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On Kingsbury Road, in Castle Vale
What it's like at B35 6AH: every home that has sold on Kingsbury 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 Kingsbury Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 13 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1117, Kingsbury RoadDetached | Jul 2015 | £245,000 | 122 m² | £2,008/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1119, Kingsbury RoadDetached | Mar 2026 | £485,000 | 136 m² | £3,566/m² | 1 |
| 1119b, Kingsbury RoadDetached | Sept 2016 | £265,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 1121, Kingsbury RoadDetached | Apr 2000 | £91,500 | 146 m² | £627/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Chester Road, a short drive or bike ride (2.9 km), with 659k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Yatesbury Avenue, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 68); 1 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 9 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Topcliffe Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 20% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Lift Greenwood, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 31.8 · 2.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (5 km) and Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham (6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (4.8 km) and Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (6 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is B&M Retail, 450 m away; CastleVale News (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Eden Court Medical Practice (400 m), with Castle Vale Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Ricks Place is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 10 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
The Tyburn House is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Bagot Arms the nearest pub (650 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 145 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 30% flats and 3% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 143 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Centre Park, 450 m away; for exercise, Castle Vale Swimming Pool (850 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.9 µg/m³).
26 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 Erdington constituency: Paulette Hamilton MP (Labour), since March 2022. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 7,019 (20.6%), turnout 44%. Vote shares: Labour 43%, Reform UK 23%, Conservative 16%, Green Party 7%.
14 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 B35 6AH →
For holidays, Birmingham is 7.7 km away.
Most households own their home, 10% rent privately.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Kingsbury Road in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 5 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 | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.7% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.5% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.2% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 7.4% | 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 81 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.