Sharpway Gate Sharpway Gate, Wychavon
41 addresses across 3 postcodes (B60), about 360 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 4700950.
20 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £580,000 across 1 sale. 14 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 3, D: 6, E: 1, F: 2). 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 C; Band D in Wychavon costs £2,373 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Bromsgrove, about 4.0 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 1.2 km away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 70 to 94 m above sea level. 13 of its 41 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is New Road Surgery Bromsgrove, about 4.9 km away. About 790 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 76% of households owned their home and 39% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £580,000 | £580,000 | £580,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £276,500 | £276,500 | £276,500 |
| 2022 | 1 | £270,000 | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | £491,500 | £383,000 | £600,000 |
| 2019 | 6 | £275,000 | £160,000 | £900,000 |
| 2017 | 4 | £252,500 | £225,000 | £315,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £215,000 | £185,000 | £245,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £290,000 | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £338,000 | £338,000 | £338,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Feb 2025 | FARTHINGS GREEN B60 4AZ | Other | £575,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 3 Jan 2025 | 6, COUNTRY GIRL COURT B60 4AY | Terraced | £580,000 | |
| 3 May 2024 | 1, COUNTRY GIRL COURT B60 4AY | Terraced | £276,500 | |
| 24 Jun 2022 | 3, COUNTRY GIRL COURT B60 4AY | Terraced | £270,000 | |
| 29 Jun 2021 | THE BEECHES B60 4AZ | Detached | £600,000 | |
| 26 Feb 2021 | SHARPWAY HOUSE B60 4AZ | Terraced | £383,000 | |
| 11 Dec 2019 | BAY TREE COTTAGE B60 4AZ | Semi-detached | £265,000 | |
| 29 Nov 2019 | 5, COUNTRY GIRL COURT B60 4AY | Terraced | £285,000 | |
| 18 Jun 2019 | SHARPWAY GATE FARM B60 4AZ | Detached | £900,000 | |
| 15 Feb 2019 | SHARPWAY COTTAGE B60 4AZ | Terraced | £400,000 | |
| 5 Feb 2019 | 5, COUNTRY GIRL COURT B60 4AY | Terraced | £260,000 | |
| 5 Feb 2019 | 6, COUNTRY GIRL COURT B60 4AY | Terraced | £160,000 | |
| 16 Nov 2017 | 4, COUNTRY GIRL COURT B60 4AY | Terraced | £250,000 | |
| 10 Nov 2017 | 3, COUNTRY GIRL COURT B60 4AY | Terraced | £255,000 | |
| 29 Sep 2017 | 2, COUNTRY GIRL COURT B60 4AY | Terraced | £315,000 | |
| 7 Apr 2017 | 1, COUNTRY GIRL COURT B60 4AY | Terraced | £225,000 | |
| 22 Feb 2016 | BAY TREE COTTAGE B60 4AZ | Semi-detached | £185,000 | |
| 29 Jan 2016 | YEW TREE COTTAGE B60 4AZ | Semi-detached | £245,000 | |
| 2 Dec 2015 | SHARPWAY HOUSE B60 4AZ | Semi-detached | £290,000 | |
| 15 Oct 2014 | FIELD VIEW B60 4AZ | Semi-detached | £338,000 |
Energy performance certificates
14 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 113 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (4); House, detached (4); House, end-terrace (3). Built: before 1900 (6); 2015 (4); 1900-1929 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (14).
Council tax
What each band costs in Wychavon in 2026-27: Band D £2,373 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,582 | £1,846 | £2,110 | £2,373 | £2,901 | £3,428 | £3,955 | £4,746 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (19% of about 1,370 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: yes, Wychavon, Bromsgrove.
Listed buildings
- THE OLD 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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B60 4AZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| B60 4AY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
| B60 4FN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 41 addresses are between 70 m and 94 m above sea level (87 m on average); the ground rises about 24 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B60 4AY | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| B60 4AZ | 94% | 94% | 94% | 6% |
| B60 4FN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bromsgrove 696,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.0 km |
| Droitwich Spa 519,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km | |
| Redditch 910,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.7 km | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m | |
| Bus or coach station | Bromsgrove Bus Station | 5.4 km |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 3.3 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 28.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | New Road Surgery Bromsgrove | 4.9 km |
| Pharmacies | Avoncroft Pharmacy | 3.1 km |
| NHS dentists | Damani Dental Practice | 4.2 km |
| Hospital | Droitwich Spa Private Hospital | 6.0 km |
| Police station | West Mercia Police - Bromsgrove Police Station | 5.0 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Bromsgrove, Charford Cashzone | 3.6 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 1.2 km |
| Play area | Unnamed 390 m² | 1.3 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.2 ha | 1.7 km |
| Allotments | Stoke Prior Allotments 2.4 ha | 1.5 km |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 10 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 28 | 41 |
13 of the street's 41 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanbury CofE First School Church of England | Primary | 3–9 | 1.3 km | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
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 | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 76% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 22% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 45% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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
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
- B60 4AZ: 29 addresses of 32 in the postcode
- B60 4AY: 11 addresses of 13 in the postcode
- B60 4FN: 1 address of 2 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.