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On Harborne Park Road, in Metchley
What it's like at B17 0DE: 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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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.
3 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).
| 15, Harborne Park RoadTerraced | Jul 2013 | £216,000 | 180 m² | £1,200/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17, Harborne Park RoadTerraced | Nov 2015 | £249,500 | 110 m² | £2,268/m² | 6 |
| 21, Harborne Park RoadTerraced | Mar 2016 | £260,000 | 103 m² | £2,524/m² | 3 |
| 23, Harborne Park RoadTerraced | Mar 2016 | £228,000 | 116 m² | £1,966/m² | 3 |
| 25, Harborne Park RoadTerraced | Mar 2014 | £217,000 | 116 m² | £1,871/m² | 1 |
| 27, Harborne Park RoadTerraced | Aug 2015 | £240,000 | 119 m² | £2,017/m² | 3 |
| 31, Harborne Park RoadTerraced | Jul 2014 | £226,000 | 117 m² | £1,932/m² | 4 |
| 33, Harborne Park RoadTerraced | Dec 2017 | £323,000 | 124 m² | £2,605/m² | 4 |
| 37, Harborne Park RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2016 | £95,000 | 145 m² | £655/m² | 1 |
| 39, Harborne Park RoadTerraced | Mar 2014 | £224,000 | 104 m² | £2,154/m² | 2 |
| 41, Harborne Park RoadTerraced | Jun 2018 | £229,000 | 74 m² | £3,095/m² | 2 |
| 43, Harborne Park RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2003 | £97,000 | 68 m² | £1,426/m² | 1 |
| 45, Harborne Park RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2003 | £97,000 | 92 m² | £1,054/m² | 1 |
| 47, Harborne Park RoadTerraced | Dec 2024 | £330,000 | 72 m² | £4,583/m² | 4 |
| 49, Harborne Park RoadTerraced | Sept 2021 | £326,000 | 88 m² | £3,705/m² | 7 |
| 53, Harborne Park RoadDetached | Oct 2005 | £326,000 | 126 m² | £2,587/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, Tudor Eaves, 53 - 55, Harborne Park RoadFlat | Sept 2025 | £96,500 | 26 m² | £3,712/m² | 2 |
| Flat 7, Tudor Eaves, 53 - 55, Harborne Park RoadFlat | Jul 2019 | £115,000 | 31 m² | £3,710/m² | 4 |
| Flat 3, Tudor Eaves, 53 - 55, Harborne Park RoadFlat | Mar 1998 | £33,500 | 24 m² | £1,396/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, Tudor Eaves, 53 - 55, Harborne Park RoadFlat | Oct 1998 | £33,000 | 31 m² | £1,065/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, Tudor Eaves, 53 - 55, Harborne Park RoadFlat | Aug 2001 | £33,000 | 25 m² | £1,320/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, Tudor Eaves, 53 - 55, Harborne Park RoadFlat | Oct 1998 | £31,250 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 6, Tudor Eaves, 53 - 55, Harborne Park RoadFlat | Oct 2017 | £85,000 | 30 m² | £2,833/m² | 3 |
| Flat 8, Tudor Eaves, 53 - 55, Harborne Park RoadFlat | Mar 2006 | £87,500 | 31 m² | £2,823/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, 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, 100 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.
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 St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 84% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Harborne Academy, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 44.6 · 9.2% 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 Asda Express Harborne - High Street PFS, 350 m away, with Harborne Local closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lordswood House Group Medical Practice (400 m), with Knights Lordswood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Juliano's 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.
Cardamom is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Harborne Baptist Church the nearest pub (50 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 Grove Park, 700 m away; for exercise, Toneup Fitness (100 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.4 µg/m³).
53 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 | 140 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 0DE →
For holidays, Birmingham is 14 km away.
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, 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 | 0.8% | 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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