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On Plowden Road, in Glebe Farm
What it's like at B33 9LB: every home that has sold on Plowden 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 Plowden Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 17 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Plowden RoadTerraced | Jul 2008 | £83,000 | 71 m² | £1,169/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Plowden RoadTerraced | Nov 2017 | £118,500 | 98 m² | £1,209/m² | 2 |
| 9, Plowden RoadTerraced | May 2016 | £97,000 | 96 m² | £1,010/m² | 1 |
| 19, Plowden RoadTerraced | Aug 2023 | £132,500 | 74 m² | £1,791/m² | 3 |
| 21, Plowden RoadTerraced | Dec 2008 | £84,950 | 69 m² | £1,231/m² | 1 |
| 27, Plowden RoadTerraced | Jul 2024 | £199,250 | 69 m² | £2,888/m² | 1 |
| 31, Plowden RoadTerraced | Mar 2026 | £222,500 | 79 m² | £2,816/m² | 2 |
| 35, Plowden RoadTerraced | Dec 2023 | £186,000 | 69 m² | £2,696/m² | 1 |
| 37, Plowden RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2015 | £78,800 | 75 m² | £1,051/m² | 2 |
| 39, Plowden RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £100,000 | 69 m² | £1,449/m² | 1 |
| 41, Plowden RoadTerraced | Nov 2012 | £85,000 | 69 m² | £1,232/m² | 3 |
| 43, Plowden RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2021 | £173,100 | 68 m² | £2,546/m² | 2 |
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 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 417k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Lyme Green Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (route 14); 35 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Audley Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 70% 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 Washwood Heath Academy, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 42.9 · 9% 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 Pape Supermarket, 150 m away; Double Save Supermarket (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Church Lane - Khan (250 m), with Glebe Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, La Mode is 150 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.
Fitcap Cio is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Yardley & District Rugby Club the nearest pub (800 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 Hodge Hill Common, 1.2 km away; for exercise, Funatics (750 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.
25 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%.
19 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 9LB →
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 17 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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.
On this street: 0 of 14 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 | 0.0% | 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.
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