55 Watling Street, B78 3DF
55 Watling Street, in B78, is a freehold detached house on Watling Street. It last sold for £390,000 in 2021 — its 3rd recorded sale, up 131% on its first recorded sale of £169,000 in 2002.
What this home is
The physical record — from its EPC assessments, HM Land Registry and the VOA.
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 £405,000–£450,000 today, from its £390,000 sale carried along the local index — in a pocket pricier than the wider area.
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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Recent sold prices, coloured low → high; tap a dot for its price. Positions are postcode centroids, not exact addresses. © MapTiler · © OpenStreetMap contributors
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).
Across Lichfield, the official average home value is £335,981 — +3% in a year, +25% over five.
Covers the whole Lichfield area, not this postcode.
A point estimate with likely and wide ranges, built from individual comparable sales nearby — each listed with address, date, size and adjusted price.
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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 55 Watling Street, newest first.
3 recorded sales since 2002, up 131% from first to latest.
This home's recorded sales joined up, with the change between each — against B78's yearly median.
What a home of this era typically means
- Cavity walls that can usually be retrofitted with insulation; loft insulation, if original, will be thin by today’s standards.
- Any flat-roof or single-storey extension from this era may be near the end of its serviceable life.
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.
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.
Energy & running costs
What 55 Watling Street's Energy Performance Certificates say about efficiency, cost and construction.
Every fabric element as the assessor described it — walls, roof, floor, windows, hot water and heating construction with its efficiency rating — plus glazing detail and itemised running costs.
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EPC data © Crown copyright, from the domestic EPC register. Certificates describe the home as assessed on their date.
Schools
The nearest primaries and secondaries, with their latest Ofsted judgement.
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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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Department for Education (GIAS) and Ofsted; distances are straight-line. Catchments change — always verify with the school.
The practical file
The running costs and everyday infrastructure a viewing can't show you.
Council tax band E (≈£2,875/yr) · gigabit broadband reaches 96% of premises · 0 amenities in a 15-minute walk.
Food hygiene nearby averages 2/5 across 1 rated places. 1 rated 2 or below within a mile.
Nearest rated places (1)
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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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 012A neighbourhood, from the Census and the Indices of Deprivation.
IMD decile 6/10 — mid-range for England; household income about 0% above the national average; shared/rented housing low.
In plain terms: income and employment score well, but a weaker housing & access.
0% above the national average.
The dark tick on each bar marks the England & Wales average.
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 3DF.
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Full breakdown — every category, monthly trend & road safety
Monthly recorded crimes within ~400 m; the dark line is the 3-month rolling average.
1 fatal or serious collision recorded within 500 m over 1 years — check whether these cluster at one junction.
The trend inside every crime category and how this pocket compares with the wider area per 1,000 residents.
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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.
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Nearest watercourse: 788 m away.
Monitored overflows nearby (1)
✓ No large energy projects (solar farms, batteries, wind) within 3 km.
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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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 55 Watling Street's location.
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How each pollutant compares — WHO guideline, UK limit & national average
Also recorded here: Green Belt.
Applications at and near this property with their outcomes, the local approval rate, major developments nearby, and odour sources within range.
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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 55 Watling Street sits in its local market.
55 Watling Street: quick answers
From HM Land Registry, EPC, VOA, Police.uk, DfE and Environment Agency records.
55 Watling Street last sold for £390,000 on 28 Jun 2021, according to HM Land Registry.
HM Land Registry records 3 sales for 55 Watling Street between 2002 and 2021. Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.
Its most recent Energy Performance Certificate records 126 m² of floor area.
55 Watling Street is in council tax band E, costing about £2,875 a year (Lichfield).
Its most recent EPC rates it D (score 63).
Carrying its 2021 sale price forward with its own compounded sale-price growth of 4.5% a year across 3 sales suggests roughly £429,000–£549,000 as of 2026. This is indicative only — the full report values it against individual comparable sales.
Police recorded 17 crimes within about 400 m over 24 months — roughly 1 a month, most often violent crime. The trend is falling. (Source: Police.uk)
16 schools are within range, 12 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest is Thomas Barnes Primary School (2.8 km). (Source: DfE/Ofsted)
No flood warnings are in force. Surface-water (heavy rainfall) risk at this location is very low. Rivers-and-sea risk is very low. (Source: Environment Agency)
Top available download speed is around 0 Mbps. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 96% of premises in this postcode. (Source: Ofcom)
Other homes at B78 3DF
Recorded sales for the other addresses sharing this postcode on Watling Street.
All homes at this postcode, with sales counts & floor areas (13)
| Address | Last sold | Price | Sales | Floor area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Watling Street | 2014 | £225,000 | 1 | — |
| 7 Watling Street | 2001 | £150,000 | 1 | — |
| 29 Watling Street | 1996 | £80,000 | 1 | — |
| 35 Watling Street | 2014 | £320,000 | 3 | — |
| 43 Watling Street | 2021 | £212,000 | 2 | 60 m² |
| 45 Watling Street | 2020 | £177,500 | 1 | — |
| 47 Watling Street | 2023 | £395,000 | 4 | — |
| 57 Watling Street | 2017 | £315,000 | 2 | — |
| 59 Watling Street | 2000 | £147,950 | 1 | — |
| 61 Watling Street | 2012 | £249,950 | 1 | — |
| 63 Watling Street | 2024 | £420,000 | 1 | 122 m² |
| 65 Watling Street | 2019 | £330,000 | 1 | 124 m² |
| 2, The Uplands, Watling Street | 2004 | £449,950 | 1 | — |
- Last sold
- 2014
- Price
- £225,000
- Sales
- 1
- Last sold
- 2001
- Price
- £150,000
- Sales
- 1
- Last sold
- 1996
- Price
- £80,000
- Sales
- 1
- Last sold
- 2014
- Price
- £320,000
- Sales
- 3
- Last sold
- 2021
- Price
- £212,000
- Sales
- 2
- Floor area
- 60 m²
- Last sold
- 2020
- Price
- £177,500
- Sales
- 1
- Last sold
- 2023
- Price
- £395,000
- Sales
- 4
- Last sold
- 2017
- Price
- £315,000
- Sales
- 2
- Last sold
- 2000
- Price
- £147,950
- Sales
- 1
- Last sold
- 2012
- Price
- £249,950
- Sales
- 1
- Last sold
- 2024
- Price
- £420,000
- Sales
- 1
- Floor area
- 122 m²
- Last sold
- 2019
- Price
- £330,000
- Sales
- 1
- Floor area
- 124 m²
- Last sold
- 2004
- Price
- £449,950
- 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.