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On Harborne Park Road, in Harborne East
What it's like at B17 0BF: every home that has sold on Harborne Park Road 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 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 Harborne Park Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
25 of the 181 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 43% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is University, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km), with 3.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Serpentine Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 23, 24, 48, 19); 120 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Harborne Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 56.8 · 20.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Paul's School for Girls (1.9 km) and Bristnall Hall Academy (3.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Five Ways School (4.4 km) and King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (4.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda Express Harborne - High Street PFS, 350 m away, with Harborne Local closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lordswood House Group Medical Practice (350 m), with Knights Lordswood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Juliano's is under 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 1.3 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 67% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 38 restaurants and cafés and 10 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Cardamom is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and O'Neills Harborne the nearest pub (50 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 112 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 20 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 30% flats and 7% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 56% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Nettlefold Garden, 750 m away; for exercise, Toneup Fitness (under 50 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 14 km away.
54 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The Royalty (Gala Bingo) | II | 160 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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%.
23 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 B17 0BF →
Most households own their home, 32% rent privately.
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 64% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Birmingham, 2.0 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 181 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 158 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 33 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 82.9% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 16.3% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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 76 min
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