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On Douglas Avenue, in Hodge Hill
What it's like at B36 8EN: every home that has sold on Douglas Avenue 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Douglas Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 45 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2014 | £250,000 | 202 m² | £1,238/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 1998 | £37,825 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Douglas AvenueDetached | Feb 2011 | £305,000 | 197 m² | £1,548/m² | 3 |
| 5, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2010 | £249,000 | 102 m² | £2,441/m² | 2 |
| 6, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2006 | £215,000 | 115 m² | £1,870/m² | 3 |
| 8, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2006 | £190,000 | 106 m² | £1,792/m² | 2 |
| 9, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | May 2007 | £249,950 | 147 m² | £1,700/m² | 2 |
| 10, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 1999 | £79,950 | 134 m² | £597/m² | 1 |
| 11, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2006 | £188,000 | 190 m² | £989/m² | 1 |
| 12, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £317,500 | 102 m² | £3,113/m² | 2 |
| 14, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2006 | £199,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2004 | £156,000 | 105 m² | £1,486/m² | 1 |
| 17, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2013 | £214,000 | 149 m² | £1,436/m² | 2 |
| 18, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2005 | £201,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Douglas AvenueDetached | Jun 2017 | £243,000 | 135 m² | £1,800/m² | 2 |
| 21, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2023 | £330,000 | 110 m² | £3,000/m² | 5 |
| 23, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2005 | £145,000 | 115 m² | £1,261/m² | 3 |
| 24, Douglas AvenueTerraced | Apr 2005 | £185,000 | 119 m² | £1,555/m² | 1 |
| 25, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2016 | £100,000 | 156 m² | £641/m² | 2 |
| 27, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2005 | £214,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 28, Douglas AvenueTerraced | Dec 2007 | £195,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2014 | £197,000 | 198 m² | £995/m² | 2 |
| 32, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2007 | £210,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2006 | £210,500 | 135 m² | £1,559/m² | 2 |
| 34, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £327,500 | 100 m² | £3,275/m² | 3 |
| 35, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2005 | £195,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 36, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £250,000 | 99 m² | £2,525/m² | 1 |
| 37, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 1999 | £83,000 | 103 m² | £806/m² | 2 |
| 38, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £285,500 | 99 m² | £2,884/m² | 1 |
| 39, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2022 | £290,000 | 104 m² | £2,788/m² | 3 |
| 41, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | May 2018 | £280,000 | 119 m² | £2,353/m² | 2 |
| 43, Douglas AvenueTerraced | Jan 2007 | £178,500 | 198 m² | £902/m² | 1 |
| 44, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2010 | £175,000 | 102 m² | £1,716/m² | 1 |
| 46, Douglas AvenueDetached | Dec 2024 | £315,000 | 117 m² | £2,692/m² | 3 |
| 47, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2014 | £200,000 | 136 m² | £1,471/m² | 1 |
| 48, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | May 2002 | £131,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 49, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2005 | £175,000 | 197 m² | £888/m² | 2 |
| 50, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £305,000 | 97 m² | £3,144/m² | 1 |
| 51, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2015 | £250,000 | 163 m² | £1,534/m² | 2 |
| 53, Douglas AvenueDetached | Aug 2022 | £485,000 | 211 m² | £2,299/m² | 3 |
| 57, Douglas AvenueDetached | Jul 2013 | £250,000 | 155 m² | £1,613/m² | 1 |
| 59, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2007 | £145,000 | 102 m² | £1,422/m² | 4 |
| 63, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £280,000 | 104 m² | £2,692/m² | 1 |
| 65, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | May 2019 | £275,000 | 104 m² | £2,644/m² | 3 |
| 67, Douglas AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £296,000 | 124 m² | £2,387/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Stechford, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km), with 417k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Southbourne Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 94, 28); 50 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Hodge Hill Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 55% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Hodge Hill Girls' School, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 48.7 · 10.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (2.5 km) and Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham (3.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Aston School (5.2 km) and Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (6.5 km).
It's a family area: 25% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is GM Hassan Supermarket, 1.2 km away, with Shazans closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ward End Medical Centre (950 m), with Washwood Heath Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Saigon Nails is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 8.4 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 14 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Chickaros Hodge Hill is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Fox and Goose Birmingham the nearest pub (600 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 131 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 5% flats and 8% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 75% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Stechford Hall Park, 500 m away; for exercise, PureGym (500 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 6.4 km away.
Most households own their home, 17% rent privately.
36 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%.
12 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 8EN →
On this street: 0 of 33 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 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.7% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.1% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
It's young: 24% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is Birmingham City University, 4.9 km away (TEF Silver).
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 45 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 82 min
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