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On Fairgreen Way, in Selly Oak
What it's like at B29 6EW: every home that has sold on Fairgreen Way 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Fairgreen Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 8 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Fairgreen WayTerraced | Apr 2015 | £177,000 | 92 m² | £1,924/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Fairgreen WayTerraced | Sept 1999 | £66,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Fairgreen WayTerraced | Feb 2008 | £165,500 | 68 m² | £2,434/m² | 4 |
| 12, Fairgreen WayTerraced | Feb 2015 | £150,000 | 76 m² | £1,974/m² | 2 |
| 14, Fairgreen WayTerraced | May 2019 | £255,000 | 87 m² | £2,931/m² | 1 |
| 16, Fairgreen WayTerraced | Oct 2018 | £180,000 | 59 m² | £3,051/m² | 1 |
| 18, Fairgreen WayTerraced | Aug 2016 | £154,000 | 91 m² | £1,692/m² | 4 |
| 20, Fairgreen WayTerraced | Apr 2015 | £130,000 | 60 m² | £2,167/m² | 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, about a 5-minute walk (550 m), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Selly Oak Hospital, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 55); 14 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
46% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Raddlebarn Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 65% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Moor Green Primary Academy (1.7 km).
The nearest secondary is Selly Park Girls' School, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 52.4 · 15.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Paul's School for Girls (3.8 km) and Swanshurst School (4.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (2.4 km) and King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (2.4 km).
Few families with young children: only 4% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Vanguard Supermarket, 550 m away, with Euro Stop / Euro Mart closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Selly Oak Health Centre (550 m), with Lloyds Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, BaronS Barber Shop is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 1.3 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 47 restaurants and cafés and 5 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Paprika Grill is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Country Girl the nearest pub (150 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 142 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 17% flats and 5% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 51% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Muntz Park, 400 m away; for exercise, Tiverton Gym - University of Birmingham (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 13 km away.
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 Selly Oak constituency: Al Carns MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,537 (30.0%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 45%, Conservative 15%, Reform UK 15%, Green Party 11%.
20 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 6EW →
Many neighbours rent: 70% of households rent privately and 13% socially.
It's young: 83% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 82% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is University of Birmingham, 1.7 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 8 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 7 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 | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.6% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.1% | 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: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 78 min
Nearest: Severn Valley Railway · about 33 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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