Willow Tree Grove Rode Heath, Cheshire East
11 addresses across 2 postcodes (ST7), about 30 m long. USRN 9101348.
- Sales: 8 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £200,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Cheshire East cost £311,897 in August 2026 (+4.5% on a year); private rents averaged £992 a month.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 2, E: 1, F: 1).
- Flood: 3 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Cherry Lane, is 400 m (0.2 miles) away.
- Storm overflows: 4 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 104 times (628 hours) in 2025.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A533, carries 4,909 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Cheshire East costs £2,455 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Alsager, about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 93 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 11 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Cedars Medical Centre, about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away.
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 70% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 49 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | £200,000 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £242,500 | £242,500 | £242,500 |
| 2016 | 1 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £112,000 | £112,000 | £112,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £110,000 | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £142,000 | £142,000 | £142,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £94,000 | £94,000 | £94,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £110,000 | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 2011 | 1 ST7 3TE | Semi-detached | £110,000 | |
| 18 Jun 2004 | 2 ST7 3TE | Semi-detached | £110,000 | |
| 11 Feb 2022 | 3 ST7 3TE | Semi-detached | £242,500 | |
| 19 Jul 2006 | 3 ST7 3TE | Semi-detached | £142,000 | |
| 16 Aug 2013 | 4 ST7 3TE | Semi-detached | £112,000 | |
| 29 Jul 2016 | 5 ST7 3TE | Semi-detached | £125,000 | |
| 1 Dec 2023 | 9 ST7 3TE | Semi-detached | £200,000 | |
| 25 Feb 2005 | 9 ST7 3TE | Semi-detached | £94,000 |
House prices and rents in Cheshire East
A typical home in Cheshire East cost £311,897 in August 2026, 4.5% more than a year before. That is 29% more than five years earlier and 52% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £504,698 |
| Semi-detached | £299,120 |
| Terraced | £231,113 |
| Flat or maisonette | £157,592 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £252,798 |
Private renters in Cheshire East paid £992 a month on average in September 2026, 7.2% more than a year before. That is 35% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £701 |
| Two bedrooms | £905 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,115 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,622 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 75 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (3); Bungalow, semi-detached (2). Built: 1967-1975 (3); 1950-1966 (1); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 9,776 kWh of it on average in 2024, 17% less than the district's 11,723 kWh, and 2,515 kWh of electricity, 20% less than the district's 3,139 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST7 3TE | 10 | 2,112 kWh | 10 | 10,685 kWh |
| ST7 3TF | 35 | 1,926 kWh | 35 | 9,195 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 ST7.
Council tax
What each band costs in Cheshire East in 2026-27: Band D £2,455 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,637 | £1,909 | £2,182 | £2,455 | £3,000 | £3,546 | £4,091 | £4,910 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (68% of about 600 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
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
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, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST7 3TE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| ST7 3TF | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 2 / 5 | 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
4 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 104 times, for 628 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Trent &Amp; Mersey Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal, Kidsgrove Stream.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Avenue Ps United Utilities | Trent &Amp; Mersey Canal | 23 | 66 | 300 m |
| Thurlwood No.1 Ps United Utilities | Trent and Mersey Canal | 24 | 22 | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Lawton Gate Wwtw United Utilities | Kidsgrove Stream | 33 | 450 | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Lawton Gate Wwtw United Utilities | Kidsgrove Stream | 24 | 90 | 880 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
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 400 m (0.2 miles) away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Lane Church Lawton, Cheshire | from 1978 | Inert, industrial, liquid sludge | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 93 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST7 3TE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| ST7 3TF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Alsager 115,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Kidsgrove 288,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Sandbach 295,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.1 km (5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 19 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Birchfield Avenue Rode Heath | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Congleton | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Car parks | Well Lane Car Park | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | Smart Charge Charging Station | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 26.3 km (16 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Cedars Medical Centre Good Jul 2016 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Alsager Pharmacy | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Congleton War Memorial Hospital | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Care homes | Twyford House Good Mar 2025 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Police station | Sandbach Police Station | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest ATM | 240 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 880 m² | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 120 m² | 310 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,090 m² | 250 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,780 m² | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Rode Hall, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Rode Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Thurlwood | Wood | 480 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Pool Wood | Wood | 500 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Harris Wood | Wood | 640 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Lawton Mere | Lake or reservoir | 680 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Bottomless Mere | Wetland | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) west |
| Dean Hill | Hill | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 10 | 11 |
1 of the street's 11 addresses is 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 Cheshire East: see them on the Cheshire East page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rode Heath Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 140 m | Outstanding (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 84% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 90% in 2024 and 86% in 2023) |
| Alsager Highfields Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 72% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 67% in 2024 and 38% 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
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.4 km (0.9 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sally-Anna's Day Nursery ST7 3DZ | Full day care | 97 | Good (Jun 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 108 childminders and 11 home childcarers (nannies) in Cheshire East. 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
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rode Heath post office ST7 3RZ | Retailers - other | 240 m | 5 Very good | 24 Oct 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 32 |
| Public order | 6 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Millmead (16); On or near Greenway Close (7); On or near Sandbach Road (6); On or near Chestnut Avenue (6); On or near Bibby Street (3).
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 A533 between Heath Avenue and A50, with 4,909 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 130 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A533 | Heath Avenue to A50 | 4,909 estimated | 2% | +17% since 2015 | 130 m |
| Minor road | Not recorded | 169 counted 2025 | 2% | 220 m |
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 | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 70% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 35% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 19% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 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) | 41% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 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
Chestnut Avenue · Birchfield Avenue · Mill Mead · Spruce Grove · Millers Wharf · Heath Avenue · Bracken Close · Bibby Street · Millmead · Ash Grove · Sycamore Avenue · Farams Road
All the streets in ST7 and across Cheshire East.
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.