B49 5DQ
Last sold £312,500 in September 2014
4, Flax Close, Alcester
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 5 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,410 sq ft / 131 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 42m — higher than about 40% of homes in Alcester
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Price history in context
- Sep 2014 — £312,500 · +7.8% · 7 pts ahead of the UK market
- Aug 2007 — £290,000
What this home might be worth today
£477,000
Estimate range £453,000–£501,000
+52.7% since September 2014 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 18 nearby sales within a year · 5-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Alcester Grammar School 11-min walk
- Fortitude School 7-min walk
- Hillers Halt station 3.8km
- Oversley Wood 1.2km
- The coast (coastline) 45.0km
- Lake 324m
- Pond 414m
- Canal 7.8km
- River Arrow 334m
- Gas House Lane Recreation Ground 287m
- Playing Field 292m
- Shop 212m
- Roman Way (Opp) 178m
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, 8.1km 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 0.5 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 49.3 — top 40% nationally (2023)
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. 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: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 5, Flax Close, Alcester £220,000 · 2007
- 8, Flax Close, Alcester £195,000 · 2016
- 9, Flax Close, Alcester £201,000 · 2022
- 1, Flax Close, Alcester £313,495 · 2006
- 18, Flax Close, Alcester £60,000 · 2007
- 3, Flax Close, Alcester £280,000 · 2007
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Proposed single storey rear extension. Apr 2026 source
- Conditions Single storey front and side extensions with new render to replace front tile hanging. Jun 2026 source
- 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
- Conditions Extension and alterations to existing car park Jan 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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