Watersmead Close Cannock

23 addresses across 1 postcode (WS12), about 110 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 5501217.

68 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £226,250 across 2 sales. 18 homes have an energy certificate (C: 16, D: 2). 3 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Cannock Chase costs £2,376 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. 41 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20262£226,250£212,500£240,000
20251£287,500£287,500£287,500
20241£262,500£262,500£262,500
20231£205,000£205,000£205,000
20212£277,500£225,000£330,000
20192£160,500£145,000£176,000
20182£141,500£141,000£142,000
20171£178,000£178,000£178,000
20161£232,500£232,500£232,500
20151£125,000£125,000£125,000
20133£110,000£96,500£125,000
20081£165,500£165,500£165,500
Most recent sales (68)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
10 Jul 202624 WS12 2GJTerraced£240,000
29 May 202610 WS12 2GJTerraced£212,500
15 Aug 202514 WS12 2GJDetached£287,500
19 Jul 20242 WS12 2GJDetached£262,500
11 Aug 202330 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£205,000
29 Nov 20214 WS12 2GJDetached£330,000
1 Oct 20215 WS12 2GJDetached£225,000
14 Jun 201926 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£145,000
29 Jan 201924 WS12 2GJTerraced£176,000
18 Dec 201820 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£141,000
29 Mar 20183 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£142,000
27 Jul 20175 WS12 2GJDetached£178,000
4 Nov 201611 WS12 2GJDetached£232,500
27 Feb 20157 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£125,000
7 Jun 201310 WS12 2GJTerraced£110,000
5 Jun 20137 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£125,000
22 Apr 20138 WS12 2GJTerraced£96,500
2 May 200812 WS12 2GJDetached£165,500
30 Nov 200728 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£145,000
20 Jul 200726 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£131,500
15 Jun 20079 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£147,000
15 Mar 20075 WS12 2GJDetached£168,650
20 Oct 20069 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£120,000
10 Mar 20061 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£117,000
10 Oct 200528 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£143,950
22 Jul 200510 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£118,500
13 Sep 200411 WS12 2GJDetached£177,000
9 Jul 200428 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£132,000
14 May 200420 WS12 2GJTerraced£112,000
4 Feb 20045 WS12 2GJDetached£139,300
11 Jul 200332 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£88,000
24 Mar 20032 WS12 2GJDetached£143,000
14 Mar 200310 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£81,000
28 Feb 20036 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£81,995
2 Dec 200212 WS12 2GJDetached£115,950
8 Aug 200211 WS12 2GJDetached£107,950
31 Oct 20019 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£79,995
5 Sep 200118 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£74,000
31 Aug 200114 WS12 2GJDetached£98,000
22 Jun 200116 WS12 2GJDetached£105,000
27 Apr 20011 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£55,995
16 Oct 200026 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£55,500
16 Jun 20006 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£52,950
20 Apr 200024 WS12 2GJTerraced£65,000
28 Jan 200022 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£64,950
3 Dec 199928 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£66,000
14 Sep 199911 WS12 2GJDetached£92,500New build.
30 Apr 19994 WS12 2GJDetached£109,950New build.
30 Apr 19999 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£72,995New build.
31 Mar 199918 WS12 2GJSemi-detached£64,000

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 13 October 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from January 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

18 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 68 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (10); House, detached (5); House, end-terrace (2). Built: 1996-2002 (10); 1991-1995 (4); 2003-2006 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (9); rented (private) (3); rented (social) (1).

Council tax

What each band costs in Cannock Chase in 2026-27: Band D £2,376 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,584£1,848£2,112£2,376£2,904£3,432£3,960£4,752

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (30% of about 710 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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 1.0 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 4 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
WS12 2GJ100%100%100%0%

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 31 October 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
St Peter's CofE Primary Academy Church of EnglandPrimary3–11850 m Good (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework)
Heath Hayes Primary AcademyPrimary3–111.0 km Report card (Nov 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met
Kingsmead SchoolSecondary11–181.1 km Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met
Five Ways Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.1 km No published inspection
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary3–111.4 km No published inspection
Hazel Slade Primary AcademyPrimary3–111.5 km No published inspection
Gorsemoor Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.6 km Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met
Hednesford Nursery SchoolNursery0–41.7 km Good (Jun 2022, overall grade under the previous framework)
Poppyfield Primary AcademyPrimary4–112.0 km Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework)

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 31 October 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Hednesford Town Football & Social Club WS12 2GWPub/bar/nightclub70 m5 Very good18 Nov 2025
Little Chimps Day Nursery @ Wimblebury Community Centre WS12 2RJHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises160 m5 Very good24 Jun 2025
Bobby's WS12 2RJTakeaway/sandwich shop190 m5 Very good22 Sep 2026
Lifestyle WS12 2RJRetailers - other220 m4 Good20 Jul 2026
Golden Valley WS12 2RJTakeaway/sandwich shop230 m5 Very good14 Aug 2025
Littleworth Victory Working Mens Club WS12 2HUPub/bar/nightclub280 m5 Very good28 Feb 2024
Kreative Trading Ltd Also Vitammies & Colliva Ltd WS12 1NRRetailers - other360 mExempt
Slimming World Franchise - Helen Coppage WS12 2RNRetailers - other370 mExempt
The Trafalgar WS12 1HZPub/bar/nightclub410 m5 Very good16 Oct 2025
Tudor House and Windsor House Nursing Homes WS12 1HYHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises450 m5 Very good6 Jul 2026

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

41 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences24
Anti-social behaviour6
Public order5
Other theft3
Criminal damage and arson2
Vehicle crime1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Sycamore Road (14); On or near Horseshoe Drive (7); On or near Cannel Mount (5); On or near Watersmead Close (4); On or near Meadowsweet Way (2).

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.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • WS12 2GJ: 23 addresses of 24 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Arthur Street · Horseshoe Drive · Kings Croft · Watermint Close · Glover Street · John Street · Cannel Mount · Haymaker Way · Kingscroft · St Paul's Road · Wimblebury Road · Hawthorne Road

All the streets in WS12 and across Cannock Chase.

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.
  • Anything about planning applications, roadworks, noise, air quality or council tax yet.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.