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On Gibbins Road, in Selly Oak Park & Lodge Hill
What it's like at B29 6PW: every home that has sold on Gibbins 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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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.
7 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Gibbins Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
18 of the 126 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 117, Gibbins RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2017 | £300,000 | 107 m² | £2,804/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119, Gibbins RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2013 | £150,000 | 82 m² | £1,829/m² | 1 |
| 121, Gibbins RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2017 | £188,000 | 76 m² | £2,474/m² | 3 |
| 123, Gibbins RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2013 | £140,000 | 119 m² | £1,176/m² | 1 |
| 125, Gibbins RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2023 | £250,000 | 75 m² | £3,333/m² | 6 |
| 127, Gibbins RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2006 | £149,950 | 77 m² | £1,947/m² | 4 |
| 131, Gibbins RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Jun 2018 | £191,000 | 83 m² | £2,301/m² | 1 |
| 133, Gibbins RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2016 | £200,000 | 89 m² | £2,247/m² | 3 |
| 137, Gibbins RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2014 | £205,000 | 117 m² | £1,752/m² | 1 |
| 139, Gibbins RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £245,000 | 123 m² | £1,992/m² | 2 |
| 141, Gibbins RoadDetached | May 2018 | £225,000 | 87 m² | £2,586/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Selly Oak, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Lodge Hill Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (route X20); 21 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Mary's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 73% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Northfield Manor Primary Academy (1.1 km).
The nearest secondary is The University of Birmingham School, 400 m away; Attainment 8: 45.5 · 12.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Paul's School for Girls (4.4 km) and Swanshurst School (5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (3.1 km) and King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (3.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Vanguard Supermarket, 600 m away, with Select and Save closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Selly Oak Health Centre (650 m), with Maverick Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Rimski is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 1.8 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 11 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Hungry Point is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Bear and Staff the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 105 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 16 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 23% flats and 11% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Selly Oak Park, 300 m away; for exercise, The Gym Group (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 14 km away.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 45% of adults have a degree.
38 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%.
19 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 6PW →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
There's a sizeable student population: 15% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is University of Birmingham, 2.0 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 126 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 102 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 22 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 | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 89.8% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.8% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 76 min
Nearest: Severn Valley 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.