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On Whittington Oval, in Glebe Farm
What it's like at B33 8JG: every home that has sold on Whittington Oval 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Whittington Oval; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 26 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 4, Whittington OvalSemi-detached | Mar 2011 | £125,000 | 102 m² | £1,225/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14, Whittington OvalSemi-detached | Aug 2017 | £162,500 | 100 m² | £1,625/m² | 1 |
| 18, Whittington OvalSemi-detached | Oct 2017 | £165,750 | 103 m² | £1,609/m² | 2 |
| 24, Whittington OvalSemi-detached | Feb 2008 | £145,000 | 100 m² | £1,450/m² | 1 |
| 64, Whittington OvalSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £137,500 | 82 m² | £1,677/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Lea Hall, about a 5-minute walk (600 m), with 443k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Lea Hall Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (routes 99, 99A, 889); 31 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is The Oval School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 65% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Lift Lea Forest (0.6 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Cockshut Hill School, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 38.3 · 7.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham (3 km) and Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (3.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Aston School (6.6 km) and Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (8.1 km).
It's a family area: 28% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 500 m away, with Londis Stechford closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Church Lane - Khan (700 m), with Pan Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Razor is 850 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 9.4 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 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Celia's Fish Bar is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Meadway Sports And Social Club the nearest pub (750 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 116 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 4% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 79% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Old Yardley Park, 800 m away; for exercise, Stechford Leisure Centre (900 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 4.7 km away.
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
19 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 Hodge Hill and Solihull North constituency: Liam Byrne MP (Labour), since July 2004. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 1,566 (4.6%), turnout 44%. Vote shares: Labour 31%, Workers Party of Britain 27%, Reform UK 19%, Conservative 14%.
13 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 8JG →
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 26 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.
On this street: 0 of 18 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 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.6% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.9% | 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.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 87 min
Nearest: Chasewater 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.