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On Ridgacre Road, in Quinton Ridgacre
What it's like at B32 1HY: every home that has sold on Ridgacre 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.
9 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Ridgacre Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 193 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 165, Ridgacre RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2002 | £87,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169, Ridgacre RoadFlat | Jul 2017 | £90,000 | 66 m² | £1,364/m² | 1 |
| 173, Ridgacre RoadFlat | Jul 2004 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 175, Ridgacre RoadFlat | Jan 2026 | £150,000 | 75 m² | £2,000/m² | 2 |
| 175a, Ridgacre RoadFlat | Mar 2025 | £145,000 | 69 m² | £2,101/m² | 1 |
| 227, Ridgacre RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2026 | £289,000 | 81 m² | £3,568/m² | 2 |
| 229, Ridgacre RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £181,500 | 78 m² | £2,327/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Rowley Regis, a drive away (3.1 km), with 1.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham Snow Hill.
The nearest bus stop is Ridgeacre Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route 54); 88 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is World's End Junior School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 61% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Lapal Primary School (1.8 km).
The nearest secondary is Lift Four Dwellings Secondary, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 42.1 · 7.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bristnall Hall Academy (2.8 km) and St Paul's School for Girls (4.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Five Ways School (2.9 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (6.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 350 m away; Vanshika Sam Local Shop (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ridgacre House Surgery (300 m), with Ridgacre Hse Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, MJs Hair Studio is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 3.9 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Coffee & cafe @ 268 is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Lin'S Bar the nearest pub (500 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 76 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 9% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 51% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Howley Grange Park, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Penny Mason Yoga and Fitness (2.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 17 km away.
Most households own their home, 17% rent privately.
The nearest university is Birmingham Newman University, 3.0 km away (TEF Silver).
37 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 Edgbaston constituency: Preet Kaur Gill MP (Labour (Co-op)), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 8,368 (22.4%), turnout 52%. Vote shares: Labour 44%, Conservative 22%, Reform UK 12%, Independent 9%.
9 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 B32 1HY →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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 193 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 71 min
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On this street: 1 of 143 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 98.0% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.7% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.