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On Arran Way, in Smith's Wood South
What it's like at B36 0QE: every home that has sold on Arran Way 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 Arran Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 10 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 9, Arran WayTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2023 | £170,000 | 94 m² | £1,809/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11, Arran WayTerraced | Dec 2021 | £156,000 | 87 m² | £1,793/m² | 2 |
| 15, Arran WayTerraced | Jun 2023 | £150,000 | 89 m² | £1,685/m² | 1 |
| 19, Arran WayTerraced | Oct 2024 | £180,200 | 85 m² | £2,120/m² | 2 |
| 21, Arran WayTerraced | Sept 2021 | £146,500 | 88 m² | £1,665/m² | 3 |
| 33, Arran WayTerraced | Sept 2018 | £145,000 | 87 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
| 39, Arran WayTerraced | Jul 2023 | £166,000 | 88 m² | £1,886/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Water Orton, a short drive or bike ride (2.0 km), with 47k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Orkney Croft, 200 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (route 94); 32 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 57% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Smith's Wood Primary Academy (0.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Smith's Wood Academy, 300 m away; Attainment 8: 32.2 · 4.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (8.4 km) and King Edward VI Aston School (9.4 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Heron Foods, 600 m away, with Pauls Newsagents closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Arran Medical Centre (550 m), with Browns Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (900 m).
For a haircut, The Cutting Room is 1.9 km away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 13 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 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Atalian Servest @ Smiths Wood Academy is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Smiths Wood Snooker Club the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 99 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 23% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Kingshurst Park, 950 m away; for exercise, North Solihull Sports Centre (1.9 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 5.0 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.
22 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%.
10 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 B36 0QE →
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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 10 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 80 min
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On this street: 0 of 10 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 | 2.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 98.8% | 91.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 1.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.1% | 6.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.4% | 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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