B49 5DQ
Last sold £313,495 in December 2006
1, Flax Close, Alcester
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 42m — higher than about 40% of homes in Alcester
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Price history in context
- Dec 2006 — £313,495
What this home might be worth today
£520,000
Estimate range £494,000–£546,000
+65.9% since December 2006 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 71 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Alcester Grammar School 11-min walk
- Fortitude School 8-min walk
- Hillers Halt station 3.9km
- Oversley Wood 1.2km
- The coast (coastline) 45.0km
- Lake 335m
- Pond 446m
- Canal 7.8km
- River Arrow 338m
- Gas House Lane Recreation Ground 263m
- Playing Field 291m
- Shop 227m
- Roman Way (Opp) 184m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Wilmcote, 8.0km away
- 49 min Birmingham
- 99 min Oxford
- 120 min London
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
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2 Alcester Grammar School · Secondary 0.4 miles State Ofsted Outstanding Attainment 8: 73.2 — top 20% nationally (2023)
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3 St Benedict's Catholic High School · Secondary · Roman Catholic 0.4 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 49.3 — top 40% nationally (2023)
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: Low. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,510 hours a year — sunnier than 30% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 123 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 18, Flax Close, Alcester £60,000 · 2007
- 3, Flax Close, Alcester £280,000 · 2007
- 6, Flax Close, Alcester £206,250 · 2011
- 7, Flax Close, Alcester £176,950 · 2011
- 10, Flax Close, Alcester £134,000 · 2014
- 2, Flax Close, Alcester £325,000 · 2021
Planning activity nearby
- Rejected Change of use of hair and beauty salon to create a dwelling (use class C3) and associated… May 2026 source
- Rejected Change of use of hair and beauty salon to create a dwelling (use class C3) and associated… May 2026 source
- Permitted Proposed single storey rear extension. Apr 2026 source
- Conditions Extension and alterations to existing car park Jan 2026 source
- Conditions 2 x Conifer - Fell - Roots are coming through the lawn causing a trip hazard and causing… Apr 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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