Wild Cherry Grove Cookley, Wyre Forest
29 addresses across 2 postcodes (DY10), about 200 m long. USRN 45703346.
- Energy: 28 homes have an energy certificate (B: 28).
- Flood: No postcode centre on the street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
- 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Blakedown, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Broadwaters Park, is about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 79 to 82 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Stanmore House Surgery, about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) away.
- People: About 230 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 87% of households owned their home and 25% 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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Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Dec 2023 | 5 DY10 3GQ | Semi-detached | £276,964 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 14 Dec 2023 | 1 DY10 3GQ | Detached | £275,260 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 14 Dec 2023 | 3 DY10 3GQ | Semi-detached | £236,059 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
28 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 66 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (15); Bungalow, end-terrace (6); Bungalow, mid-terrace (3). Built: 2021 (28).
Each home's certificates and sales (28 addresses)
- 1 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 2 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 3 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 4 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 5 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 6 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 7 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 8 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 9 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 10 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 11 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 12 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 14 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 15 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 16 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 17 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 18 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 19 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 20 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 21 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 22 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 23 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 24 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 25 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 26 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 27 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 29 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
- 31 Wild Cherry Grove, Lea Castle
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (37% of about 1,120 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.
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
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this street's postcodes yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 29 addresses are between 79 m and 82 m above sea level (80 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DY10 3GE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DY10 3GQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Blakedown 96,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Kidderminster 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Hagley 494,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km (3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Kidderminster Bus Station | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 32.1 km (20 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Stanmore House Surgery | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Crestpharmacy - Linden Avenue | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Hospital | Kidderminster Hospital | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Police station | Kidderminster Police Station | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Broadwaters Park 2.6 ha | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,380 m² | 360 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.6 ha | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Cookley Allotments 1,970 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Axborough Wood | Wood | 250 m east |
| Talbotshill Coppice | Wood | 370 m north-west |
| Three Cornered Covert | Wood | 500 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Island Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Fairy Glen | Valley | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| Bunker's Hill | Hill | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 29 | 29 |
None of the street's 29 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookley Sebright Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Oswald's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
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.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 67 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 4% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 54% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 69% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 36% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 48% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 21% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 71% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 40% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 25% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 34% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 2 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
Horse Chestnut Close · Juniper Way · Crocus Way · Whitebeam Close · Blackthorn Close · Holly Place · Tulip Tree Road · Gorse Place · Rowan Close · Acorn Road · Viola Place · Hornbeam 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.