Shropshire
WV8 house prices in Shropshire
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Shropshire, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£285,000
Range £161,850–£526,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Mar 2025 and 31 Jul 2026.
Summary
House prices in WV8: the typical (median) sold price is £285,000, close to the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). WV8 is an active market, with about 16 recorded sales a month. By property type, 36% were semi-detached homes (typically £263,500) and 34% were detached homes (typically £438,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,528 a year: Shropshire's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Shropshire, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on WV8: steady sales, so price from the evidence
Roughly 16 homes a month change hands in WV8, a pace that gives buyers and sellers something to compare, without a year-on-year figure we would stand behind.
If you are thinking of selling, a spread from £161,850 to £526,500 makes £285,000 a poor guide to any one home, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, typical prices in WV8 sit close to the UK average, so the sold homes of your type are the yardstick to hold an asking price to.
Before an offer goes in on any WV8 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (553 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,528 a year), and leave the title to your conveyancer.
The sold prices leave a lot open; the free WV8 OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.
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At a glance
WV8 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£285,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
15.6
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,528
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in WV8
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in WV8 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £438,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £152,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 83 | £438,000 | £305,000–£598,000 |
| Semi-detached | 88 | £263,500 | £188,550–£380,750 |
| Terraced | 53 | £200,000 | £142,000–£315,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 18 | £152,500 | £97,100–£256,485 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Mar 2025 and 31 Jul 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in WV8
The quarterly typical price rose 2.0%, from £255,000 in Q1 2025 (2 sales) to £259,975 in Q3 2026 (16 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | £255,000 | 2 |
| Q2 2025 | £292,500 | 53 |
| Q3 2025 | £325,000 | 48 |
| Q4 2025 | £307,500 | 54 |
| Q1 2026 | £282,500 | 46 |
| Q2 2026 | £259,950 | 31 |
| Q3 2026 | £259,975 | 16 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Mar 2025 and 31 Jul 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of WV8 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most WV8 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £161,850 and £526,500, around a typical £285,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Mar 2025 and 31 Jul 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in WV8
Semi-detached homes were 36% of recorded sales (88 of 242). 90% of sales were freehold and 10% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached34%
- Semi-detached36%
- Terraced22%
- Flat / maisonette7%
Tenure
- Freehold90%
- Leasehold10%
See the figures
226 freehold (90%) and 24 leasehold (10%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in WV8. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Mar 2025 and 31 Jul 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.
40, BARNHURST LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON
£150,000 (2025)£168,000 (2025)+12% over 0.7 yrs (+18.8%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where WV8 sits in Shropshire
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in WV8
40, ORCHARD LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON
Terraced · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£215,000
91, JOEYS LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON
Terraced · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£260,000
ST. JUST, OAKEN DRIVE, WOLVERHAMPTON
Detached · Freehold · 30 Jul 2026
£750,000
30, BROMLEY GARDENS, WOLVERHAMPTON
Semi-detached · Freehold · 30 Jul 2026
£405,000
27, CROMPTON COURT, WOLVERHAMPTON
Terraced · Leasehold · 29 Jul 2026
£192,500
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). WV8 includes the Bilbrook ward.
In plain English
What the Shropshire (WV8) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £438,000 against £152,500 for flats: about 2.9 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £161,850 and £526,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (90%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 16 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 31 March 2025 and 31 July 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 WV8
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 WV8
£2,528
Band D a year in Shropshire, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,685 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,966 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,247 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,528 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,090 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,652 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,214 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,056 |
These are Shropshire's charges for 2026-27, the authority WV8 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 Shropshire · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near WV8
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Codsall Middle School.
All schools
Codsall Middle School
Secondary · Academies · WV8 1PB
36 m
Good · 2019
St Christopher's Catholic Primary Academy
Primary · Academies · WV8 1PF
141 m
Good · 2013
Codsall Community High School
Middle deemed secondary · Local authority maintained schools · WV8 1PQ
450 m
Good · 2023
Lane Green First School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WV8 1EU
600 m
Requires improvement · 2022
Bilbrook CofE (VC) Middle School
Secondary · Local authority maintained schools · WV8 1EU
600 m
Good · 2018
St Nicholas Church of England First School
Primary · Academies · WV8 1AN
985 m
Good · 2013
Birches First School
Primary · Academies · WV8 2JG
1.1 km
Good · 2023
Aldersley High School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · WV8 1RT
1.9 km
Good · 2014
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 WV8 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 8 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near WV8
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 WV8
553
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
SouthStaffordshire/25/00875/AMENDUndecided
215 m
Non material amendment for the Installation of A/C units on rear / north elevation. Increase to window size on east elevation and the Omission of cladding on all elevations of application 25/00875/FUL
Received 2026-06-27
SouthStaffordshire/26/00492/FULHHUndecided
409 m
Proposed single storey rear extension
Received 2026-06-06
SouthStaffordshire/23/00080/COND3Undecided
222 m
Discharge of condition 10 - Prior to first occupation of the development hereby approved, the development shall be inspected by a qualified ecologist and a statement of conformity submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, to confirm that all of the measures for ecological enhancement, as approved under the requirements of condition 8, have been fully implemented of application 23/00080/FUL
Received 2026-05-20
SouthStaffordshire/26/00443/FULHHConditions
382 m
Mono-pitch canopy and garage conversion to front elevation
Received 2026-05-18 · decided 2026-07-15
SouthStaffordshire/26/00246/LUPPermitted
61 m
Garage conversion including the insertion of a window to the front elevation, with replacement of existing doors and windows to the rear elevation
Received 2026-03-18 · decided 2026-05-08
SouthStaffordshire/23/00080/COND2Permitted
222 m
Discharge of conditions for condition 9 (lighting) and 11 (LEMP) for application 23/00080/FUL
Received 2026-03-12 · decided 2026-05-20
Applications are matched within 500 m of the WV8 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 WV8 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 553 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for WV8
Decile 9 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 WV8 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 1 to decile 10, with a median of decile 9 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
WV8 2AZ, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 9 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 WV8 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in WV8: 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 WV8, band by band
Shropshire's council tax for 2026-27 set against the WV8 median sold price of £285,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearShropshire | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £285,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,685 | £140 | 0.59% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,966 | £164 | 0.69% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,247 | £187 | 0.79% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,528 | £211 | 0.89% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,090 | £258 | 1.08% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,652 | £304 | 1.28% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,214 | £351 | 1.48% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,056 | £421 | 1.77% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the WV8 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, Shropshire, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in WV8 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 245 distinct addresses in the records we hold for WV8. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
40, ORCHARD LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1NE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,000
2026-07-31
91, JOEYS LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1JJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-31
ST. JUST, OAKEN DRIVE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 2AZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£750,000
2026-07-30
30, BROMLEY GARDENS, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1BE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£405,000
2026-07-30
27, CROMPTON COURT, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1GE · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£192,500
2026-07-29
9A, CHAPEL LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 2EH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£259,950
2026-07-29
34, THELWELL DRIVE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1FD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£357,000
2026-07-23
4, REEVES GARDENS, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1BD · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-07-17
32, DAM MILL CLOSE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1TZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£175,000
2026-07-17
3, WHEATSHEAF ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1UX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£195,000
2026-07-17
20, BIRCHES ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 2JR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£369,950
2026-07-14
6, MANOR CLOSE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1NF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£205,000
2026-07-13
9, BROOKFIELD ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1HX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£155,000
2026-07-10
23, FLORENCE ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1JD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£237,500
2026-07-03
2, POPLARS DRIVE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 2BX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-03
78, MARSHALL WAY, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1FP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-03
23, BARNWOOD ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1UN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-06-30
ALLSCOTT, SUCKLING GREEN LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 2BL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£455,000
2026-06-26
27, BELVIDE GARDENS, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1AN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-06-26
3, RENSHAW WOOD LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1QU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£650,000
2026-06-26
56, RAVENHILL DRIVE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1BL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£261,000
2026-06-05
13, CHADWELL GARDENS, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1AF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£295,000
2026-05-29
6, STRETTON GARDENS, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1AL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£377,500
2026-05-29
35, HOMEFIELD ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV8 1JN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-05-28
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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- House prices in WV2 (Wolverhampton) 4.6 miles
- House prices in WV4 (Wolverhampton) 4.8 miles
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Data sources
Every WV8 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.