Essington

Essington is covered by postcode district WV11. It is in the South Staffordshire council area, Staffordshire.

Typical price £270,000 Homes sold in Essington, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 56 of 67 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Essington, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Essington, by flood risk Of the 67 postcodes in Essington that ONS places, 67 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Essington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. M54M6 WV11 2AB: not on the flood risk listWV11 2AE: not on the flood risk listWV11 2AG: not on the flood risk listWV11 2AH: not on the flood risk listWV11 2AJ: not on the flood risk listWV11 2AL: not on the flood risk listWV11 2AN: not on the flood risk listWV11 2AQ: not on the flood risk listWV11 2AX: not on the flood risk listWV11 2BA: not on the flood risk listWV11 2BF: not on the flood risk listWV11 2BH: not on the flood risk listWV11 2BJ: not on the flood risk listWV11 2BN: not on the flood risk listWV11 2BP: not on the flood risk listWV11 2BR: not on the flood risk listWV11 2BS: not on the flood risk listWV11 2BT: not on the flood risk listWV11 2BU: not on the flood risk listWV11 2BW: not on the flood risk listWV11 2BX: not on the flood risk listWV11 2BY: not on the flood risk listWV11 2BZ: not on the flood risk listWV11 2DA: not on the flood risk listWV11 2DB: not on the flood risk listWV11 2DD: not on the flood risk listWV11 2DE: not on the flood risk listWV11 2DF: not on the flood risk listWV11 2DG: not on the flood risk listWV11 2DH: not on the flood risk listWV11 2DJ: not on the flood risk listWV11 2DL: not on the flood risk listWV11 2DN: not on the flood risk listWV11 2DP: not on the flood risk listWV11 2DQ: not on the flood risk listWV11 2DS: not on the flood risk listWV11 2DT: not on the flood risk listWV11 2DW: not on the flood risk listWV11 2EG: not on the flood risk listWV11 2GA: not on the flood risk listWV11 2GB: not on the flood risk listWV11 2JE: not on the flood risk listWV11 2JF: not on the flood risk listWV11 2JG: not on the flood risk listWV11 2LW: not on the flood risk listWV11 2RF: not on the flood risk listWV11 2RL: not on the flood risk listWV11 2SA: not on the flood risk listWV11 2SB: not on the flood risk listWV11 2SD: not on the flood risk listWV11 2SE: not on the flood risk listWV11 2SF: not on the flood risk listWV11 2SG: not on the flood risk listWV11 2SH: not on the flood risk listWV11 2SJ: not on the flood risk listWV11 2SL: not on the flood risk listWV11 2SN: not on the flood risk listWV11 2SP: not on the flood risk listWV11 2SQ: not on the flood risk listWV11 2TA: not on the flood risk listWV11 2TB: not on the flood risk listWV11 2TD: not on the flood risk listWV11 2TE: not on the flood risk listWV11 2TF: not on the flood risk listWV11 2TG: not on the flood risk listWV11 2TJ: not on the flood risk listWV11 2TQ: not on the flood risk list Essington Map of every postcode in Essington, by flood risk Of the 67 postcodes in Essington that ONS places, 67 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Essington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. M54 Essington
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 67

Of the 67 postcodes in Essington that ONS places, 67 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.6282, longitude -2.0569. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre.

What is it like to live in Essington?

Homes sold for a typical £270,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 56 of the 67 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 67 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bloxwich North, 2.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in Essington?

Homes in Essington sold for a typical £270,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 37 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £262,500 from 48 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£270,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£262,500 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £456,250 12 sales
  • Semi-detached £250,000 17 sales
  • Terraced £189,750 6 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole WV11 district, Essington's main postcode district: a typical £232,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Essington: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

Are new homes being built in Essington?

7 of the 67 postcodes now in use in Essington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 48 homes sold in Essington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WV11 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

WV11 2SLsince May 2023WV11 2SHsince January 2023WV11 2SJsince January 2023WV11 2SGsince September 2021WV11 2SNsince June 2021WV11 2SPsince June 2021

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn EssingtonAcross the WV11 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 37 (0%) 0 of 312 (0%)
The 12 months to September 2025 0 of 48 (0%) 0 of 372 (0%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in Essington?

Ofcom reports on 67 of the 67 postcodes in Essington. At 56 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit56 of 67
Postcodes where every home can get superfast65 of 67

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is Essington at risk of flooding?

None of the 67 postcodes in Essington is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

Which schools are in Essington?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Essington. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from Essington?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Essington is Bloxwich North Rail Station, 2.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Bloxwich North Rail Station Railway station 2.7 kmCycle
  • Bloxwich Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
  • Landywood Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in Essington?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Essington. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is Essington safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 803 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Essington over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 75 September 2025
  2. 73 October 2025
  3. 59 November 2025
  4. 57 December 2025
  5. 71 January 2026
  6. 47 February 2026
  7. 93 March 2026
  8. 61 April 2026
  9. 55 May 2026
  10. 68 June 2026
  11. 56 July 2026
  12. 88 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences421 reports
Vehicle crime79 reports
Anti-social behaviour76 reports
Criminal damage and arson61 reports
Public order60 reports
Shoplifting24 reports
Burglary23 reports
Other crime20 reports

Also: other theft 14, drugs 12, possession of weapons 7, robbery 4, bicycle theft 2.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: police.uk, data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs Essington?

District, borough or city council
South Staffordshire
County council
Staffordshire
Parliamentary constituency
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
Police force area
Staffordshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
MP
Sir Gavin Williamson (Conservative)

All 67 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

Moving to Essington

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Essington postcodes

67 postcodes in use in Essington, by district:

WV11 postcode district,67 postcodes

That district is in the WV postcode area.

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Places near Essington

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Essington's £270,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Featherstone, South Staffordshire3.4 km, £255,000Willenhall3.7 km, £212,800Bloxwich4.2 km, £190,500Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay4.2 km, £256,000Pelsall5.9 km, £251,250Wolverhampton6.3 km, £230,000Coven6.4 km, £280,000Darlaston6.7 km, £195,000 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Essington

What is the postcode for Essington?
Postcode district WV11, with 67 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Essington in?
South Staffordshire, with Staffordshire as its county council. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Essington?
Sir Gavin Williamson (Conservative), for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Essington?
A typical £270,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 37 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Essington?
Primary schools at its postcodes include St John's Primary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Coppice Performing Arts School, 1.8 km away. Source: Department for Education.
Does Essington have a railway station?
The nearest is Bloxwich North station, 2.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Essington?
Ofcom reports on 67 of the 67 postcodes in Essington. At 56 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is Essington at risk of flooding?
None of the 67 postcodes in Essington is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Essington?
7 of the 67 postcodes now in use in Essington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 48 homes sold in Essington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WV11 district, 0%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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