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On Aston Lane, in Birchfield East
What it's like at B20 3HS: every home that has sold on Aston 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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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.
6 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 Aston Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 67 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 229, Aston LaneOther | Jun 2025 | £240,000 | 127 m² | £1,890/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 231, Aston LaneTerraced | Apr 2021 | £155,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 233, Aston LaneTerraced | Nov 2002 | £70,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 235, Aston LaneTerraced | Jun 2006 | £120,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 237, Aston LaneTerraced | Jul 1997 | £38,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 249, Aston LaneTerraced | Feb 2013 | £114,000 | 88 m² | £1,295/m² | 1 |
| 251, Aston LaneTerraced | Jan 2005 | £118,000 | 120 m² | £983/m² | 1 |
| 259, Aston LaneTerraced | Sept 1995 | £30,000 | 99 m² | £303/m² | 1 |
| 275, Aston LaneDetached | Dec 2002 | £300,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Witton (West Midlands), a few minutes' walk (450 m), with 342k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Tewkesbury Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (route 11C); 107 departures an hour from the 10 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 14 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Canterbury Cross Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 67% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Mansfield Green E-ACT Academy (1.4 km).
The nearest secondary is Broadway Academy, 350 m away; Attainment 8: 42.7 · 7.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Aston University Engineering Academy (3.2 km) and Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (4.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Aston School (1.6 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (2.5 km).
It's a family area: 24% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Fresh Halal (within Tesco), 300 m away, with Aston Lane Groceries closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Aston Health Centre (550 m), with Health Plus Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Europa is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 4.0 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 19 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
The Market Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Witton Arms the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 270 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 17% flats and 8% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
It's growing: about 958 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Yew Tree Community School, 600 m away; for exercise, Mix It Up (300 m).
46 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%.
28 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 3HS →
On this street: 0 of 51 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% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.6% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.7% | 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.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 12 km away.
Most households own their home, 30% rent privately.
It's young: 25% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is Aston University, 3.0 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.
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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 67 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 85 min
Nearest: Chasewater Railway · about 31 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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