Norton Canes

Norton Canes is covered by postcode districts WS8 and WS11. It is in the Cannock Chase council area, Staffordshire.

Typical price £267,500 Homes sold in Norton Canes, last 12 months. ▲ 2.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 151 of 163 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 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Norton Canes, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Norton Canes, by flood risk Of the 164 postcodes in Norton Canes that ONS places, 164 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Norton Canes. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. M6 TOLLA5 WS11 9AA: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AB: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AD: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AF: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AG: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AH: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AJ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AL: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AN: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AP: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AQ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AR: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AS: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AT: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AU: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AW: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AX: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AY: not on the flood risk listWS11 9AZ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9BA: not on the flood risk listWS11 9BB: not on the flood risk listWS11 9BD: not on the flood risk listWS11 9BE: not on the flood risk listWS11 9BF: not on the flood risk listWS11 9BG: not on the flood risk listWS11 9BJ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9FA: not on the flood risk listWS11 9FB: not on the flood risk listWS11 9FD: not on the flood risk listWS11 9FE: not on the flood risk listWS11 9FF: not on the flood risk listWS11 9FG: not on the flood risk listWS11 9FH: not on the flood risk listWS11 9FJ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9FQ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9FW: not on the flood risk listWS11 9GD: not on the flood risk listWS11 9NP: not on the flood risk listWS11 9NR: not on the flood risk listWS11 9NS: not on the flood risk listWS11 9NT: not on the flood risk listWS11 9NW: not on the flood risk listWS11 9NX: not on the flood risk listWS11 9NY: not on the flood risk listWS11 9NZ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PA: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PB: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PD: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PE: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PF: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PG: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PH: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PJ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PL: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PN: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PP: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PQ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PR: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PS: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PT: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PU: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PW: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PX: not on the flood risk listWS11 9PZ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QA: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QB: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QD: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QE: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QF: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QG: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QH: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QJ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QL: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QN: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QP: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QQ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QR: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QS: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QT: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QU: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QW: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QX: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QY: not on the flood risk listWS11 9QZ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RA: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RB: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RD: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RE: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RF: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RG: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RH: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RJ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RL: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RN: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RP: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RQ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RR: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RS: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RT: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RU: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RW: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RX: not on the flood risk listWS11 9RY: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SA: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SB: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SD: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SE: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SF: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SG: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SH: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SJ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SL: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SN: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SP: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SQ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SR: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SS: not on the flood risk listWS11 9ST: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SU: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SW: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SX: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SY: not on the flood risk listWS11 9SZ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TA: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TB: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TD: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TF: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TG: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TH: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TJ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TL: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TN: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TP: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TQ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TR: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TS: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TT: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TU: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TW: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TX: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TY: not on the flood risk listWS11 9TZ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UA: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UB: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UD: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UE: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UF: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UG: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UH: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UJ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UL: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UN: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UP: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UQ: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UR: not on the flood risk listWS11 9US: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UT: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UU: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UW: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UX: not on the flood risk listWS11 9UY: not on the flood risk listWS11 9WS: not on the flood risk listWS11 9XT: not on the flood risk listWS8 7NB: not on the flood risk list Norton Canes Map of every postcode in Norton Canes, by flood risk Of the 164 postcodes in Norton Canes that ONS places, 164 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Norton Canes. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Norton Canes
  • 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: 164

Of the 164 postcodes in Norton Canes that ONS places, 164 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 52.6709, longitude -1.9714. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: 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. How we use them

What is it like to live in Norton Canes?

Homes sold for a typical £267,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.9% on the 12 months before. At 151 of the 163 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 164 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 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Landywood, 3.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Norton Canes?

Homes in Norton Canes sold for a typical £267,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 118 sales, up 2.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£267,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£260,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 2.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £333,750 48 sales
  • Semi-detached £230,750 48 sales
  • Terraced £212,500 17 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £133,000 5 sales

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

Across the whole WS11 district, Norton Canes's main postcode district: a typical £225,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Norton Canes: 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 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Norton Canes?

21 of the 164 postcodes now in use in Norton Canes came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 128 homes sold in Norton Canes were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WS11 district, 3%.

The newest postcodes

WS11 9PSsince June 2026WS11 9BGsince October 2024WS11 9BJsince December 2023WS11 9BBsince December 2022WS11 9BFsince September 2022WS11 9AZsince August 2022

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 Norton CanesAcross the WS11 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 118 (0%) 1 of 509 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 7 of 128 (5%) 22 of 646 (3%)

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.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Norton Canes?

Ofcom reports on 163 of the 164 postcodes in Norton Canes. At 151 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit151 of 163
Postcodes where every home can get superfast161 of 163

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.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Norton Canes at risk of flooding?

None of the 164 postcodes in Norton Canes 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, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Norton Canes?

The open schools at the postcodes in Norton Canes. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Norton Canes?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Norton Canes is Landywood Rail Station, 3.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Landywood Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
  • Cannock Rail Station Railway station 3.8 kmCycle
  • Hednesford Rail Station Railway station 4.8 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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Norton Canes?

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

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Norton Canes safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 734 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Norton Canes 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. 64 September 2025
  2. 60 October 2025
  3. 64 November 2025
  4. 64 December 2025
  5. 60 January 2026
  6. 54 February 2026
  7. 63 March 2026
  8. 55 April 2026
  9. 51 May 2026
  10. 66 June 2026
  11. 65 July 2026
  12. 68 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences297 reports
Anti-social behaviour104 reports
Shoplifting76 reports
Vehicle crime71 reports
Public order40 reports
Criminal damage and arson40 reports
Other theft40 reports
Other crime26 reports

Also: burglary 15, drugs 8, possession of weapons 8, robbery 6, bicycle theft 2, theft from the person 1.

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.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Norton Canes?

District, borough or city council
Cannock Chase
County council
Staffordshire
Parliamentary constituency
Cannock Chase
Police force area
Staffordshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
MP
Josh Newbury (Labour)

All 164 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Norton Canes

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Norton Canes postcodes

164 postcodes in use in Norton Canes, by district:

WS11 postcode district,163 postcodesWS8 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the WS postcode area.

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Places near Norton Canes

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Norton Canes's £267,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Burntwood3.4 km, £257,000Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay3.7 km, £255,000Cannock4.2 km, £220,000Brownhills4.3 km, £220,000Rawnsley4.4 km, £212,748Pelsall4.6 km, £246,000Rushall and Shelfield6.5 km, £221,000Bloxwich6.6 km, £192,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Norton Canes

What is it like to live in Norton Canes?
Homes sold for a typical £267,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.9% on the 12 months before. At 151 of the 163 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 164 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 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Landywood, 3.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Norton Canes?
Norton Canes is covered by postcode districts WS8 and WS11, across 164 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Norton Canes in?
Norton Canes is in the Cannock Chase council area, and Staffordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Norton Canes?
Norton Canes is in the Cannock Chase parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Josh Newbury (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Norton Canes?
Homes in Norton Canes sold for a typical £267,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 118 sales, up 2.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Norton Canes?
In Norton Canes, primary schools at its postcodes include Jerome Primary School and Norton Canes Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Norton Canes High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Norton Canes have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Norton Canes is Landywood, 3.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Norton Canes?
Ofcom reports on 163 of the 164 postcodes in Norton Canes. At 151 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Norton Canes at risk of flooding?
None of the 164 postcodes in Norton Canes 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. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Norton Canes?
21 of the 164 postcodes now in use in Norton Canes came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 128 homes sold in Norton Canes were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WS11 district, 3%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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