The Poplars, Spring Bank, Defford, Worcester WR8 9BB

Detached bungalow · 2007 · 68 m² · Unknown · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DB for £11,500 · £5,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£5350+ yrs+7.3 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£6450+ yrs+8.7 pts · reaches B

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£1,218
per year at grade D
£1,101
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £117 a year — a 1.0% annual return on £11,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £665 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Spring Bank: 1 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Defford-Cum-Besford CofE SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Eckington CofE First SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Abbey Park Primary SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Pershore High SchoolSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 +0.07 · average (2023/24)
Hanley Castle High SchoolSecondary5.0 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
Tewkesbury AcademySecondary6.2 miProgress 8 -0.07 · average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

3.8
crimes a month
23
in the last 12 months
Other theft
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01032373, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.