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On Reservoir Road, in Metchley
What it's like at B29 6SU: every home that has sold on Reservoir 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.
9 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 9 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 Reservoir Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 218 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 81, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2009 | £109,000 | 78 m² | £1,397/m² | 2 |
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| 83, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2007 | £145,000 | 103 m² | £1,408/m² | 2 |
| 85, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2012 | £115,500 | 62 m² | £1,863/m² | 3 |
| 87, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2013 | £120,000 | 66 m² | £1,818/m² | 3 |
| 89, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2000 | £54,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 91, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £180,000 | 74 m² | £2,432/m² | 2 |
| 95, Reservoir RoadTerraced | May 2015 | £120,000 | 67 m² | £1,791/m² | 1 |
| 97, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2019 | £183,000 | 60 m² | £3,050/m² | 3 |
| 99, Reservoir RoadTerraced | Aug 1995 | £46,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 101, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2017 | £165,000 | 84 m² | £1,964/m² | 3 |
| 107, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2018 | £150,000 | 63 m² | £2,381/m² | 2 |
| 111, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2013 | £125,000 | 88 m² | £1,420/m² | 5 |
| 113, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2012 | £114,000 | 66 m² | £1,727/m² | 4 |
| 115, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2002 | £82,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 117, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Feb 1996 | £38,950 | 68 m² | £573/m² | 1 |
| 119, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2002 | £91,000 | 68 m² | £1,338/m² | 2 |
| 123, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2007 | £123,000 | 72 m² | £1,708/m² | 3 |
| 125, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2019 | £191,000 | 87 m² | £2,195/m² | 3 |
| 127, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2015 | £100,000 | 84 m² | £1,190/m² | 4 |
| 129, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2016 | £120,000 | 62 m² | £1,935/m² | 1 |
| 131, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2020 | £161,000 | 57 m² | £2,825/m² | 2 |
| 133, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2017 | £137,000 | 80 m² | £1,713/m² | 2 |
| 135, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2006 | £131,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 137, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2019 | £144,000 | 106 m² | £1,358/m² | 3 |
| 139, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £158,000 | 62 m² | £2,548/m² | 3 |
| 141, Reservoir RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2007 | £123,950 | 71 m² | £1,746/m² | 3 |
| 145, Reservoir RoadTerraced | Oct 2025 | £191,000 | 71 m² | £2,690/m² | 3 |
| 147, Reservoir RoadTerraced | May 2014 | £122,000 | 63 m² | £1,937/m² | 5 |
| 149, Reservoir RoadTerraced | Aug 2011 | £119,000 | 69 m² | £1,725/m² | 3 |
The nearest station is Selly Oak, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Leasow Drive, 300 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (route 11C); 47 departures an hour from the 7 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 9 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
44% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Water Mill Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 75% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The University of Birmingham School, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 45.5 · 12.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Paul's School for Girls (2.7 km) and Bristnall Hall Academy (4.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (4 km) and King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 700 m away, with Shell (Uk) closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Weoley Park Surgery (950 m), with Maverick Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Copperfields is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 500 m 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: 8 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Nandos is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Avenue Club and Lodge the nearest pub (650 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 212 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 12 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 37% flats and 12% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Selly Oak Park, 300 m away; for exercise, The Gym Group (700 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 14 km away.
24 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%.
27 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 6SU →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Most households own their home, 34% rent privately.
It's young: 31% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 46% of adults have a degree.
There's a sizeable student population: 25% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
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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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 218 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 184 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.1% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.1% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 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 80 min
Nearest: Droitwich Spa Lido · about 31 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.