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Would I like living here? What stands out, a day in the life, schools in reach, journey times, shops and leisure, and places with the same character.
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
| Marston Green & Airport | Solihull | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimes per 1,000 residents a year | 282 | 90 | 99 |
| In good or very good health | 81% | 83% | 82% |
| Households with dependent children | 28% | 30% | 29% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 21% | 19% |
| Degree or higher | 26% | 35% | 34% |
| Nitrogen dioxide (µg/m³) | 13.8 | 11.8 | 10.1 |
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The nearest station is Marston Green, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km), with 589k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Cottages, 250 m away, with a bus about every 29 minutes on weekdays (route 17A); 6 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 12 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Marston Green Junior School, about a 10-minute walk (800 m); 58% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Grace Academy Solihull, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 7.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Aston School (10.9 km) and King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (11.6 km).
Near the middle of the neighbourhood, the closest supermarket is Asda, 1.7 km away, with Hamar Way Convenience Store closer still (750 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Doctors Practice (1.1 km), with Knights Marston Green Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Mitchells is 950 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 13 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 57% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 65 restaurants and cafés and 6 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Arden Guest House is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and Marston Green Cricket Club the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 282 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 27% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Marston Green Park, 800 m away; for exercise, North Solihull Sports Centre (2.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 1.3 km away.
| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marston Green Junior School | Primary | 800 m | 58% met the expected standard |
| Marston Green Infant Academy | Primary | 900 m | – |
| Coleshill Heath School | Primary | 1.3 km | – |
| Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School | Primary | 1.8 km | 61% met the expected standard |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 1.8 km | 76% met the expected standard |
| Grace Academy Solihull | Secondary | 1.7 km | Attainment 8: 44.2 · 7.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) | Secondary | 2.1 km | Attainment 8: 30.8 · 1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| John Henry Newman Catholic College | Secondary | 2.3 km | Attainment 8: 43.6 · 8.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Tile Cross Academy | Secondary | 3.0 km | Attainment 8: 35.6 · 5.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Silver Birch School | Independent | 4.1 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Trident Alternative Provision | Independent | 5.2 km | – |
| Marston Green & Airport | Solihull | England and Wales |
|---|
| Marston Green & Airport | Solihull | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush hour to central London, public transport | 126 min | 153 min | 163 min |
| Rush hour to the nearest big city centre | 47 min | 57 min | 93 min |
| Minutes to a town centre | 16 min | 17 min | 20 min |
| Distance to the nearest station | 1.2 km | 1.6 km | 2.8 km |
| Buses an hour within a 5-minute walk | 19 | 26 | 21 |
| Commute by train or Tube | 3% | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home | 30% | 36% | 30% |
| Households without a car | 17% | 17% | 23% |
DfT journey time statistics, our rush-hour journey times, NaPTAN, ORR, Census 2021.
| Marston Green & Airport | Solihull | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants and cafés | 65 | 7 | 10 |
| Pubs and bars | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Independent cafés, takeaways and shops | 58% | 78% | 85% |
| Named parks within 2 km | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Postcodes within 400 m of a public park | 28% | 37% | 55% |
| Gyms, pools and sports centres within 2 km | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Public swimming pools within 5 km | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Cinemas, theatres and libraries within 5 km | 11 | 11 | 8 |
FSA, OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Sport England (CC BY).
Matched on character, not price: age mix, education, tenure, home types, how people travel, deprivation, crime, places to eat and distance to London. "Alike" is 100 for an identical profile and 0 for no closer than a typical area.
How the neighbourhoods around it compare on crime, schools, journeys, parks and price.
| Monkspath North | 26 | 0 | 56 min | 4 | £492k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulverley Green & Langley | 30 | 1 | 61 min | 5 | £447k |
| Monkspath South | 33 | 0 | 62 min | 4 | £448k |
| Dorridge | 35 | 0 | 48 min | 5 | £629k |
| Knowle | 41 | 0 | 63 min | 3 | £556k |
| Elmdon Heath & Catherine-de-Barnes | 42 | 0 | 64 min | 1 | £365k |
| Balsall Common | 43 | 0 | 57 min | 3 | £505k |
| Shirley Heath | 43 | 2 | 68 min | 1 | £434k |
| Meriden, Hampton-in-Arden & Temple Balsall | 51 | 0 | 96 min | 0 | £436k |
| Lyndon North | 56 | 0 | 50 min | 6 | £283k |
| Lode Heath | 58 | 1 | 49 min | 4 | £399k |
| Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath | 59 | 0 | 73 min | 5 | £403k |
| Elmdon Park | 59 | 0 | 53 min | 6 | £307k |
| Shirley East | 61 | 2 | 55 min | 3 | £392k |
| Olton & Kineton Green | 66 | 1 | 47 min | 8 | £303k |
| Castle Bromwich West | 66 | 0 | 52 min | 6 | £302k |
| Solihull Lodge | 82 | 1 | 56 min | 5 | £312k |
| Smith's Wood North | 83 | 1 | 57 min | 2 | £187k |
| Castle Bromwich East | 91 | 1 | 55 min | 3 | £321k |
| Lyndon South | 94 | 1 | 56 min | 7 | £335k |
| Smith's Wood South | 99 | 1 | 63 min | 3 | £214k |
| Chelmsley Wood East | 116 | 0 | 50 min | 4 | £201k |
| Kingshurst | 118 | 2 | 64 min | 6 | £225k |
| Fordbridge | 122 | 1 | 49 min | 8 | £181k |
| Blossomfield | 139 | 1 | 53 min | 3 | £357k |
| Shirley West | 141 | 1 | 58 min | 3 | £309k |
| Chelmsley Wood West | 250 | 1 | 49 min | 6 | £189k |
| Central Solihull & Sharmans Cross | 273 | 1 | 36 min | 3 | £511k |
| Marston Green & Airport (this one) | 282 | 0 | 47 min | 4 | £305k |
Most households own their home, 14% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers.
| Top-rated state primaries within 2 km | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top-rated state secondaries within 6 km | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Good or outstanding nurseries within 2 km | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Grammar schools within 15 km | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| Minutes to a primary school | 12 min | 9 min | 9 min |
| Minutes to a secondary school | 16 min | 16 min | 18 min |
DfE performance tables and Ofsted.
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| To | Public transport | Car |
|---|---|---|
| Central London (Bank) | 2 h 06 | 2 h 07 |
| Birmingham city centre | 47 min | 22 min |
| Birmingham airport | 45 min | 10 min |
From the middle of the neighbourhood, leaving on a weekday between 8 and 9am (the typical journey across that hour, including walking and waiting). Buses, trams and the Tube from the Bus Open Data Service, trains from the National Rail timetable; car times assume free-flowing traffic on OpenStreetMap road speeds, so rush-hour driving is often slower. The city and airport are the nearest by car. Contains OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).