B49 6HB
Last sold £999,500 in January 2012
The Shepherds Cottage, Alcester
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
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Price history in context
- Jan 2012 — £999,500 · +124.6% · 102 pts ahead of the UK market
- Oct 2003 — £445,000
What this home might be worth today
£1,765,000
Estimate range £1,677,000–£1,854,000
+76.6% since January 2012 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 31 nearby sales within two years · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Alcester Academy 604m
- Great Alne Primary School 1.1km
- Hillers Halt station 5.8km
- Oversley Wood 1.7km
- The coast (coastline) 46.9km
- Lake 1.6km
- Pond 276m
- Canal 6.1km
- River Alne 255m
- Public Park 642m
- Playing Field 417m
- Costcutter 897m
- Alcester Academy Bus Park (Adj) 473m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more Not available
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more Not available
- 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, 6.4km 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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1 Alcester Academy · Secondary 0.4 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 54.4 — top 20% nationally (2023)
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3 St Benedict's Catholic High School · Secondary · Roman Catholic 0.8 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 49.3 — top 40% nationally (2023)
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.
Planning
- In the green belt — new building is tightly restricted.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Among the lowest for England & Wales — 77 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- Oak Tree View, Alcester £680,000 · 2023
- Meadow Cottage, Alcester £307,000 · 2005
- The Mews, Alcester £870,000 · 2023
- Canada Farm, Alcester £251,000 · 1997
- Canada Farmhouse, Alcester £635,000 · 2002
- Kinwarton Cottage, Alcester £365,000 · 2003
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided The conversion of an area of an existing outbuilding to enlarge the kitchen and create a… Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Non-material amendment to planning permission 25/01236/FUL (date of decision 20/08/2025)… Oct 2025 source
- Undecided The conversion of an area of an existing outbuilding to enlarge the kitchen and create a… Mar 2026 source
- Rejected -H1 hedge: 1-metre wide section of hedgerow to be removed from a roadside hedgerow at… Nov 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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