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WV8 2JP

Last sold £280,000 in January 2025

148a, Birches Road, Wolverhampton

Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
5 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
1,001 sq ft / 93 sq m
Plot area
about 2,200 sq ft / 200 sq m
EPC rating
D
Elevation
About 117m — higher than about 20% of homes in Wolverhampton

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Price history in context

  • Jan 2025 — £280,000 · +14.3% · 2 pts behind the UK market
  • Dec 2020 — £245,000 · +14.0% · 7 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Oct 2018 — £215,000 · +33.5% · 1 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Nov 2006 — £161,000 · +93.4% · 19 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Aug 2001 — £83,250
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £280,000 £83,250 2001 2025

The life around it

  • Birches First School 9-min walk
  • St Christopher's Catholic Primary Academy 7-min walk
  • Bilbrook station 5-min walk
  • Big Wood 2.8km
  • The coast (coastline) 51.6km
  • Lake 1.1km
  • Pond 564m
  • Canal 1.2km
  • River Penk 846m
  • Barnhurst Lane Pitches 1.0km
  • Play Area 541m
  • Asda Express 311m
  • Greenacre Drive (Adj) 77m

Broadband

  • Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 90.2% of premises — not all
  • Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 92.7% of premises — not all
  • 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 Bilbrook, 334m away

  • 39 min Birmingham
  • 102 min Manchester
  • 115 min Liverpool

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

Flood risk

Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map

Noise

Road noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,440 hours a year — sunnier than 10% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Crime

Below average for England & Wales — 24 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Planning activity nearby

  • Conditions Part-retrospective single storey rear and side extension Jun 2026 source
  • Undecided Single-storey side and rear extension with boundary fencing May 2026 source
  • Conditions Single-storey side extension and internal reconfiguration Jan 2026 source
  • Undecided Proposed single storey rear extension Jun 2026 source
  • Undecided Non material amendment for the Installation of A/C units on rear / north elevation.… Jun 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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