WV3 8NA postcode in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

WV3 8NA is a postcode in Wolverhampton, in the Pattingham, Trysull, Bobbington & Lower Penn ward of South Staffordshire. It is in the Kingswinford and South Staffordshire parliamentary constituency and the Staffordshire police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 32% of homes and businesses at WV3 8NA can get it Across South Staffordshire: 84% Typical price £285,000 Homes sold in WV3 8, last 12 months. ▼ 4% on the year before Nearest station Wolverhampton 5.0 km in a straight line

Where WV3 8NA is, and what is near it

Map of WV3 8NA and what is near it Map of WV3 8NA: its centre point, with the 116 other postcodes in the WV3 8 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 bus stops, over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. WV3 8HF: also in WV3 8WV3 8HG: also in WV3 8WV3 8HN: also in WV3 8WV3 8HP: also in WV3 8WV3 8HQ: also in WV3 8WV3 8HR: also in WV3 8WV3 8HS: also in WV3 8WV3 8HW: also in WV3 8WV3 8JA: also in WV3 8WV3 8JB: also in WV3 8WV3 8JD: also in WV3 8WV3 8JE: also in WV3 8WV3 8JF: also in WV3 8WV3 8JN: also in WV3 8WV3 8JP: also in WV3 8WV3 8JR: also in WV3 8WV3 8JS: also in WV3 8WV3 8JT: also in WV3 8WV3 8JU: also in WV3 8WV3 8JW: also in WV3 8WV3 8JZ: also in WV3 8WV3 8LA: also in WV3 8WV3 8LG: also in WV3 8WV3 8LU: also in WV3 8WV3 8LX: also in WV3 8WV3 8LY: also in WV3 8WV3 8LZ: also in WV3 8WV3 8NB: also in WV3 8WV3 8ND: also in WV3 8WV3 8NE: also in WV3 8WV3 8NF: also in WV3 8 School 650 mWightwick Hall School 1.2 kmCoalway Road Surgery 1.7 kmWolverhampton station 5.0 kmMerry Hill WV3 8NA Map of WV3 8NA and what is near it Map of WV3 8NA: its centre point, with the 116 other postcodes in the WV3 8 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 bus stops, over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. School 650 mCoalway Road Surgery 1.7 kmMerry Hill WV3 8NA
  • WV3 8NA
  • Other postcodes in WV3 8: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 3 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 52.5759, longitude -2.1911)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after WV3 8NA?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at WV3 8NA?

Every home and business at WV3 8NA can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, and 32% can get gigabit, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

WV3 8NA 32% South Staffordshire 84%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

WV3 8NA 100% South Staffordshire 96%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at WV3 8NA?

BinDayBuddy has not read South Staffordshire Council's days for WV3 8NA today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for WV3 8NA on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is WV3 8NA at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include WV3 8NA.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across South Staffordshire

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for WV3 8NA: 1,236 properties in South Staffordshire are at high risk (2% of all its properties). All the figures for South Staffordshire

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of WV3 8NA is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near WV3 8NA?

Homes in WV3 8 sold for a typical £285,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 77 sales, down 4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£285,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£297,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £330,000 30 sales
  • Semi-detached £285,000 34 sales
  • Terraced £231,000 9 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole WV3 district: a typical £250,000 from 243 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in WV3 8NA

HM Land Registry records 6 standard sales of homes in WV3 8NA from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 16 July 2026. The middle price was £127,500, from £106,500 to £253,400. Across WV3 8, the typical price in the 12 months to August 2026 was £285,000. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at WV3 8NA

The Food Standards Agency lists 2 food businesses at WV3 8NA. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near WV3 8NA?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 620 homes in the neighbourhood around WV3 8NA. The largest share of them, 26%, are in council tax band G. More were built from 1945 to 1964 than in any other period (43%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around WV3 8NA

Band D in South Staffordshire for 2026‑27: £2,314. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,542 (band A) to £4,627 (band H); band G, the most common, is £3,856.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 10 (2%)£1,542
Band Babout 50 (8%)£1,800
Band Cabout 80 (13%)£2,057
Band Dabout 70 (11%)£2,314
Band Eabout 110 (18%)£2,828
Band Fabout 120 (19%)£3,342
Band Gabout 160 (26%)£3,856
Band Habout 20 (3%)£4,627

When the homes were built

  1. 7% Before 1900
  2. 2% 1900 to 1918
  3. 27% 1919 to 1939
  4. 43% 1945 to 1964
  5. 8% 1965 to 1982
  6. 3% 1983 to 1999
  7. 10% 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

2010 to 2019, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for South Staffordshire before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of WV3 8NA is in (ONS area E01029672), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near WV3 8NA?

The nearest open schools to WV3 8NA, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near WV3 8NA, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to WV3 8NA?

The nearest railway station to the centre of WV3 8NA is Wolverhampton Rail Station, 5.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Wolverhampton Rail Station Railway station 5.0 kmDrive
  • Bilbrook Rail Station Railway station 5.3 kmDrive

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

3 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Castlecroft Road, 216 m away.

More stations near WV3 8NA, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near WV3 8NA?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of WV3 8NA, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near WV3 8NA?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of WV3 8NA on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near WV3 8NA?

The nearest to the centre of WV3 8NA, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to WV3 8NA?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near WV3 8NA?

The nearest care homes to the centre of WV3 8NA, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near WV3 8NA?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of WV3 8NA, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near WV3 8NA?

The nearest vets to the centre of WV3 8NA on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is WV3 8NA in a conservation area?

The centre of WV3 8NA is in one area with planning rules of its own, as planning.data.gov.uk holds them:

Work on a home here, and on its trees, may need permission that it would not need elsewhere. The council's planning team has the rules for one address. Not every council has sent all its data.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near WV3 8NA?

Police.uk records 79 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of WV3 8NA in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences29 reports
Vehicle crime14 reports
Other theft8 reports
Public order7 reports
Criminal damage and arson6 reports
Anti-social behaviour5 reports

Also: shoplifting 3, drugs 2, other crime 2, burglary 1, bicycle theft 1, possession of weapons 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

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

The official record for WV3 8NA

Ward
Pattingham, Trysull, Bobbington & Lower Penn
Parish
Lower Penn
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Built-up area
Wolverhampton
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

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WV3 8NE170 mWV3 8NF180 mWV3 8JP240 mWV3 8NB240 mWV3 8JW280 mWV3 8LZ280 m
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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