Area Info for Essington (Staffordshire)

Overview of Essington, Staffordshire

Essington is a village located in the district of South Staffordshire, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles south of Wolverhampton and around 8 miles north of Stafford. The village is part of the West Midlands region and is known for its rural character combined with proximity to urban centres.

History and Development

Historically, Essington has been a small rural settlement with agricultural roots. Over the years, it has experienced gradual development, maintaining its village atmosphere while adapting to modern needs. The area has seen some expansion due to its strategic location near major roads and transportation links.

Transport and Accessibility

Essington benefits from good transport links, including proximity to the M6 motorway, which provides easy access to Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and other major cities. The village is also served by local bus routes connecting it to nearby towns and villages.

Local Amenities and Community

The village offers basic amenities such as local shops, a pub, and community facilities. It has a strong sense of community, with local events and activities often organised by residents and local groups. The surrounding countryside provides opportunities for outdoor activities and leisure.

Notable Features

Essington is close to the historic site of the Essington Colliery, which was a significant coal mine in the area until its closure. The village also features a church and several farms, reflecting its rural heritage.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Education
School
Abbey Primary School1.00 miles
Glastonbury Crescent, Mossley Estate, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 2RP
St John's Primary Academy1.05 miles
Hobnock Road, Essington, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 2RF
Landywood Primary School1.08 miles
Holly Lane, Landywood, Great Wyrley, Walsall, West Midlands, WS6 6AQ
Jubilee Academy Mossley1.25 miles
Tintern Crescent, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 2SQ
Lower Farm Primary School1.59 miles
Bakewell Close, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3QH
Beacon Primary School1.60 miles
Davis Road, New Invention, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV12 5HA
Cheslyn Hay Primary School1.66 miles
Saredon Road, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, West Midlands, WS6 7JQ
Cheslyn Hay Sport and Community High School1.66 miles
Saredon Road, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, Staffordshire, WS6 7JQ
Busill Jones Primary School1.66 miles
Ashley Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 2QF
Glenthorne Community Primary School1.67 miles
Glenthorne Drive, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, Staffordshire, WS6 7BZ
St Alban's Church of England Primary School1.73 miles
St Albans Close, Ashmore Park, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 2PF
Walsall Academy1.77 miles
Lichfield Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3LX
All Saints National Academy1.78 miles
High Street, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3LP
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich1.79 miles
Lichfield Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3LY
Moat Hall Primary School1.81 miles
John`s Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall, West Midlands, WS6 6BX
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary Academy1.83 miles
Ashmore Avenue, Ashmore Park, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 2LT
Health
Clinic
Sina Health Centre1.49 miles
230 Coppice Farm Way, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV12 5XZ
Mossley 1.49 miles
Sneyd Lane, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 2LW
Great Wyrley Health Centre (Regional Hearing Specialists)1.50 miles
Wardles Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall, West Midlands, WS6 6EW
Great Wryley Health Centre1.55 miles
Wardles Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall, West Midlands, WS6 6DY
Specsavers Hearcare - Black Country - Bloxwich1.93 miles
135 High Street, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3LE
Canalside2.10 miles
Abbotts Street, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3BW
Pinfold Health Centre2.20 miles
Field Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3JJ
Short Heath Clinic2.22 miles
Bloxwich Road North, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV12 5PR
Field Road Surgery (Pinfold Hc)2.26 miles
Pinfold Health Centre, The Pinfold, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3JP
St Lukes Surgery - Pinfold Hc2.26 miles
Pinfold Health Centre, The Pinfold, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3JP
Blakenall Village Centre2.54 miles
79 Thames Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 1LZ
Scrivens Hearing Care At Pelsall Village Centre - Walsall2.81 miles
High Street, Pelsall, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 4LX
Harden Surgery2.85 miles
Harden Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 1ET
Beechdale Health Centre2.86 miles
Edison Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 7HS
Dartmouth House3.27 miles
Ryecroft Place, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 1SW
Choice Lifestyles Ltd (Ivydene Willenhall)3.44 miles
1 Ivydene Way (Off Noose Lane), Willenhall, West Midlands, WV13 3AG
GP
Essington Medical Centre1.05 miles
Hobnock Road, Essington, Staffordshire, England - Uk, WV11 2RF
Mossley and Dudley Fields Medical Centre1.36 miles
3 Fisher Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 2TA
Dr G Kukathasan1.43 miles
2a Southfield Way, Great Wyrley, Walsall, Staffordshire, WS6 6JY
Dr K A Desai1.47 miles
Wardles Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall, Staffordshire, WS6 6JD
Sina Health Centre1.49 miles
230 Coppice Farm Way, Willenhall, W Midlands, WV12 5XZ
Dr E Wilson & Dr T K Chiam's Practice1.50 miles
Quinton Practice, Wardles Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall, W Midlands, WS6 6EW
Dr A B Patel & Partner1.50 miles
Wardles Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall, Staffordshire, WS6 6EW
The Nile Practice (Main)1.55 miles
High Street, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, West Midlands, WS6 7AE
Dr A R Webb & Partners1.58 miles
High Street, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, Staffordshire, WS6 7AB
T M KHATTAK1.65 miles
109 Buxton Road, Walsall, W Midlands, WS3 3RT
Dr GEORGE & partner1.95 miles
Ashmore Park Health Ctr., Griffiths Drive, Ashmore Park, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, WV11 2LH
New Invention Health Centre1.97 miles
66 Cannock Road, Willenhall, W Midlands, Willenhall, WV12 5RZ
Dr Bilas & Thomas2.12 miles
75 Griffiths Drive, Ashmore Park, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, WV11 2JN
Bloxwich Medical Practice2.26 miles
Pinfold Health Centre, Field Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3JP
A S KHAN2.26 miles
Field Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3JP
Field Road Surgery2.26 miles
Pinfold Health Centre, Field Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3JP
Hospital
Bloxwich Hospital 2.06 miles
Reeves Street, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 2JJ
New Cross Hospital3.79 miles
Wednesfield Road, Heath Town, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 0QP
Cannock Chase Hospital3.83 miles
Brunswick Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 5XY
Dorothy Pattison Hospital4.07 miles
Alumwell Close, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 9XH
Manor Hospital4.11 miles
Moat Road, Walsall, WS2 9PS
West Park Hospital5.68 miles
Park Road West, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 4PW
Nuffield Health, Wolverhampton Hospital6.52 miles
Wood Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 8LE
Heath Lane Hospital7.12 miles
Heath Lane, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 2BG
Spire Little Aston Hospital7.14 miles
Little Aston Hall Drive, Little Aston, Sutton Coldfield, B74 3UP
Penn Hospital7.59 miles
Penn Hospital, Penn Road, Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 5HN
Hallam Street Hospital7.86 miles
Hallam Street, Hallam Street, West Bromwich, B71 4NH
Sandwell District General Hospital7.87 miles
Lyndon, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 4HJ
Guest Hospital8.27 miles
Tipton Rd, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 4SE
Edward Street Hospital8.32 miles
Edward Street, Edward Street, West Bromwich, B70 8NL
The Huntercombe Hospital - Stafford9.22 miles
Ivetsey Bank, Wheaton Aston, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST19 9QT
Samuel Johnson Community Hospital9.70 miles
Samuel Johnson Community Hospital, Trent Valley Road, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6EF
Pharmacy
Hawthorne Chemists1.05 miles
Essington Community Ctr, Hobnock Road, Essington, South Staffordshire, WV11 2RF
Mossley Chemist1.35 miles
10 Cresswell Crescent, Mossley Estate, Bloxwich, WS3 2UW
Lloydspharmacy1.49 miles
Sina Health Centre, 230 Coppice Farm Way, New Invention,Willenhall, WV12 5XZ
Cornwell�s Chemists � Great Wyrley1.53 miles
126 Wardles Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall, WS6 6DZ
Aj and Rj Stevensons1.58 miles
3 High Street, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, WS6 7AB
Lower Pharmacy1.65 miles
111 Buxton Road, Lower Farm Estate, Bloxwich, WS3 3RT
Lloydspharmacy1.73 miles
18 The Square, New Invention, Willenhall, WV12 5EA
Lloydspharmacy1.87 miles
169 High Street, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3LH
Rowlands Pharmacy1.89 miles
216-218 High Street, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3LQ
Brickley A Ltd1.99 miles
88 Griffiths Drive, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, WV11 2JW
Asda Stores Ltd2.15 miles
Woodall Street, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3JR
Lloydspharmacy2.18 miles
2 Field Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3JE
Rowlands Pharmacy2.20 miles
29a Pinfold, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3JJ
I-Dispense Limited2.23 miles
Unit 15 Pinfold Ind Est, Field Road, bloxwich, walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3JS
Millstream Pharmacy2.27 miles
The Avenue, Featherstone, Wolverhampton, WV10 7AX
J Docter Pharmacy2.50 miles
73 Stubby Lane, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, WV11 3NE
Leisure
Park
WYRLEY & ESSINGTON CANAL0.42 miles
ROUGHWOOD2.09 miles
ROUGH WOOD2.24 miles
PELSALL NORTH COMMON2.32 miles
ROUGH WOOD CHASE2.50 miles
WADDENS BROOK, NOOSE LANE3.28 miles
MILL LANE3.71 miles
CHASEWATER4.18 miles
SHOAL HILL COMMON4.21 miles
WALSALL ARBORETUM (Grade II Listed)4.24 miles
PARK LIME PITS4.27 miles
EASTFIELD PARK4.39 miles
WALSALL MEMORIAL GARDEN (Grade II Listed)4.54 miles
CHUCKERY4.64 miles
SHIRE OAK PARK5.04 miles
HAY HEAD WOOD5.28 miles
Shop
Groceries
Co-op Walsall1.04 miles
Bloxwich, WS3 3UA
Londis Jet Bloxwich Service Station1.04 miles
Tintern Crescent, Bloxwich, WS3 2TZ
M&S Hilton Park M6 North Simply Food1.05 miles
J10a - 11 M6 Essington, Wolverhampton, WV11 2AT
Nisa Local1.35 miles
16 Cresswell Cresent, Walsall, Staffordshire, WS3 2UW
Essington Road Stores ( Next to The Milestone Pub )1.38 miles
Taverners Close, Off Essington Road, Willenhall WV12 5DY
Nisa Landywood Stores1.42 miles
30 Gorsey Lane, Great Wryley, Walsall, Staffordshire, WS6 6JA
Co-op Walsall1.51 miles
Cheslyn Hay, WS6 7AD
Co-op Walsall1.51 miles
Great Wyrley, WS6 6DY
SPAR Great Wyrley1.55 miles
Spar, 98 Wardles Lane, Staffordshire, WS6 6DY
Budgens New Invention1.56 miles
Essington Road, Willenhall, Walsall, West Midlands, WV12 5DT
Lower Farm Express1.57 miles
56-58 Buxton Road, Walsall West Midllands WS3 3QJ
Nisa Local1.67 miles
12 Glenthorne Drive, Cheslyn Way, Walsall, Staffordshire, WS6 7BZ
Co-op Walsall1.69 miles
Dudley Fields, WS3 2NP
Co-op Willenhall1.76 miles
New Invention, WV12 5EA
Costcutter Walsall1.87 miles
2 Fishley Lane, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3PR
Iceland Bloxwich1.89 miles
Market Place, Bloxwich, WS3 2JH
Transport
Airport
Birmingham International Airport17.96 miles
Birmingham International Airport Terminal 117.98 miles
Birmingham International Airport Terminal 218.06 miles
Coventry Baginton Airport30.01 miles
East Midlands Airport32.22 miles
Manchester Airport Terminal 350.90 miles
Manchester Airport50.95 miles
Manchester Airport Terminal 151.07 miles
Manchester Airport Terminal 251.42 miles
Gloucestershire Airport51.59 miles
Bus Stop
Cricket Club (SE)0.17 miles
Why Not Inn (NW)0.18 miles
Why Not Inn (SE)0.18 miles
Cricket Club (NW)0.18 miles
Minerva (S)0.24 miles
No. 8 (SE)0.36 miles
No. 8 (NW)0.36 miles
Broad Lane (SW)0.41 miles
Broad Lane (NE)0.42 miles
Bursnip Road (E)0.52 miles
Bursnips Road (W)0.52 miles
The Green (SW)0.77 miles
The Green (NE)0.78 miles
Old Warstone Lane (SE)0.88 miles
Holly Lane (N)0.89 miles
Old Warstone Lane (NW)0.92 miles
Railway Station
Bloxwich North Rail Station1.09 miles
Landywood Rail Station1.41 miles
Bloxwich Rail Station1.65 miles
Cannock Rail Station3.38 miles
Walsall Rail Station4.23 miles
Wolverhampton Rail Station4.98 miles
Hednesford Rail Station5.17 miles
Bescot Stadium Rail Station5.46 miles
Tame Bridge Parkway Rail Station6.34 miles
Bilbrook Rail Station6.46 miles
Coseley Rail Station6.77 miles
Penkridge Rail Station6.92 miles
Codsall Rail Station7.08 miles
Tipton Rail Station7.54 miles
Dudley Port Rail Station7.84 miles
Shenstone Rail Station7.95 miles
Crime
Flood Data
Flood Risk Per Year (WV11 2A*)
Number of Properties in Catchment463
Very Low Risk (<0.1% chance of flooding)0
Low Risk (0.1% < 1% chance of flooding)0
Medium Risk (1% < 3.3% chance of flooding)0
High Risk (>3.3%)0
Property Sales
18A, LONG LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2AA		£360,000
2025-05-23
detached
freehold
Sold 2021-06-18   £275,000
Sold 2019-11-18   £85,000
50, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£335,000
2025-03-14
detached
freehold
75, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RH		£250,000
2024-12-17
terraced
freehold
Sold 2024-04-05   £140,000
MARDEN, BURSNIPS ROAD
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RE		£338,000
2024-07-31
otherPropertyType
freehold
99, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RH		£260,000
2024-10-30
semidetached
freehold
141, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RH		£270,000
2024-02-15
otherPropertyType
freehold
151, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RH		£120,000
2024-02-15
otherPropertyType
freehold
47, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£356,000
2024-01-12
detached
freehold
58, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£400,000
2023-11-27
detached
freehold
THE OAKS, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£765,000
2023-11-03
detached
freehold
OAK MEADOW LODGE, BURSNIPS ROAD
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RE		£485,000
2023-09-08
detached
freehold
NEWLAND HOUSE, NEW LANDYWOOD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2AW		£860,000
2023-08-03
detached
freehold
128, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RQ		£250,000
2023-07-28
terraced
freehold
THE NEW FARMHOUSE, NEW LANDYWOOD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2AW		£1,750,000
2023-06-30
otherPropertyType
freehold
16, LONG LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2AA		£257,000
2023-03-02
semidetached
freehold
66, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£218,000
2022-09-28
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2019-04-30   £145,000
165, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RH		£201,500
2022-09-26
terraced
freehold
177, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RH		£200,000
2022-07-15
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2020-01-30   £150,000
40, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£347,500
2022-05-27
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2021-07-12   £220,000
96, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£360,000
2022-04-11
terraced
freehold
Sold 2019-08-09   £260,000
100, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£230,000
2022-03-25
terraced
freehold
171, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RH		£195,000
2022-02-25
terraced
freehold
72, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£170,000
2022-02-18
semidetached
freehold
32, LONG LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2AA		£680,000
2022-02-03
detached
freehold
144A, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RQ		£370,000
2022-02-03
detached
freehold
78, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£197,000
2022-01-14
semidetached
freehold
24, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£237,000
2021-09-17
semidetached
freehold
4, LONG LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2AA		£225,000
2021-08-20
terraced
freehold
BARNFIELD, LONG LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2AA		£760,000
2021-06-30
detached
freehold
167, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RH		£180,000
2021-05-26
terraced
freehold
59, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£357,500
2021-03-19
detached
freehold
30, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£290,000
2020-11-10
semidetached
freehold
12, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£192,500
2020-11-06
terraced
freehold
83, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RH		£90,000
2020-07-17
terraced
freehold
2, BURSNIPS ROAD
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RE		£290,000
2020-03-13
detached
freehold
27, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£230,000
2020-03-09
detached
freehold
63, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£320,000
2019-12-16
detached
freehold
THE COTTAGE, LONG LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2AA		£775,000
2019-10-21
detached
freehold
127, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RH		£176,500
2019-09-30
terraced
freehold
51, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£530,000
2019-03-22
detached
freehold
THE OLD MITRE, BURSNIPS ROAD
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RE		£298,000
2018-10-23
otherPropertyType
freehold
25, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£268,000
2018-06-29
detached
freehold
56, BROAD LANE
ESSINGTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
STAFFORDSHIRE
WV11 2RG		£300,000
2018-02-09
detached
freehold
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