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On Cockthorpe Close, in Harborne West
What it's like at B17 8SD: every home that has sold on Cockthorpe Close 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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2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Cockthorpe Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 10 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Cockthorpe CloseDetached | May 1997 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Cockthorpe CloseDetached | Oct 2017 | £785,000 | 265 m² | £2,962/m² | 1 |
| 7, Cockthorpe CloseDetached | Nov 2002 | £300,000 | 129 m² | £2,326/m² | 1 |
| 9, Cockthorpe CloseDetached | Jun 2018 | £250,000 | 114 m² | £2,193/m² | 2 |
| 10, Cockthorpe CloseDetached | Jun 2018 | £465,000 | 106 m² | £4,387/m² | 1 |
| 11, Cockthorpe CloseDetached | Dec 2001 | £275,000 | 171 m² | £1,608/m² | 1 |
| 12, Cockthorpe CloseDetached | Feb 2020 | £430,000 | 128 m² | £3,359/m² | 1 |
| 14, Cockthorpe CloseTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2020 | £330,000 | 97 m² | £3,402/m² | 2 |
| 16, Cockthorpe CloseTerraced | Dec 2022 | £363,000 | 107 m² | £3,393/m² | 1 |
| 17, Cockthorpe CloseTerraced | Mar 2024 | £450,000 | 103 m² | £4,369/m² | 3 |
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 (3.0 km), with 3.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is The Court Oak, 350 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (routes 24, 55, 10); 18 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 77% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Gregory's Catholic Primary School (1.5 km).
The nearest secondary is King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 56.8 · 20.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Paul's School for Girls (2.4 km) and Bristnall Hall Academy (2.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Five Ways School (4 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (5.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op (Court Oak Road), 500 m away, with Morrisons daily closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hollybush Medical Centre (1.0 km), with Selcroft Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, Six One Six Hair & Beauty is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 2.4 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Miller & Carter - Hagley Road is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Court Oak the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 71 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 21% flats and 29% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 42% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Queen's Park, 600 m away; for exercise, Penny Mason Yoga and Fitness (900 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 15 km away.
Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 54% of adults have a degree.
24 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%.
31 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 8SD →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
The nearest university is University of Birmingham, 3.4 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 10 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 73 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 9 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 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 88.7% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.4% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 7.8% | 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.
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