401 Watling Street, B78 3ND

Detached houseBand FFreehold

401 Watling Street is a freehold detached house on Watling Street in B78. It last sold for £765,000 in 2022 — its 2nd recorded sale, up 337% on its first recorded sale of £175,000 in 2002.

Low crimeFlood risk medium12 of 16 schools Good+Road noise ~66 dBCouncil tax F
52.61866, -1.72141 · B78 3ND

What this home is

The physical record — from its EPC assessments, HM Land Registry and the VOA.

Property type
Detached house
Tenure
Freehold

EPC data © Crown copyright; bedrooms are the register's estimate, not a survey. Tenure from HM Land Registry.

What is it worth now?

An indicative projection from its own sale record — the report's valuation prices it against individual comparable sales.

Most likely worth £680,000£750,000 today, from its £765,000 sale carried along the local index — in a pocket pricier than the wider area.

Most likely range today
£680,000£750,000
The last sold price carried forward along the local price index. Wider 80% range £600,000 – £830,000. It can't see condition or improvements.
Last sold (2022)
£765,000
The known fact every projection starts from — HM Land Registry's recorded price.
£765,000£750,000£680,000sold Jul 22today
£765k£750k£680ksold Jul 22today
core 50% range wider 80% range

From the last sold price to today, along the local price index. The bands widen with time since the sale — the inner band is where the value most likely sits, the outer the wider plausible spread.

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B78 £/m² (recent sales)£2,910
The local market
Recent sold prices around this home
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Recent sold prices, coloured low → high; tap a dot for its price. Positions are postcode centroids, not exact addresses. © MapTiler · © OpenStreetMap contributors

5-year
+5%
local sold prices
1-year
-3%
local sold prices
Latest-month median
£255,521
all types, local area
What each type sells for
Detached · this home£374,249
£3,337/m² · ~101 m² · 27 sales · last 12 months
Semi-detached£281,085
£3,088/m² · ~79 m² · 31 sales · last 12 months
Terraced£210,813
£3,300/m² · ~68 m² · 23 sales · last 12 months
Flat / maisonette£162,903
£2,246/m² · ~59 m² · 16 sales · last 12 months
Higher or lower-priced pocket?

B78 3 is a higher-priced pocket — median of this property type is +5% vs the wider B78 area (last 12 months, same window both sides).

B78 3 · postcode sector£390,000
B78 · postcode district£372,000
Official house price index (UK HPI)

Across Lichfield, the official average home value is £335,981+3% in a year, +25% over five.

Detached · this home£522,429
Semi-detached£314,655
Terraced£249,899
Flat / maisonette£162,090

Covers the whole Lichfield area, not this postcode.

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Point estimate
Likely range (p50) & wide range (p80)
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Indicative range projected from HM Land Registry sold prices; not a formal valuation, survey or appraisal.

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Sale history

Every transaction HM Land Registry records for 401 Watling Street, newest first.

2 recorded sales since 2002, up 337% from first to latest.

£250k£500k£750k200220072012201720222026£243k+337%Sold 2022: £765,000£765kSold 2002: £175,000£175k
£250k£500k£750k201520212026£243kSold 2022: £765,000£765k
B78 yearly medianThis home's recorded sales

This home's recorded sales joined up, with the change between each — against B78's yearly median.

14 Jul 2022Most recent
£765,000+337%
Detached house · Freehold · +7.8%/yr since the previous sale
18 Oct 2002
£175,000
Detached house · Freehold

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.

How it compares on Watling Street

Against the 119 homes HM Land Registry and the EPC register know on this street.

Last sold 226% above the street's recent norm
Last sold price
46 recent sales
£200k£400kThis home £765,000
Street median £245,000 · higher than 98% of the street

Watling Street sold prices & full street profile →

Street medians from recorded sales in the last 8 years and EPC floor areas; a street's unsold homes are invisible to price medians.

Schools

The nearest primaries and secondaries, with their latest Ofsted judgement.

Strong schools
16 schools within range, 12 rated Good or Outstanding. Nearest is Longwood Primary School (318 m).
Nearest schools — blue primary, pink secondary (DfE/Ofsted)
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Longwood Primary School · PrimaryGood318 mOfsted ↗
Dunstall Park Primary School · Primary1.5 kmOfsted ↗
Millfield Primary School · PrimaryGood1.6 kmOfsted ↗
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS · SecondaryGood3.2 kmOfsted ↗
Lift Tamworth · SecondaryRequires improvement3.6 kmOfsted ↗
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Results & admissions for all 16 schools in range

Every school nearby with exam performance (KS2 progress, Progress 8) benchmarked against the borough and England, admission odds by preference, capacity, and catchment likelihood for this address.

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Longwood Primary School — KS2 results, admission odds & capacity
Dunstall Park Primary School — KS2 results, admission odds & capacity
Millfield Primary School — KS2 results, admission odds & capacity
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS — Progress 8, GCSE results & admission odds
Lift Tamworth — Progress 8, GCSE results & admission odds
The other 11 schools in range, with Ofsted & distance
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The practical file

The running costs and everyday infrastructure a viewing can't show you.

Council tax band F (≈£3,397/yr) · gigabit broadband reaches 97% of premises · 4 amenities in a 15-minute walk.

Council tax
Band F
£3,397/yr · Lichfield
Gigabit broadband
97%
of premises here
Top speed
0 Mbps
median 0 Mbps
Amenities
4
within a 15-minute walk
Health225 mSir Robert Peel Community Hospital
Food shops533 mSandhu Stores
Cafés, pubs & restaurants489 mThe Longwood
Banks, post & essentials530 mMile Oak Post Office
Food hygiene

Food hygiene nearby averages 4.9/5 across 36 rated places.

Nearest rated places (8)
5/5 Little Scallywags Day Nursery153 mCaring Premises
5/5 Sir Robert Peel Hospital279 mCaring Premises
5/5 Mile Oak Rovers Football Club305 mPub/bar/nightclub
5/5 The Longwood\*358 mSchool/college/university
5/5 The Longwood501 mPub/bar/nightclub
4/5 Sandhu Stores T/A Nisa536 mRetailers - other
5/5 Fusion Munchies547 mRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen
5/5 Bonehill Lodge Residential Home580 mCaring Premises
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All 4 amenities, counted and priced

The full amenity list by category with names and distances — supermarkets to GPs to gyms — plus parks with sizes and every connectivity measure in full.

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All 1 health — names & distancesnearest: Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital
All 1 food shops — names & distancesnearest: Sandhu Stores
All 1 cafés, pubs & restaurants — names & distancesnearest: The Longwood
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Parks & green spaces with sizes
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VOA council-tax band with the authority's current rates; Ofcom broadband coverage; amenities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); EV charging from the National Chargepoint Registry; hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency.

The neighbourhood

Who lives here and how the area ranks — the Lichfield 012C neighbourhood, from the Census and the Indices of Deprivation.

IMD decile 6/10mid-range for England; household income about 0% above the national average; shared/rented housing low.

6/10Mid-range for England
1 · most deprived10 · least deprived

In plain terms: crime and living environment score well, but a weaker education & skills.

Breakdown by domain
Income5/10
Employment5/10
Education & skills4/10
Health6/10
Crime8/10
Housing & access5/10
Living environment7/10

ONS Census 2021 and the English Indices of Deprivation, at neighbourhood (LSOA/MSOA) level — the immediate pocket, not the whole postcode district.

Crime & safety

Reported street-level crime within about 400 m of B78 3ND.

Low crime
182 crimes over 24 months — about 8 a month, most often violent crime (55%). Trend falling (+6% year on year).
Lower crime than about 75% of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhood ranking from the Indices of Deprivation crime domain — relative risk of personal and property crime.
Reported crime density within ~400 m (Police.uk)
Reported crime density within ~400 m (Police.uk) · © MapTiler · © OpenStreetMap contributors

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violent crime100 (55%)
anti social behaviour21 (12%)
vehicle crime20 (11%)
Full breakdown — every category, monthly trend & road safety
violent crime100 (55%)
anti social behaviour21 (12%)
vehicle crime20 (11%)
public order14 (8%)
criminal damage arson10 (5%)
other theft9 (5%)
other crime4 (2%)
burglary2 (1%)
Trend over 23 months
Trend
+6%
recent vs earlier months
Earlier months
~8
incidents / month
Recent months
~8
incidents / month
202520262024-07: 9Jul 242024-08: 32024-09: 62024-10: 72024-11: 72025-01: 32025-02: 72025-03: 112025-04: 82025-05: 92025-06: 192025-07: 92025-08: 52025-09: 132025-10: 72025-11: 52025-12: 42026-01: 112026-02: 62026-03: 72026-04: 82026-05: 72026-06: 11Jun 26

Monthly recorded crimes within ~400 m; the dark line is the 3-month rolling average.

Road safety

1 fatal or serious collision recorded within 500 m over 1 years — check whether these cluster at one junction.

Collisions
1
within 500 m
Per year
1
over 1 years
Casualties
5
all severities
Fatal1
Serious0
Slight0
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Inside all 10 crime categories

The trend inside every crime category and how this pocket compares with the wider area per 1,000 residents.

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Trend inside violent crime
Trend inside anti social behaviour
Trend inside vehicle crime
Trend inside public order
Crimes per 1,000 residents vs the wider area

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Police.uk street-level reports, positioned to protect privacy — points snap to anonymised map locations. Road collisions from DfT STATS19.

Flood & ground

Environment Agency, UKHSA and Coal Authority screening for this location.

Flood: very low
EA Flood Map for Planning — blue shading marks rivers & sea flood zones 2–3
EA Flood Map for Planning — blue shading marks rivers & sea flood zones 2–3 · © MapTiler · © OpenStreetMap contributors

Toggle between rivers-and-sea flood zones (EA Flood Map for Planning, zones 2–3 shaded) and NaFRA2 surface-water risk. © Environment Agency. © MapTiler · © OpenStreetMap contributors

Surface water (rainfall)
Medium
Chance of flooding in heavy rainfall — EA NaFRA2.
Very low
Low
Medium
High
Rivers & sea
Very Low
Likelihood of river or sea flooding today — EA NaFRA2.
Very low
Low
Medium
High
Climate outlook · 2040s–2060s (central climate scenario)
Surface waterMediumMedium
Rivers & seaVery LowVery Low
No increase projected under the central climate scenario (EA NaFRA2).

Nearest watercourse: 1.7 km away.

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Storm overflows & water quality
6 storm overflows monitored within 3 km
Worst site (GLASCOTE ROAD CSO): 19 spills over 0 hours in 2025.
Monitored overflows nearby (6)
DRAYTON MANOR DRIVE - FAZELEY SPS6 spillsinto BOURNE BROOK · 1.2 km · Severn Trent Water
CSO AT LICHFIELD ROAD SPS9 spillsinto RIVER TAME · 1.9 km · Severn Trent Water
TWO GATES-MOUNT PLEASANT CSO9 spillsinto RIVER TAME · 2.3 km · Severn Trent Water
DRAYTON BASSETT - SALTS LANE SPS4 spillsinto TRIBUTARY OF GALLOWS BROOK · 2.4 km · Severn Trent Water
GLASCOTE ROAD CSO19 spillsinto RIVER ANKER · 2.7 km · Severn Trent Water
CANALSIDE SCH LANE/LUDGATE ROAD CSO13 spillsinto RIVER TAME · 2.9 km · Severn Trent Water
Energy infrastructure nearby

No large energy projects (solar farms, batteries, wind) within 3 km.

Radon
Lowest
< 1% of homes above action level
Coal mining
Not in a coalfield
Coal Authority
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The deep ground file

The EA planning flood zone, historic flooding and landfill within 1 km, BGS GeoSure six-theme ground-stability screening, non-coal mining hazard and coastal erosion — and what each finding means for insurance and conveyancing.

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EA Flood Map for Planning zone (rivers & sea, zones 2–3)
Historic flooding & landfill within 1 km
Ground stability — BGS GeoSure six-theme screening
Non-coal mining hazard & coastal erosion
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Environment Agency flood mapping and storm-overflow monitoring, UKHSA radon atlas, Coal Authority reporting areas and the Renewable Energy Planning Database — location screening, not a site investigation.

Noise, air & designations

DEFRA strategic mapping and planning designations at 401 Watling Street's location.

Mapped noise reaches ~66 dB — worth checking in person · NO₂ ~9 µg/m³
DEFRA strategic noise mapping (Lden day-evening-night) — warm colours are louder
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Road noise
DEFRA
Daytime66 dB Lden
13 dB above the 53 dB guideline — high
35guideline 5385 dB
Night59 dB Lnight
14 dB above the 45 dB guideline — high
35guideline 4585 dB
Rail noise
NOT MAPPED
DEFRA maps no significant rail noise at this plot or immediately bordering it.
Aircraft noise
NOT MAPPED
DEFRA maps no significant aircraft noise at this plot or immediately bordering it.
Nearest airport: Birmingham, 18.4 km away — may see overflight depending on runway use.
What does a decibel sound like?
40
Quiet library
50
Quiet home
60
Conversation
70
Busy main road
80
Heavy traffic
Decibels are logarithmic: every +10 dB sounds roughly twice as loud, so 65 dB is markedly noisier than 55 — not “a little” more.
NO₂9 µg/m³Good
PM2.57 µg/m³Moderate
PM1013 µg/m³Good
How each pollutant compares — WHO guideline, UK limit & national average
NO₂
9 µg/m³Good
9 µg/m³
WHO 10UK limit 40
National average 3 µg/m³
Cleaner than 5% of the country
PM2.5
7 µg/m³Moderate
7 µg/m³
WHO 5UK limit 20
National average 5 µg/m³
PM10
13 µg/m³Good
13 µg/m³
WHO 15UK limit 40
National average 8 µg/m³
Planning designations at this address
Listed buildingNo
Not statutorily listed, so the usual alteration rules apply.
Conservation areaNo
Not in a conservation area.
Article 4 directionNo
No Article 4 direction — normal permitted-development rights apply.
Tree preservation orderNo
No tree preservation order recorded on the plot.

DEFRA strategic noise mapping (dB Lden day / Lnight night) and modelled background air quality; designations from local plan open data.

The street and the area

Where 401 Watling Street sits in its local market.

B78 median
£245,000
last 8 years
B78 £/m²
£2,910
last 8 years

401 Watling Street: quick answers

From HM Land Registry, EPC, VOA, Police.uk, DfE and Environment Agency records.

When did 401 Watling Street last sell, and for how much?

401 Watling Street last sold for £765,000 on 14 Jul 2022, according to HM Land Registry.

How many times has 401 Watling Street been sold?

HM Land Registry records 2 sales for 401 Watling Street between 2002 and 2022. Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.

What council tax band is 401 Watling Street?

401 Watling Street is in council tax band F, costing about £3,397 a year (Lichfield).

What is 401 Watling Street worth today?

Carrying its 2022 sale price forward with its own compounded sale-price growth of 7.8% a year across 2 sales suggests roughly £926,000–£1,152,000 as of 2026. This is indicative only — the full report values it against individual comparable sales.

What is crime like near 401 Watling Street?

Police recorded 182 crimes within about 400 m over 24 months — roughly 8 a month, most often violent crime. The trend is falling. (Source: Police.uk)

What schools are near 401 Watling Street?

16 schools are within range, 12 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest is Longwood Primary School (318 m). (Source: DfE/Ofsted)

Is 401 Watling Street at risk of flooding?

No flood warnings are in force. Surface-water (heavy rainfall) risk at this location is medium. Rivers-and-sea risk is very low. (Source: Environment Agency)

How fast is broadband at 401 Watling Street?

Top available download speed is around 0 Mbps. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 97% of premises in this postcode. (Source: Ofcom)

Other homes at B78 3ND

Recorded sales for the other addresses sharing this postcode on Watling Street.

All homes at this postcode, with sales counts & floor areas (23)
Last sold
2021
Price
£430,000
Sales
2
Last sold
2015
Price
£367,500
Sales
1
Last sold
2022
Price
£359,000
Sales
1
Last sold
1996
Price
£78,500
Sales
1
Last sold
2021
Price
£305,000
Sales
1
Last sold
2000
Price
£134,000
Sales
1
Floor area
209 m²
Last sold
2019
Price
£355,000
Sales
1
Floor area
121 m²
Last sold
2023
Price
£570,000
Sales
4
Last sold
2018
Price
£295,000
Sales
1
Last sold
2017
Price
£260,000
Sales
1
Floor area
204 m²
Last sold
2003
Price
£115,000
Sales
2
Last sold
2024
Price
£290,000
Sales
2
Floor area
128 m²
Last sold
2022
Price
£285,000
Sales
2
Last sold
2007
Price
£142,500
Sales
1
Last sold
2021
Price
£195,000
Sales
1
Last sold
2007
Price
£160,000
Sales
1
Last sold
1996
Price
£39,500
Sales
1
Last sold
2012
Price
£180,000
Sales
3
Last sold
2026
Price
£276,000
Sales
6
Floor area
84 m²
Last sold
2022
Price
£325,000
Sales
3
Last sold
2006
Price
£140,000
Sales
2
Last sold
1997
Price
£48,000
Sales
2
Last sold
2001
Price
£72,500
Sales
1

HM Land Registry last recorded sale per address; unsold homes show no price.

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Contains public-sector data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where applicable. Amenity data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset. Figures describe recorded data and are not a survey or valuation of this home; the indicative range is a projection, not an appraisal. marks detail included in the £5 report.