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On Water Orton Road, in Castle Bromwich West
What it's like at B36 9ES: every home that has sold on Water Orton 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 5 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Water Orton Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 143 homes on the street is owned by a company.
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 (2.7 km), with 443k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Whateley Green, 50 m away, with a bus about every 27 minutes on weekdays (route X12); 39 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Park Hall Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 45.6 · 7.3% 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 Vip Daily Essentials, 500 m away; Spar Stores (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Parkfield Medical Centre (550 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Evolution is 450 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.
Ronnie's is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Castle Bromwich Lions FC the nearest pub (250 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 Kingfisher Country Park, 1.6 km away; for exercise, Castle Vale Swimming Pool (1.4 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 6.2 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
41 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 9ES →
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.
On this street: 0 of 114 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 10 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| 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.
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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 143 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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