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On Mary Vale Road, in Bournville East & Stirchley West
What it's like at B30 1PL: every home that has sold on Mary Vale 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.
5 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 Mary Vale Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
7 of the 173 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 305, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | Sept 2022 | £376,000 | 147 m² | £2,558/m² | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 307, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | Aug 2024 | £415,000 | 143 m² | £2,902/m² | 3 |
| 309, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | Oct 2003 | £190,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 313, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | Nov 2017 | £316,000 | 110 m² | £2,873/m² | 3 |
| 315, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | Jun 2021 | £375,000 | 105 m² | £3,571/m² | 3 |
| 317, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | May 2005 | £241,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 319, Mary Vale RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2009 | £238,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 321, Mary Vale RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2023 | £495,000 | 104 m² | £4,760/m² | 4 |
| 321a, Mary Vale RoadFlat | Jun 2020 | £470,000 | 162 m² | £2,901/m² | 1 |
| 323, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | Feb 2003 | £195,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 327, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | Jun 2014 | £230,000 | 83 m² | £2,771/m² | 4 |
| 329, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | Aug 2020 | £360,000 | 110 m² | £3,273/m² | 2 |
| 331, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | May 1997 | £68,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 333, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | Apr 2026 | £463,000 | 111 m² | £4,171/m² | 4 |
| 337, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | May 2020 | £372,850 | 113 m² | £3,300/m² | 8 |
| 339, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | Feb 2017 | £262,500 | 85 m² | £3,088/m² | 3 |
| 343, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | Jun 2014 | £265,500 | 109 m² | £2,436/m² | 4 |
| 347, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | May 2004 | £230,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 351, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | Feb 2021 | £358,000 | 88 m² | £4,068/m² | 4 |
| 353, Mary Vale RoadTerraced | Dec 2021 | £320,000 | 122 m² | £2,623/m² | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Bournville, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 996k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Mary Vale Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (route 11C); 31 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 90% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Colmore Infant and Nursery School (1.8 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Kings Norton Girls' School, 350 m away; Attainment 8: 56.6 · 25.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Swanshurst School (3.6 km) and St Paul's School for Girls (5.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (1.8 km) and King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (1.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Heron Foods, 900 m away, with Rossiters Organic Butchers closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Granton Medical Centre (900 m), with The Bournville Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Amedeo is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 3.2 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: 56 restaurants and cafés and 11 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Leverton & Halls is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Bournville Social Club the nearest pub (500 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 106 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 22 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 17% flats and 4% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 70% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 104 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Cadbury Park, 450 m away; for exercise, Linden Road Instruction Pool (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.2 µg/m³).
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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 270 and 272, Mary Vale Road B30 | II | 60 m |
| 234 and 236, Mary Vale Road B30 | II | 120 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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%.
17 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 B30 1PL →
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.
For holidays, Birmingham is 13 km away.
Most households own their home, 26% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 47% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Birmingham, 3.4 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 173 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 79 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.
On this street: 0 of 124 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 5 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 92.4% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.8% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 4.5% | 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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