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On Thorn Road, in Bournville East & Stirchley West
What it's like at B30 1UG: every home that has sold on Thorn 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Thorn Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 6 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 5, Thorn RoadTerraced | Jun 2008 | £265,450 | 126 m² | £2,107/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9, Thorn RoadTerraced | Dec 2013 | £375,000 | 130 m² | £2,885/m² | 2 |
| 12, Thorn RoadTerraced | Apr 2019 | £305,000 | 92 m² | £3,315/m² | 1 |
| 13, Thorn RoadOther | Dec 2018 | £362,000 | 117 m² | £3,094/m² | 3 |
| 18, Thorn RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £385,000 | 70 m² | £5,500/m² | 3 |
| 21, Thorn RoadTerraced | Jun 2011 | £187,000 | 59 m² | £3,169/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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 (850 m), with 996k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Linden Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (route 27); 34 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Bournville Village Primary, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 79% 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 Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School, 350 m away; Attainment 8: 44.6 · 8.2% 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 Morrisons, 1.1 km away, with The Bournville Pharmacy closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is College Green Medical Practice (1.0 km), with The Bournville Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, John the Barber is 200 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.
Kafenion is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Bournville Social Club the nearest pub (700 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 Bournville Park, 100 m away; for exercise, Linden Road Instruction Pool (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.2 µg/m³).
42 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bournville Infants' School | II | 120 m |
| Bournville Junior School | II | 130 m |
| Bournville School of Art and Crafts | II | 170 m |
| Church of St Francis of Assisi | II | 180 m |
| Parish Hall St Francis Centre | II | 190 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.
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%.
22 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 1UG →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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, 2.8 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.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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 6 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 5 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 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.3% | 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.
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.
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