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On Alwold Road, in California
What it's like at B29 5RP: every home that has sold on Alwold 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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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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Alwold Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
18 of the 147 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 63, Alwold RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2000 | £41,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65, Alwold RoadSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £38,500 | 80 m² | £481/m² | 1 |
| 67, Alwold RoadTerraced | Sept 2019 | £158,500 | 90 m² | £1,761/m² | 2 |
| 69, Alwold RoadTerraced | Apr 2021 | £152,000 | 71 m² | £2,141/m² | 3 |
| 75, Alwold RoadTerraced | Jan 1998 | £42,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Selly Oak, a short drive or bike ride (2.6 km), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Brinklow Road, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (route 48); 41 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Paganel Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 56% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Northfield Manor Primary Academy (1.7 km).
The nearest secondary is Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 52.1 · 20.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Paul's School for Girls (3.9 km) and Bristnall Hall Academy (4.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Five Ways School (2.5 km) and King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (4.7 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Asda Stores, 350 m away, with STK Trading closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Millennium Medical Centre (650 m), with Dean Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Dawns Hair is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 1.9 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 67% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Castle Leisure is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Weoley Castle Working Mens Club the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 92 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 9% flats and 11% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 57% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Woodgate Valley Country Park, 750 m away; for exercise, Steve’s (1.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 15 km away.
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
The nearest university is , 1.5 km away (TEF Silver).
35 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 Northfield constituency: Laurence Turner MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,389 (14.3%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 40%, Conservative 25%, Reform UK 21%, Green Party 8%.
14 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 B29 5RP →
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 147 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 2 of 115 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.9% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.1% | 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.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 79 min
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