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42 Whinberry Drive, Bowbrook, Shrewsbury, SY5 8QN

EPC B
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
151 m²
1625 sq ft
Energy rating
B
Score 86
Overview

About 42 Whinberry Drive

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

42 Whinberry Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Bowbrook, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 8QN). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft). The latest certificate (October 2018) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94).

At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 38 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2018–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £521,000 is 13.3% above the 2022 sale price. Last sale on file: £460,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms5
  • Bathrooms2
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 42 Whinberry Drive

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

A
B
B86
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Good
CO2 Emissions
1.9 t/year
Occupancy
—
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 42 Whinberry Drive, Bowbrook, Shrewsbury, SY5 8QN, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

42 Whinberry Drive has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

1applications of note in the surrounding area

Before you offer

We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 42 Whinberry Drive

Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£521,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.3% per year over 3 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2022)

£460,000

Growth on file: 4.3% per year over 3 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 16 March 2022Most recent

    £460,000

    +15.0%over 3 years

  2. 9 November 2018

    £399,995

Median price across the last 5 sales in SY5 8QN: £330,000 (2025–2024).

On the street

Versus other Whinberry Drive homes

Four headline reads against 38 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

42 Whinberry Drive outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,046

Street avg £2,883

Above

Floor Area

151 m²

Street avg 120 m²

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

1.9 t/year

Street avg 1.8 t/year

Below

Years Held

4 years

Street avg 6 years

Below
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 42 Whinberry Drive

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

Larger development activity nearby
£14.99one-off

30-day money-back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£459k

1 Bridge Lane, Hanwood

SY5 8LX

4 bed2 bath
£377k

1 Birch Drive, Hanwood

SY5 8RG

4 bed2 bath
£371k

1 Beech Close, Hanwood

SY5 8RA

3 bed2 bath
£327k

1 Caradoc View, Hanwood

SY5 8NB

3 bed1 bath
£267k

1 Atherton Rise, Hanwood

SY5 8BS

3 bed2 bath
£470k

1 Cruckton Hall Gardens, Cruckton

SY5 8PQ

£412k

1 Bishop Close, Hanwood

SY5 8BU

£397k

1 Golden Arrow Court, Longden

SY5 8FA

Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Shrewsbury district page.
Full Shrewsbury report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

3/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.8 km

Wenlock Edge House — bus stop.

Closest school

0.4 km

Bowbrook Primary School. 10 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SY5 8QN from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for SY5 8QN

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.1dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for SY5 8QN

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.5dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 42 Whinberry Drive, Bowbrook, Shrewsbury, SY5 8QN. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.