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On Bessborough Road, in Yardley Fields
What it's like at B25 8ST: every home that has sold on Bessborough 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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1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Bessborough Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 14 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 9, Bessborough RoadTerraced | Jun 2008 | £99,000 | 74 m² | £1,338/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10, Bessborough RoadTerraced | Jul 2025 | £195,000 | 77 m² | £2,532/m² | 6 |
| 23, Bessborough RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £95,000 | 76 m² | £1,250/m² | 1 |
| 24, Bessborough RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2000 | £49,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 27, Bessborough RoadTerraced | Aug 2014 | £90,000 | 76 m² | £1,184/m² | 1 |
| 30, Bessborough RoadTerraced | May 2001 | £55,000 | 105 m² | £524/m² | 3 |
| 31, Bessborough RoadSemi-detached | Apr 1995 | £40,600 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Bessborough RoadTerraced | Mar 2018 | £131,500 | 79 m² | £1,665/m² | 2 |
| 35, Bessborough RoadTerraced | Nov 2015 | £85,000 | 78 m² | £1,090/m² | 3 |
| 36, Bessborough RoadTerraced | Jul 2017 | £127,000 | 78 m² | £1,628/m² | 1 |
| 42, Bessborough RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2004 | £102,500 | 73 m² | £1,404/m² | 2 |
| 43, Bessborough RoadTerraced | Sept 2001 | £51,000 | 77 m² | £662/m² | 1 |
| 45, Bessborough RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2006 | £117,500 | 70 m² | £1,679/m² | 1 |
| 47, Bessborough RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2002 | £65,000 | 72 m² | £903/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Stechford, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 417k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Kestrel Avenue, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 41); 6 departures an hour from the 6 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 13 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Oasis Academy Hobmoor, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 70% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 62.1 · 27.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (2.1 km) and Aston University Engineering Academy (4.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Aston School (5.5 km) and King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (7.1 km).
It's a family area: 29% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is 2 Ms Supermarket, 550 m away, with Clements News closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Iridium Medical Practice (750 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Kensington Rogues is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 7.6 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.
Good Smash is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Old Bill & Bull the nearest pub (1.1 km).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 138 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 21% flats and 4% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 77% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Bordesley Green East Park, 900 m away; for exercise, Anytime Fitness (1.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 5.5 km away.
22 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 Yardley constituency: Jess Phillips MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 693 (1.9%), turnout 49%. Vote shares: Labour 31%, Workers Party of Britain 29%, Reform UK 14%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
21 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 B25 8ST →
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
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.
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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 14 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Chasewater Railway · about 37 min
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On this street: 0 of 12 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 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.2% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.5% | 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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