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On Castlehills Drive, in Castle Bromwich West
What it's like at B36 9BP: every home that has sold on Castlehills Drive 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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 Castlehills Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 32 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Castlehills DriveDetached | Jan 2008 | £265,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Castlehills DriveDetached | Feb 2008 | £267,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 3, Castlehills DriveDetached | Jul 2001 | £158,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Castlehills DriveDetached | May 2007 | £325,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Castlehills DriveDetached | Feb 1999 | £117,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Castlehills DriveDetached | Nov 2004 | £286,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 11, Castlehills DriveDetached | Nov 2017 | £365,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Castlehills DriveDetached | May 2010 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, Castlehills DriveDetached | Nov 2025 | £350,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15a, Castlehills DriveDetached | Oct 2008 | £290,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 16, Castlehills DriveDetached | May 2022 | £475,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 17, Castlehills DriveDetached | Aug 2018 | £300,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 18, Castlehills DriveDetached | Feb 2020 | £328,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Castlehills DriveDetached | Jan 2019 | £290,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Castlehills DriveDetached | Sept 2018 | £290,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 21, Castlehills DriveDetached | Sept 2020 | £337,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 22, Castlehills DriveDetached | Jan 1999 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Castlehills DriveDetached | Dec 2004 | £230,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 24, Castlehills DriveDetached | Mar 2002 | £175,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Castlehills DriveDetached | Mar 2014 | £247,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 29, Castlehills DriveDetached | Jun 2002 | £185,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Castlehills DriveDetached | May 2020 | £385,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Castlehills DriveDetached | Mar 2026 | £350,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 32, Castlehills DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2004 | £242,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Castlehills DriveDetached | Apr 2021 | £335,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, Castlehills DriveDetached | Dec 1999 | £138,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Castlehills DriveDetached | Sept 2011 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 37, Castlehills DriveDetached | Sept 2019 | £325,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 38, Castlehills DriveDetached | Nov 2017 | £320,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 39, Castlehills DriveDetached | Feb 2022 | £425,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 40, Castlehills DriveDetached | Sept 2022 | £505,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 42, Castlehills DriveDetached | Jun 1997 | £115,000 | – | – | 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 (2.5 km), with 417k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Heathland Avenue, 100 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 94, 71, X12, X13); 54 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 73% 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, 1.8 km away; Attainment 8: 48.7 · 10.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (4.7 km) and Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham (5.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (6.3 km) and King Edward VI Aston School (7.2 km).
Few families with young children: only 15% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Heron Foods, 500 m away; Your Local Pantry (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hodge Hill Family Practice (650 m), with Heathway Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Hair Flair is 800 m 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.
Castle Bromwich Hall Garden Trust is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Remembrance Social Club the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 66 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 15 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 20% flats and 33% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Hodge Hill Common, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Castle Vale Swimming Pool (1.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 6.2 km away.
30 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.
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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 B36 9BP →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 26% are 65 or over.
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" Castlehills Drive in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.7% | 91.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 1.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.2% | 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.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 80 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.