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On Horse Shoes Lane, in Sheldon South
What it's like at B26 3HS: every home that has sold on Horse Shoes 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Horse Shoes Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 51 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 25, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £280,285 | 87 m² | £3,222/m² | 1 |
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| 27, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2014 | £209,950 | 107 m² | £1,962/m² | 3 |
| 29, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2020 | £257,000 | 69 m² | £3,725/m² | 4 |
| 31, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2016 | £160,000 | 71 m² | £2,254/m² | 1 |
| 35, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £202,500 | 71 m² | £2,852/m² | 1 |
| 43, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2003 | £119,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2025 | £206,500 | 78 m² | £2,647/m² | 1 |
| 47, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2023 | £264,000 | 79 m² | £3,342/m² | 1 |
| 49, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2016 | £165,000 | 73 m² | £2,260/m² | 1 |
| 51, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2020 | £245,000 | 66 m² | £3,712/m² | 1 |
| 63, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2004 | £186,000 | 86 m² | £2,163/m² | 1 |
| 65, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2008 | £134,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 71, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2020 | £75,000 | 74 m² | £1,014/m² | 5 |
| 73, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2002 | £98,000 | 88 m² | £1,114/m² | 2 |
| 75, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2022 | £205,000 | 71 m² | £2,887/m² | 1 |
| 77, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2011 | £183,250 | 83 m² | £2,208/m² | 2 |
| 81, Horse Shoes LaneSemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £77,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 83, Horse Shoes LaneDetached | Jun 2021 | £270,000 | 69 m² | £3,913/m² | 2 |
| 85, Horse Shoes LaneDetached | Nov 2023 | £253,000 | 100 m² | £2,530/m² | 1 |
| 91, Horse Shoes LaneDetached | Aug 2000 | £54,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 97, Horse Shoes LaneDetached | Apr 2024 | £344,000 | 161 m² | £2,137/m² | 1 |
| 99, Horse Shoes LaneDetached | Jul 2023 | £380,000 | 117 m² | £3,248/m² | 3 |
| 103, Horse Shoes LaneDetached | Aug 2023 | £285,000 | 76 m² | £3,750/m² | 2 |
| 105, Horse Shoes LaneDetached | Oct 2020 | £220,000 | 93 m² | £2,366/m² | 2 |
| 107, Horse Shoes LaneDetached | Jun 2004 | £248,500 | – | – | 4 |
| 111, Horse Shoes LaneDetached | Dec 2020 | £250,000 | 102 m² | £2,451/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Olton, a short drive or bike ride (2.2 km), with 463k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham Moor Street.
The nearest bus stop is Mardon Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 60, 72, 98); 153 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 42% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Lyndon School, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 49.7 · 11.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham (3.8 km) and Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (5.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (8.8 km) and King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (8.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Iceland Foods, 200 m away; Ellis Wilkes Family Butchers (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cranes Park Road Surgery (450 m), with Lloyds Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Ellis Hair is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 11 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: 33 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Kfc is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Mount Tavern the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 165 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 23% flats and 6% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 49% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
It's growing: about 199 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Sheldon Country Park, 250 m away; for exercise, énergie Fitness (350 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 2.2 km away.
Most households own their home, 19% rent privately.
43 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%.
22 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 B26 3HS →
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" Horse Shoes Lane in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 83 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.
On this street: 0 of 42 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 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 83.2% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 16.7% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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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