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On Gilwell Road, in Shard End & Kingfisher
What it's like at B34 7NN: every home that has sold on Gilwell 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.
Sales and extensions on Gilwell Road; 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.
| 7, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Jun 2002 | £54,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Jul 2022 | £240,000 | 106 m² | £2,264/m² | 1 |
| 10, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Jun 2017 | £142,000 | 90 m² | £1,578/m² | 1 |
| 11, Gilwell RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2011 | £110,000 | 86 m² | £1,279/m² | 1 |
| 12, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Jul 2016 | £142,500 | 86 m² | £1,657/m² | 2 |
| 15, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Nov 2016 | £117,000 | 84 m² | £1,393/m² | 1 |
| 16, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Feb 2025 | £215,000 | 76 m² | £2,829/m² | 2 |
| 18, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Sept 2021 | £251,000 | 89 m² | £2,820/m² | 2 |
| 19, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Jun 2019 | £174,000 | 81 m² | £2,148/m² | 1 |
| 20, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Jul 2005 | £113,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Aug 2004 | £100,000 | 84 m² | £1,190/m² | 1 |
| 24, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Aug 2004 | £105,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 25, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Mar 2003 | £77,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Mar 2020 | £177,000 | 83 m² | £2,133/m² | 4 |
| 27, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Jan 2026 | £235,000 | 102 m² | £2,304/m² | 3 |
| 29, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Apr 2026 | £240,000 | 75 m² | £3,200/m² | 3 |
| 30, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Aug 2022 | £197,500 | 86 m² | £2,297/m² | 2 |
| 31, Gilwell RoadTerraced · company-owned | May 2025 | £155,000 | 84 m² | £1,845/m² | 1 |
| 33, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Oct 2019 | £155,000 | 85 m² | £1,824/m² | 1 |
| 34, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Sept 2001 | £48,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 35, Gilwell RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2023 | £220,000 | 79 m² | £2,785/m² | 1 |
| 36, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Apr 2021 | £165,000 | 72 m² | £2,292/m² | 2 |
| 38, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Apr 2019 | £157,500 | 95 m² | £1,658/m² | 1 |
| 41, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Jan 2007 | £113,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 43, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Jan 2022 | £168,000 | 81 m² | £2,074/m² | 2 |
| 44, Gilwell RoadTerraced | Aug 2004 | £113,950 | 107 m² | £1,065/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, a short drive or bike ride (2.4 km), with 443k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Gilwell Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (route 95); 60 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 41% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Lift Lea Forest (1.7 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Smith's Wood Academy, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 32.2 · 4.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (4.9 km) and Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham (4.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (7.7 km) and King Edward VI Aston School (7.8 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons, 550 m away, with Costcutter closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Castle Practice (700 m), with Browns Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Tina's Queen Nails & Beauty Salon is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 11 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.
Seeds Of Hope St. Barnabas Church Hall is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and The Crown Club the nearest pub (500 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 99 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 15% flats and 5% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Kingshurst Park, 700 m away; for exercise, North Solihull Sports Centre (1.6 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 4.9 km away.
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
17 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%.
11 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 B34 7NN →
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 26 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 20 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 | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.5% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.2% | 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 82 min
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