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On Water Orton Road, in Castle Bromwich East
What it's like at B36 9EY: 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.
4 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.
| 53, Water Orton RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2000 | £82,950 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55, Water Orton RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2017 | £270,000 | 97 m² | £2,784/m² | 3 |
| 57, Water Orton RoadSemi-detached | May 2004 | £171,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 61, Water Orton RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2004 | £158,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 63, Water Orton RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2022 | £350,000 | 97 m² | £3,608/m² | 1 |
| 65, Water Orton RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2009 | £172,000 | 98 m² | £1,755/m² | 1 |
| 67, Water Orton RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2008 | £222,000 | 116 m² | £1,914/m² | 2 |
| 69, Water Orton RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2000 | £96,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 77, Water Orton RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £375,000 | 127 m² | £2,953/m² | 2 |
| 79, Water Orton RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £276,950 | 89 m² | £3,112/m² | 1 |
| 83, Water Orton RoadTerraced | Apr 2005 | £205,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 85, Water Orton RoadTerraced | Jan 2008 | £237,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 87, Water Orton RoadTerraced | Jul 2022 | £325,000 | 101 m² | £3,218/m² | 2 |
| 89, Water Orton RoadTerraced | Jan 2016 | £249,500 | 139 m² | £1,795/m² | 1 |
| 91, Water Orton RoadTerraced | Dec 2024 | £360,000 | 98 m² | £3,673/m² | 3 |
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 (2.4 km), with 47k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Arden Hall, 100 m away, with a bus about every 26 minutes on weekdays (route X12); 14 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Castle Bromwich Junior School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 62% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Smith's Wood Primary Academy (1.1 km).
The nearest secondary is Park Hall Academy, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 45.6 · 7.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (5.6 km) and Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham (5.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (7 km) and Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Vip Daily Essentials, 550 m away, with Spar Stores closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Parkfield Medical Centre (350 m), with Jhl Pharmacies the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, The Cutting Room is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 12 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: 8 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Tikka Town is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Castle Bromwich Cricket And Sports Club the nearest pub (under 50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (8 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 91 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 11% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Lanchester Park, 1.3 km away; for exercise, Castle Vale Swimming Pool (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 5.9 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 50% of households own their home outright.
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.
35 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%.
13 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 9EY →
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 | 0.3% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.4% | 91.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 1.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.4% | 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 82 min
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