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On Bromford Lane, in Birches Green & Bromford East
What it's like at B24 8BX: every home that has sold on Bromford 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Bromford Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 66 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 48, Bromford LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2022 | £209,950 | 86 m² | £2,441/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50, Bromford LaneSemi-detached | May 2020 | £300,000 | 136 m² | £2,206/m² | 2 |
| 52, Bromford LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2017 | £141,000 | 91 m² | £1,549/m² | 1 |
| 54, Bromford LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2009 | £94,750 | 98 m² | £967/m² | 2 |
| 56, Bromford LaneSemi-detached | Feb 1995 | £47,000 | 105 m² | £448/m² | 1 |
| 58, Bromford LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2015 | £132,500 | 87 m² | £1,523/m² | 2 |
| 60, Bromford LaneSemi-detached | May 2013 | £112,500 | 102 m² | £1,103/m² | 1 |
| 64, Bromford LaneTerraced | Oct 2000 | £55,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 66, Bromford LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £180,000 | 98 m² | £1,837/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Gravelly Hill, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 390k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Bromford Crescent, 100 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (route 11A); 67 departures an hour from the 12 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 Erdington Hall Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 63% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Erdington Academy, 250 m away; Attainment 8: 40.6 · 4.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (3.3 km) and Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham (4.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Aston School (4.6 km) and Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (4.7 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 1.0 km away, with Bromford News closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Kingsbury Road Medical Centre (350 m), with Mw Phillips (Sutton Coldfield) the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Giovanni is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 8.2 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: 37 restaurants and cafés, 0 pubs and bars.
Subway is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Hollywood Social Club the nearest pub (850 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 136 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 24% flats and 7% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 46% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Rookery Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Scallywags (1.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 8.2 km away.
31 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 Lad in the Lane Public House | II | 130 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.
Birmingham Erdington constituency: Paulette Hamilton MP (Labour), since March 2022. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 7,019 (20.6%), turnout 44%. Vote shares: Labour 43%, Reform UK 23%, Conservative 16%, Green Party 7%.
36 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 B24 8BX →
Most households own their home, 17% rent privately.
The nearest university is Birmingham City University, 4.7 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Bromford Lane in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 50 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 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.2% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.3% | 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.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 83 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.