The Top Swinesherd, Wychavon
6 addresses across 2 postcodes (WR5), about 50 m long. USRN 45406113.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £370,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Wychavon cost £322,210 in August 2026 (-0.4% on a year); private rents averaged £962 a month.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (B: 5).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 3 times (16 hours) in 2025.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A4440, carries 30,061 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Wychavon costs £2,373 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Worcestershire Parkway, about 2.8 km (1.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Worcester Woods Country Park, is about 780 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 52 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 6 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Haresfield House Surgery, about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away.
- People: About 520 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 51% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £370,000 | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £443,000 | £443,000 | £443,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Feb 2024 | 1 WR5 1FJ | Detached | £370,000 | New build. |
| 24 Jul 2023 | 2 WR5 1FJ | Other | £353,200 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 26 May 2023 | 3 WR5 1FJ | Detached | £443,000 | New build. |
House prices and rents in Wychavon
A typical home in Wychavon cost £322,210 in August 2026, 0.4% less than a year before. That is 12% more than five years earlier and 37% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £483,526 |
| Semi-detached | £294,327 |
| Terraced | £231,639 |
| Flat or maisonette | £148,127 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £245,479 |
Private renters in Wychavon paid £962 a month on average in September 2026, 4.9% more than a year before. That is 29% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £676 |
| Two bedrooms | £879 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,083 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,582 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 124 m². Most common: House, detached (4); Flat (1). Built: 2022 (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 8,509 kWh of it on average in 2024, 14% less than the district's 9,946 kWh, and 2,359 kWh of electricity, 26% less than the district's 3,207 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR5 1FJ | 5 | 2,714 kWh | 5 | 7,925 kWh |
| WR5 1FG | 47 | 1,828 kWh | 47 | 7,741 kWh |
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 WR5.
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (25% of about 1,220 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.
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Fields Farm Wychavon 14/01569 | Wind 1 turbine | 1.3 MW | Operational Sep 2015 | 2.7 km (1.7 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, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WR5 1FJ | not in 2 or 3 | ||
| WR5 1FG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | 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
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 3 times, for 16 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Trib of Bow Brook.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whittington Village Pumping Station Severn Trent Water | Trib of Bow Brook | 3 | 16 | 730 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
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 addresses are about 52 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR5 1FG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WR5 1FJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Worcestershire Parkway 456,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Worcester Shrub Hill 577,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Worcester Foregate Street 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Kilbury Drive Whittington | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Worcester Bus Station | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Car parks | Worcester Shrub Hill Station Car Park | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 42.2 km (26 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Haresfield House Surgery Good Mar 2019 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Scales Pharmacy | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Abbotsbury Court Dental Practice | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Worcestershire Royal Hospital Requires improvement Feb 2025 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Shaw Red Hill Care Centre Good Mar 2018 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Police station | Worcester Police Station | 3.9 km (2.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Ronkswood, Ronkswood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Worcester Woods Country Park 36 ha | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,860 m² | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 870 m² | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 36 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Spetchley Park, a registered park or garden (Grade II*), 1.2 km (0.7 miles) east. 7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Spetchley Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Motte castle, moated site, and medieval agricultural remains at Crookbarrow Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Moated monastic grange and fishpond complex at Middle Battenhall Farm, 450m north of Upper Battenhall Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Battle of Worcester 1651 with Powick Old Bridge 1642 | Registered battlefield | 3.2 km (2 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Coronation Copse | Wood | 550 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Swinesherd Copse | Wood | 910 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Nunnery Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Crookbarrow Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Round Hill | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| The Lake | Lake or reservoir | 4.8 km (3 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 6 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 6 |
6 of the street's 6 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 Wychavon: see them on the Wychavon page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whittington CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 900 m (0.6 miles) | Good (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) | 60% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 60% in 2024 and 47% in 2023) |
| Worcester Sixth Form College | 16 plus | 16–19 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection | A level 2025: average grade C+; 13.5% AAB or better; progress average |
| Nunnery Wood High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Mar 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 51.3 (49.7 in 2025 and 51.8 in 2024); 56.4% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Nunnery Wood Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 57% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 58% in 2024 and 45% in 2023) |
| Perry Wood Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 3–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection | 82% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 11% at the higher standard (2025; 77% in 2024 and 82% 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
6 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 630 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whittington Pre School WR5 2RQ | Full day care | 47 | Good (Sep 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Little Lodge Nursery WR5 1RU | Full day care | 88 | May 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| WLZ, The Triangle WR5 2QX | Full day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 700 m (0.4 miles) | |
| The Den @ Whittington Primary School WR5 2QZ | Out-of-school day care | 40 | Dec 2025: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 3 | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
| Just Camps Worcester WR5 2LT | Sessional day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | |
| Partou Worcester Royal Day Nursery & Pre-School WR5 1DD | Full day care | 56 | Good (Jul 2025, 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
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).
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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A4440 between A44 and A422, with 30,061 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 480 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A4440 | A44 to A422 | 30,061 estimated; counted 2022 | 2% | +15% since 2015 | 480 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 | 31 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 25% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 7% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 51% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 7% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 7% | 1% |
| Social rented | 36% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 74% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 8% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 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) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
Nearby streets
Gilmour Drive · Mayfield · The Tara · Clews Close · Swinesherd Lane · Berkeley Close · M5 · Far Field · M5 · Heron End · Willow Bank · Mollys Run
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.