% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 15 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
- Road safety: 3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 1 of them fatal or serious; 1 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Wyre Forest
A typical home in Wyre Forest cost £233,740 in August 2026, 0.3% more than a year before. That is 13% more than five years earlier and 45% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £388,777 |
| Semi-detached | £241,782 |
| Terraced | £190,650 |
| Flat or maisonette | £120,744 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £197,935 |
Private renters in Wyre Forest paid £838 a month on average in September 2026, 1.2% less than a year before. That is 30% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £592 |
| Two bedrooms | £753 |
| Three bedrooms | £911 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,259 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
None of the street's postcodes has the 5 or more domestic meters needed for figures to be published.
Council tax
What each band costs in Wyre Forest in 2026-27: Band D £2,512 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,675 | £1,954 | £2,233 | £2,512 | £3,071 | £3,629 | £4,187 | £5,025 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (31% of about 1,140 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Ambulance Station Stourport Road: up to 8 homes, permissioned (830 m (0.5 miles))
- Oasis Goldthorn Road: up to 91 homes, not permissioned (880 m (0.5 miles))
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidderminster Energy and Resource Park Wyre Forest 20/000034/CM | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 5 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Sep 2021 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Waresley Landfill Site Wychavon 407551 | Landfill Gas | 1.6 MW | Operational Feb 2005 | 4.7 km (2.9 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, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DY10 1HY | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 1 / 2 | unlikely |
| DY10 1HB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 2 | unlikely |
| DY10 1DG | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 2 / 2 | 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
4 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 40 times, for 27 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Stour.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoobrook Sewage Pumping Station Severn Trent Water | River Stour | 0 | 0 | 170 m |
| Green Street Cso Severn Trent Water | River Stour | 30 | 22 | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Stourport Road Syphon Cso Severn Trent Water | River Stour | 1 | 1 | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Stourport Road Cso Severn Trent Water | River Stour | 9 | 5 | 870 m (0.5 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
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
4 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 190 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Carpet Co Worcester Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire | 1965 to 1985 | Industrial | 190 m |
| Wilden Lane Wilden, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire | 1977 to 1992 | Inert, industrial | 210 m |
| Chlidema Carpet Company Beauchamp Avenue, Kidderminster, Worcestershire | from 1950 | Industrial | 320 m |
| Highfield Sand Quarry Hoobrook Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire | 1945 to 1984 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household; gas control on site | 350 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 69 addresses are between 29 m and 37 m above sea level (34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DY10 1DG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY10 1HB | 93% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DY10 1HY | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kidderminster 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hartlebury 66,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Blakedown 96,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 16 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Harlech Way Hoobrook | 260 m |
| Bus or coach station | Kidderminster Bus Station | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Car parks | Kidderminster Station Car Park | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest MFG Charging Station | 300 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 35.4 km (22 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Northumberland House Surgery Good Feb 2019 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Kidderminster Pharmacy | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Denora Healthcare LTD | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Kidderminster Hospital Good Feb 2025 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Care homes | 5 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Foley Grange Good Nov 2023 | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Police station | Kidderminster Police Station | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Mfg - Viaduct | 260 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,590 m² | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 610 m² | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Aggborough Allotments 1.6 ha | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 0.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Wilden Covert | Wood | 850 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Round Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Hoo Brook Fish Refuge | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Stour Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Habberley Valley | Valley | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) north-west |
| Redstone Marsh | Wetland | 4.9 km (3 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.4 | 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 | 11 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 19 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 14 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 24 | 69 |
45 of the street's 69 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 Wyre Forest: see them on the Wyre Forest page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foley Park Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 840 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 42% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 50% in 2024 and 38% in 2023) |
| Heronswood Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Outstanding (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 54% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 61% in 2024 and 60% in 2023) |
| Birchen Coppice Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | 31% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 22% in 2024 and 29% in 2023) |
| King Charles I School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 42.1 (44.0 in 2025 and 43.3 in 2024); 35.5% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C; 11.1% AAB or better; progress average |
| Sutton Park Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Outstanding (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 81% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 16% at the higher standard (2025; 83% in 2024 and 76% in 2023) |
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 1.2 km (0.8 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiddy Winks Day Nursery DY10 1NB | Full day care | 217 | Requires improvement (Jun 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| First Class Nursery DY11 6NN | Full day care | 47 | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithys Cafe DY10 1HY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 100 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Bee Thai Food DY10 1HB | Retailers - other | 100 m | 4 Good | 3 Feb 2025 |
| CLN Labs DY10 1HB | Retailers - other | 100 m | 5 Very good | 12 Jun 2025 |
| MFG Viaduct - Greggs DY10 1JR | Retailers - other | 190 m | 4 Good | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Lucky 7's Diner At Howdens Joinery DY10 1HY | Mobile caterer | 210 m | 5 Very good | 23 May 2024 |
| MFG ESSO DY10 1JS | Retailers - other | 250 m | Exempt | |
| Chip Inn DY10 1XL | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 21 May 2026 |
| Hoobrook Stores DY10 1XL | Retailers - other | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 27 Apr 2026 |
| Viaduct Tavern DY10 1XL | Pub/bar/nightclub | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 20 Nov 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 8 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Ashlane Road (6); On or near Road No 2 (5); On or near Road No 3 (3); On or near Road No 1 (1).
Road safety
3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 1 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a motorcyclist. 67% happened in the dark, and 33% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 40 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Apr 2025 17:23 | Slight | 2 people: 1 pedestrian, 1 motorcyclist | A4420, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 16 Oct 2024 18:15 | Serious | 1 person | A442, 40 mph | Dark, street lights on, wet road |
| 3 Mar 2023 21:52 | Slight | 2 people | A442, 40 mph | Dark, street lights on |
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 A442 between A449 and A451, with 32,426 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 160 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A442 | A449 to A451 | 32,426 counted 2025 | 3% | 160 m | |
| A442 | A449 to A451 | 22,261 estimated; counted 2022 | 3% | 400 m (0.2 miles) | |
| A4420 | A4535 to WALTER NASH ROAD WEST | 10,362 estimated; counted 2018 | 3% | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
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 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 81% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 48% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 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) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 6 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
- Food hygiene ratings Smithys Cafe (restaurant/cafe/canteen, DY10 1HY) now 3 Generally satisfactory, was 5 Very good (rated 13 October 2026) found 4 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Road No 3 · Road No 2 · Ashlane Road · Silverwoods Way · Plantation Close · Vanneck Close · Wigse Avenue · Falcon Close · Warren Place · St Peters Close · Harlech Way · Stokesay Close
All the streets in DY10 and across Wyre Forest.
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.