Cannock Chase
WS8 house prices in Cannock Chase
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Cannock Chase, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£215,000
Range £130,000–£319,100 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 30 May 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in WS8: the typical (median) sold price is £215,000, below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). WS8 is an active market, with about 17 recorded sales a month. By property type, 57% were semi-detached homes (typically £210,000) and 20% were detached homes (typically £287,750).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,376 a year: Cannock Chase's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Cannock Chase, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on WS8: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
WS8 sees about 17 sales a month, enough to learn from, though the year-on-year comparison is too thin to quote, so lean on the recent sold homes.
When selling here, £215,000 is the middle of a £130,000 to £319,100 range, so check where your home would sit among the recent sales before choosing a number; roughly 17 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseFor buyers, typical prices in WS8 sit below the UK average, so a lower price than the average is a prompt to ask why, not a reason to relax.
Worth checking before you commit: planning history nearby (494 applications on record within 500 m), whether the home is at risk of flooding and council tax (Band D is £2,376 a year); your conveyancer should look at the title too.
Our free WS8 OfferCheck puts the rest of the picture alongside these prices, and the Report explains which parts deserve a second look.
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At a glance
WS8 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£215,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
17.0
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,376
A year
On the map
Where WS8 sits in Cannock Chase
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in WS8
2, OLDACRE GARDENS, WALSALL
Semi-detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£267,500
1A, SEEDS LANE, WALSALL
Detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£380,000
67, BLITHFIELD ROAD, WALSALL
Terraced · Leasehold · 14 Aug 2026
£133,500
14, CORNFLOWER ROAD, WALSALL
Semi-detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£295,000
3, TOWPATH DRIVE, WALSALL
Semi-detached · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£230,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). WS8 includes the Aldridge North & Walsall Wood ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in WS8
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in WS8 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £287,750, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £129,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 48 | £287,750 | £200,000–£440,100 |
| Semi-detached | 133 | £210,000 | £156,400–£259,600 |
| Terraced | 37 | £200,000 | £156,000–£253,400 |
| Flat / maisonette | 17 | £129,000 | £90,000–£142,800 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 30 May 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in WS8
The quarterly typical price fell 9.4%, from £220,750 in Q2 2025 (18 sales) to £200,000 in Q3 2026 (25 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | £220,750 | 18 |
| Q3 2025 | £210,000 | 67 |
| Q4 2025 | £232,000 | 51 |
| Q1 2026 | £220,000 | 52 |
| Q2 2026 | £210,000 | 37 |
| Q3 2026 | £200,000 | 25 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 30 May 2025 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of WS8 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most WS8 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £130,000 and £319,100, around a typical £215,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 30 May 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in WS8
Semi-detached homes were 57% of recorded sales (133 of 235). 90% of sales were freehold and 10% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached20%
- Semi-detached57%
- Terraced16%
- Flat / maisonette7%
Tenure
- Freehold90%
- Leasehold10%
See the figures
225 freehold (90%) and 25 leasehold (10%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in WS8. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 30 May 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
112, WATLING STREET, WALSALL
£156,000 (2025)£165,000 (2026)+5.8% over 0.8 yrs (+7.6%/yr)
13, MILL ROAD, WALSALL
£141,000 (2025)£210,250 (2026)+49.1% over 0.8 yrs (+67.2%/yr)
10, BRIDGE STREET, WALSALL
£90,000 (2025)£169,000 (2026)+87.8% over 0.7 yrs (+163%/yr)
KNAVES COURT, HIGH STREET, WALSALL
£100,000 (2025)£75,000 (2026)-25% over 0.7 yrs (-34%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Cannock Chase (WS8) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £287,750 against £129,000 for flats: about 2.2 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- This is an active district: about 17 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 30 May 2025 and 21 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on WS8
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in WS8
£2,376
Band D a year in Cannock Chase, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,584 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,848 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,112 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,376 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,904 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,432 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,960 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,752 |
These are Cannock Chase's charges for 2026-27, the authority WS8 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Cannock Chase · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near WS8
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest St James Academy.
All schools
St James Academy
Primary · Academies · WS8 6AE
161 m
Not graded
Ogley Hay Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority maintained schools · WS8 6AU
299 m
Outstanding · 2012
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · WS8 6HX
391 m
Good · 2024
Millfield Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WS8 6BN
762 m
Good · 2012
Brownhills Ormiston Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · WS8 7QG
831 m
Good · 2013
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WS8 7EG
1.0 km
Good · 2013
Watling Street Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WS8 7LW
1.0 km
Good · 2022
Shire Oak Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · WS9 9PA
1.6 km
Requires improvement · 2022
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the WS8 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near WS8
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around WS8
494
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 7 October 2026.
Recent applications
240 m
Full planning application for the retrospective subdivision of existing Blocks B,C,D,E,F,G, H and J to create 27 new units under a flexiable B2/B8 use class and the insertion of new windows, doors, cladding and shutters including rear ramp.
Received 2026-07-17
Walsall/26/0642Permitted
63 m
Advertisement consent for installation of 1no. internally illuminated projecting sign measuring 0.6m high and 0.6m wide and 1no. internally illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.7m high and 5.16m wide.
Received 2026-06-02 · decided 2026-08-12
63 m
Full planning application for a first floor rear extension to existing first floor flat to provide additional bedroom and reconfiguration of internal layout.
Received 2026-05-22
77 m
Full planning application for a two-storey rear extension, to provide additional storage for existing ground floor shop unit and to form 1no new additional one bedroom flat (use class C3) to first floor rear.
Received 2026-05-22
Walsall/25/1503Permitted
240 m
Advertisement consent for proposed and some refurbished comprising 1no. externally illuminated fascia sign measuring 1.5m high x 2.2m wide x 0.035m depth. Other type externally illuminated sign measuring 1.5m high x 1.8m width x 0.01m depth. Other type externally illuminated sign measuring 1.13m high x 4m width x 0.01m depth. Other type internaly illuminated sign measuring 4.26m high x 1.82m width x 0.15 depth. Two other type sign measuring 1.22m high x 1.705m width x 0.8m depth. Other type sign measuring 1.5m high x 1.5m width x depth.
Received 2026-02-20 · decided 2026-04-24
320 m
Lawful Development Certificate for an existing use: 12 no. bedroom HMO with 2 bedsits (planning use class Sui Generis)
Received 2026-02-10
Applications are matched within 500 m of the WS8 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for WS8 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 494 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 7 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for WS8
Decile 4 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled WS8 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 8, with a median of decile 4 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
WS8 7ET, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 4 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so WS8 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in WS8: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in WS8, band by band
Cannock Chase's council tax for 2026-27 set against the WS8 median sold price of £215,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearCannock Chase | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £215,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,584 | £132 | 0.74% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,848 | £154 | 0.86% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,112 | £176 | 0.98% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,376 | £198 | 1.11% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,904 | £242 | 1.35% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,432 | £286 | 1.60% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,960 | £330 | 1.84% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,752 | £396 | 2.21% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the WS8 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Cannock Chase, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in WS8 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 241 distinct addresses in the records we hold for WS8. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
2, OLDACRE GARDENS, WALSALL
WS8 7ET · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£267,500
2026-08-21
1A, SEEDS LANE, WALSALL
WS8 6HU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£380,000
2026-08-21
67, BLITHFIELD ROAD, WALSALL
WS8 7NH · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£133,500
2026-08-14
14, CORNFLOWER ROAD, WALSALL
WS8 7RD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£295,000
2026-08-07
3, TOWPATH DRIVE, WALSALL
WS8 6FG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-07-31
13, HEDNESFORD ROAD, WALSALL
WS8 7LS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£190,000
2026-07-31
90, HEDNESFORD ROAD, WALSALL
WS8 7LT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£195,000
2026-07-28
74, CASTLE STREET, WALSALL
WS8 7PY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£160,000
2026-07-23
24, HILLSIDE CLOSE, WALSALL
WS8 7AB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£147,000
2026-07-22
2, SALLOW GROVE, WALSALL
WS8 6PD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£190,000
2026-07-21
38, BROWNHILLS ROAD, WALSALL
WS8 7BS · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£132,000
2026-07-17
29, SPRINGHILL ROAD, WALSALL
WS8 6BU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-07-17
3, CHAPEL STREET, WALSALL
WS8 7NS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,000
2026-07-17
46, CHESTER ROAD NORTH, WALSALL
WS8 7JP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£422,500
2026-07-14
103, CATSHILL ROAD, WALSALL
WS8 6BN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£185,000
2026-07-13
10, BELL HEATHER ROAD, WALSALL
WS8 7RB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-10
21, ALBUTTS ROAD, WALSALL
WS8 7ND · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,000
2026-07-10
32E, HIGH STREET, WALSALL
WS8 7EA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-07-10
13, FIRST AVENUE, WALSALL
WS8 6JH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,000
2026-07-10
20, TOWPATH DRIVE, WALSALL
WS8 6FG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£223,000
2026-07-09
112, WATLING STREET, WALSALL
WS8 7NP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£165,000
2026-07-09
27, NARROW LANE, WALSALL
WS8 6HX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£270,000
2026-07-03
119, CHESTER ROAD, WALSALL
WS8 6DS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-07-03
107, GREAT CHARLES STREET, WALSALL
WS8 6AF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£197,500
2026-07-03
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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The closest districts to WS8 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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Data sources
Every WS8 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.