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On Giles Close, in Stechford
What it's like at B33 8EB: every home that has sold on Giles Close 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.
Sales and extensions on Giles Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 24 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 67, Giles CloseSemi-detached | Jan 2003 | £78,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68, Giles CloseTerraced | Sept 2017 | £127,000 | 84 m² | £1,512/m² | 1 |
| 69, Giles CloseTerraced | Dec 2015 | £84,000 | 77 m² | £1,091/m² | 1 |
| 73, Giles CloseTerraced | Oct 2022 | £196,000 | 80 m² | £2,450/m² | 2 |
| 74, Giles CloseTerraced | Dec 2002 | £82,500 | 77 m² | £1,071/m² | 1 |
| 76, Giles CloseTerraced | Jul 2003 | £76,000 | 78 m² | £974/m² | 1 |
| 84, Giles CloseTerraced | Jul 2026 | £200,000 | 93 m² | £2,151/m² | 1 |
| 86, Giles CloseTerraced | Oct 2005 | £105,000 | 84 m² | £1,250/m² | 1 |
| 92, Giles CloseTerraced | Aug 2022 | £165,000 | 80 m² | £2,063/m² | 3 |
| 96, Giles CloseTerraced | May 2022 | £125,000 | 78 m² | £1,603/m² | 3 |
| 98, Giles CloseTerraced | Oct 2021 | £150,000 | 78 m² | £1,923/m² | 1 |
| 100, Giles CloseTerraced | Dec 2019 | £77,880 | 77 m² | £1,011/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Stechford, about a 5-minute walk (550 m), with 417k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Stechford Baths, 200 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (route 11C); 52 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 75% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Lift Lea Forest (1.4 km).
The nearest secondary is Washwood Heath Academy, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 42.9 · 9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham (2 km) and Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (2.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Aston School (5.8 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (8.1 km).
It's a family area: 24% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is 2006, 450 m away, with Stechford News and Booze closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Fairways Physiotherapy Clinic (450 m), with Chemycare the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Blade is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 8.5 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 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
MeriGo Piri Piri (Stechford) is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Station Inn the nearest pub (350 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 182 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 31% flats and 6% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Old Yardley Park, 850 m away; for exercise, Stechford Leisure Centre (200 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 5.2 km away.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
40 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 Yardley constituency: Jess Phillips MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 693 (1.9%), turnout 49%. Vote shares: Labour 31%, Workers Party of Britain 29%, Reform UK 14%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
16 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 B33 8EB →
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.
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 24 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 21 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 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.9% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.4% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.5% | 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: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · about 87 min
Nearest: Chasewater Railway · about 32 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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