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On Wood Lane, in Handsworth East
What it's like at B20 2AH: every home that has sold on Wood Lane 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.
7 homes 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 Wood Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 108 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 98, Wood LaneDetached | May 2008 | £222,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102, Wood LaneDetached | Mar 2023 | £335,000 | 93 m² | £3,602/m² | 2 |
| 107, Wood LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2015 | £200,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 109, Wood LaneSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2020 | £175,000 | 110 m² | £1,591/m² | 2 |
| 110, Wood LaneDetached | Sept 2007 | £235,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 111, Wood LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2015 | £190,000 | 141 m² | £1,348/m² | 2 |
| 112, Wood LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2006 | £225,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 114, Wood LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2001 | £60,000 | 86 m² | £698/m² | 2 |
| 115, Wood LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2018 | £190,000 | 86 m² | £2,209/m² | 1 |
| 119, Wood LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2012 | £178,000 | 97 m² | £1,835/m² | 1 |
| 120, Wood LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2002 | £146,000 | 131 m² | £1,115/m² | 3 |
| 121, Wood LaneTerraced | Oct 2006 | £185,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 125, Wood LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2015 | £220,000 | 126 m² | £1,746/m² | 2 |
| 127, Wood LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2005 | £135,000 | – | – | 1 |
The nearest station is Perry Barr, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 185k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Romilly Avenue, 50 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 61); 24 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m).
The closest top-rated primary is St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth (1.4 km).
The nearest secondary is King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 48 · 6.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Aston University Engineering Academy (3.9 km) and St Paul's School for Girls (4.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (1.1 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (1.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is TEJA/ P&Y Food And Wine, 550 m away, with Lea Hall Allotments And Institute closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Laserlight (250 m), with Quick Meds the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Unique Hairdressers is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 2.8 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 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Handsworth Seventh Day Adventist Chu is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Calthorpe Arms the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 110 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 13 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 43% flats and 12% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Perry Hall Playing Fields, 850 m away; for exercise, The Gym (800 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 14 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 35% of households rent privately and 23% socially.
It's young: 26% of residents are aged 15–29.
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 Perry Barr constituency: Ayoub Khan MP (Independent), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Ind gain from Lab, majority 507 (1.4%), turnout 49%. Vote shares: Independent 36%, Labour 34%, Conservative 11%, Reform UK 7%.
40 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 B20 2AH →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
There's a sizeable student population: 19% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is Aston University, 3.7 km away (TEF Gold).
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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Birmingham since 2011.
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 108 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 80 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 73 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 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 | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 81.9% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 17.7% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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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