Shaw Common Four Oaks, Forest of Dean
16 addresses across 3 postcodes (GL18), about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) long. USRN 14701666.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £580,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 1, E: 1, F: 3).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas 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 E; Band D in Forest of Dean costs £2,443 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 80% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ledbury, about 11.1 km (6.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 51 to 73 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 16 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Holts Health Centre, about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away.
- People: About 240 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 92% of households owned their home and 44% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £580,000 | £580,000 | £580,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £330,000 | £330,000 | £330,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £100,000 | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £20,000 | £20,000 | £20,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep 2024 | YEW TREE HOUSE GL18 1RW | Detached | £580,000 | |
| 13 Nov 2017 | POULTRY PARK GL18 1RW | Other | £340,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 5 Mar 2010 | YEW TREE HOUSE GL18 1RW | Detached | £330,000 | |
| 25 May 2006 | OLD CROWN LODGE GL18 1RW | Detached | £100,000 | |
| 29 Aug 1996 | GREENWAYS COTTAGE GL18 1RW | Detached | £20,000 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 119 m². Most common: House, detached (5); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (4); 2003-2006 (1); 2012 onwards (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Forest of Dean in 2026-27: Band D £2,443 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,629 | £1,900 | £2,172 | £2,443 | £2,986 | £3,529 | £4,072 | £4,887 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (23% of about 870 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: no.
Listed buildings
- QUINCE COTTAGE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 23 September 2026 to 29 September 2026: GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GL18 1RW | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| GL18 1LX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| GL18 1RJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 51 m and 73 m above sea level (68 m on average); the ground rises about 22 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL18 1LX | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| GL18 1RJ | 80% | 80% | 80% | 20% |
| GL18 1RW | 0% | 0% | 0% | 77% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Ledbury 195,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.1 km (6.9 miles) |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hollybush Bungalow Shaw Common | 140 m |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 65.6 km (41 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Holts Health Centre | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Newent Dental Care | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Ross Community Hospital | 10.5 km (6.5 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police | 10.1 km (6.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Midcounties Co-Op Newent Cashzone | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2.2 ha | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 180 m² | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.7 ha | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
Landmarks
2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Greenaway's Wood | Wood | 220 m north |
| Wainhouse Grove | Wood | 230 m east |
| Shaw Common | Wood | 460 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Gospel Oak Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Stallion Hill | Hill | 4 km (2.5 miles) south-east |
| Leadon Valley | Valley | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 14 | 16 |
2 of the street's 16 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 Forest of Dean: see them on the Forest of Dean 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 | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 92% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 69% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 21% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 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) | 32% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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
- GL18 1RW: 14 addresses of 33 in the postcode
- GL18 1LX: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
- GL18 1RJ: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
All the streets in GL18 and across Forest of Dean.
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.