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On Margaret Road, in Harborne East
What it's like at B17 0EU: every home that has sold on Margaret 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).
Sales and extensions on Margaret Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 20 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Margaret RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2001 | £135,000 | 44 m² | £3,068/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Margaret RoadFlat | Mar 2018 | £340,000 | 122 m² | £2,787/m² | 1 |
| 5a, Margaret RoadFlat | Feb 2008 | £150,000 | 50 m² | £3,000/m² | 3 |
| 5b, Margaret RoadFlat | Feb 2008 | £150,000 | 87 m² | £1,724/m² | 3 |
| 7, Margaret RoadTerraced | Mar 2024 | £500,000 | 167 m² | £2,994/m² | 2 |
| 8, Margaret RoadDetached | Nov 2003 | £410,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 10, Margaret RoadTerraced | Sept 2020 | £540,000 | 134 m² | £4,030/m² | 5 |
| 12, Margaret RoadTerraced | Jan 2026 | £440,000 | 131 m² | £3,359/m² | 3 |
| 14, Margaret RoadTerraced | Oct 2018 | £482,500 | 134 m² | £3,601/m² | 1 |
| 16, Margaret RoadDetached | Nov 2003 | £337,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Margaret RoadDetached | Oct 2015 | £665,000 | 151 m² | £4,404/m² | 2 |
| 18, Margaret RoadDetached | Aug 2020 | £435,084 | – | – | 2 |
| 19, Margaret RoadDetached | Aug 2007 | £650,000 | 231 m² | £2,814/m² | 1 |
| 21, Margaret RoadDetached | Apr 2019 | £765,000 | 200 m² | £3,825/m² | 3 |
| 23, Margaret RoadDetached | May 2006 | £400,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 25, Margaret RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2005 | £395,000 | 163 m² | £2,423/m² | 1 |
| 27, Margaret RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £682,500 | 134 m² | £5,093/m² | 3 |
| 29, Margaret RoadTerraced | Oct 2014 | £350,000 | 120 m² | £2,917/m² | 1 |
| 33, Margaret RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2018 | £600,000 | 146 m² | £4,110/m² | 2 |
| 35, Margaret RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2009 | £407,500 | – | – | 2 |
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, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km), with 3.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Harborne Junction, 150 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 23, 24, 48, 55); 105 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 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, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 44.6 · 9.2% 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, 200 m away; Lavender Artisan Bakery (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Harborne Medical Practice (400 m), with Harborne Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Cutting Crew is 200 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.
St John's Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Junction the nearest pub (200 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 Grove Park, 650 m away; for exercise, Toneup Fitness (400 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 14 km away.
55 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 |
|---|---|---|
| St Mary'S Retreat | II | 130 m |
| Low Wood | II | 180 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%.
24 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 0EU →
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, 1.6 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 20 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 13 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 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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