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On Roman Way, in Metchley
What it's like at B15 2SL: every home that has sold on Roman Way since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Roman Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
7 of the 38 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 3, Roman WayTerraced | Oct 1996 | £53,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7, Roman WayFlat | Jun 2000 | £49,000 | 61 m² | £803/m² | 1 |
| 11, Roman WayFlat | Apr 2001 | £59,950 | 64 m² | £937/m² | 2 |
| 15, Roman WayTerraced | Apr 2022 | £232,000 | 82 m² | £2,829/m² | 1 |
| 17, Roman WayTerraced | Mar 2002 | £80,000 | 84 m² | £952/m² | 1 |
| 23, Roman WayTerraced | Feb 2022 | £240,000 | 84 m² | £2,857/m² | 1 |
| 25, Roman WayTerraced | Apr 2012 | £160,000 | 100 m² | £1,600/m² | 2 |
| 27, Roman WayFlat | Apr 2001 | £43,500 | 60 m² | £725/m² | 3 |
| 31, Roman WayFlat | Mar 1999 | £38,500 | 60 m² | £642/m² | 2 |
| 41, Roman WayFlat | Nov 1998 | £33,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 43, Roman WayFlat | Feb 2016 | £110,000 | 59 m² | £1,864/m² | 1 |
| 53, Roman WayTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2022 | £280,000 | 81 m² | £3,457/m² | 3 |
| 55, Roman WayTerraced · company-owned | May 2022 | £280,000 | 81 m² | £3,457/m² | 1 |
| 57, Roman WayTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2023 | £332,500 | 96 m² | £3,464/m² | 2 |
| 59, Roman WaySemi-detached | Mar 2003 | £115,000 | 75 m² | £1,533/m² | 3 |
| 61, Roman WayTerraced | Dec 1999 | £67,850 | 75 m² | £905/m² | 1 |
| 63, Roman WayTerraced | Jul 2005 | £155,000 | 104 m² | £1,490/m² | 2 |
| 65, Roman WayFlat | Apr 2005 | £105,000 | 62 m² | £1,694/m² | 2 |
| 67, Roman WayFlat | Nov 2021 | £120,000 | 45 m² | £2,667/m² | 2 |
| 71, Roman WayFlat | Jan 2016 | £83,000 | 47 m² | £1,766/m² | 2 |
| 73, Roman WaySemi-detached | Mar 2007 | £163,000 | 106 m² | £1,538/m² | 2 |
| 83, Roman WayTerraced | Jul 1998 | £59,900 | 76 m² | £788/m² | 1 |
| 85, Roman WayTerraced | May 2015 | £138,000 | 82 m² | £1,683/m² | 1 |
| 87, Roman WayTerraced | Feb 1996 | £56,500 | 82 m² | £689/m² | 1 |
| 89, Roman WayTerraced | Jul 2000 | £76,000 | 81 m² | £938/m² | 1 |
| 91, Roman WayTerraced | Jul 2004 | £175,000 | 103 m² | £1,699/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is University, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 3.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Windermere House, 100 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (routes X22, 48, 55); 102 departures an hour from the 14 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 9 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
44% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Water Mill Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 75% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The University of Birmingham School, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 45.5 · 12.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Paul's School for Girls (2.7 km) and Bristnall Hall Academy (4.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (4 km) and King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 700 m away, with Shell (Uk) closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is University Medical Practice (1.0 km), with Outpatients Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Copperfields is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 500 m 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 67% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
WHSmith - Costa Main is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Bristol Pear the nearest pub (800 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 212 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 12 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 37% flats and 12% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Selly Oak Park, 600 m away; for exercise, The Gym Group (750 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 14 km away.
23 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Birmingham Edgbaston constituency: Preet Kaur Gill MP (Labour (Co-op)), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 8,368 (22.4%), turnout 52%. Vote shares: Labour 44%, Conservative 22%, Reform UK 12%, Independent 9%.
27 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near B15 2SL →
Most households own their home, 34% rent privately.
It's young: 31% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 46% of adults have a degree.
There's a sizeable student population: 25% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is University of Birmingham, 1.3 km away (TEF Silver).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 38 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 35 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.1% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.1% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 80 min
Nearest: Droitwich Spa Lido · about 31 min
Nearest: Severn Valley Railway · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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