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On Cooks Lane, in Kingshurst
What it's like at B37 6NE: every home that has sold on Cooks Lane 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Cooks Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
6 of the 131 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 234, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2011 | £115,000 | 81 m² | £1,420/m² | 1 |
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| 236, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £212,000 | 78 m² | £2,718/m² | 2 |
| 238, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £273,000 | 82 m² | £3,329/m² | 4 |
| 240, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | May 1999 | £64,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 242, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | May 2025 | £233,000 | 83 m² | £2,807/m² | 2 |
| 246, Cooks LaneTerraced | May 2007 | £147,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 248, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2024 | £230,000 | 78 m² | £2,949/m² | 1 |
| 250, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2017 | £191,000 | 89 m² | £2,146/m² | 2 |
| 252, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £180,500 | 79 m² | £2,285/m² | 1 |
| 254, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £210,000 | 85 m² | £2,471/m² | 1 |
| 256, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Mar 1996 | £51,000 | 79 m² | £646/m² | 1 |
| 258, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | May 2009 | £115,000 | 91 m² | £1,264/m² | 1 |
| 260, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £240,000 | 74 m² | £3,243/m² | 3 |
| 268, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | May 2026 | £290,000 | 107 m² | £2,710/m² | 5 |
| 270, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2008 | £149,999 | – | – | 3 |
| 272, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2016 | £158,000 | 92 m² | £1,717/m² | 3 |
| 274, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Jun 1997 | £56,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 278, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2016 | £179,000 | 76 m² | £2,355/m² | 2 |
| 280, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | May 2019 | £207,500 | 92 m² | £2,255/m² | 1 |
| 282, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £225,000 | 87 m² | £2,586/m² | 1 |
| 284, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2009 | £78,000 | 77 m² | £1,013/m² | 1 |
| 288, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2025 | £210,000 | 77 m² | £2,727/m² | 1 |
| 290, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £199,000 | 88 m² | £2,261/m² | 2 |
| 292, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £165,000 | 91 m² | £1,813/m² | 1 |
| 294, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2018 | £165,000 | 79 m² | £2,089/m² | 2 |
| 296, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2021 | £185,000 | 77 m² | £2,403/m² | 2 |
| 298, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2026 | £252,000 | 79 m² | £3,190/m² | 3 |
| 302, Cooks LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £180,000 | 78 m² | £2,308/m² | 1 |
| 304, Cooks LaneDetached | Mar 2021 | £295,000 | 97 m² | £3,041/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Marston Green, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 589k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is St Johns Grove, 50 m away, with a bus about every 13 minutes on weekdays (routes X12, 71, 889); 40 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Fordbridge Community Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 74% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Smith's Wood Primary Academy (1.5 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is John Henry Newman Catholic College, 300 m away; Attainment 8: 43.6 · 8.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham (5.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (8.8 km) and King Edward VI Aston School (9.2 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Bains Local, 500 m away, with Bargain Brand Food closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bosworth Medical Group (450 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Turkish 5 Star Barber is 1.1 km 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 2 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Cafe @ North Solihull Sports Centre is the closest café or restaurant (800 m), and Rumours Bar Grill the nearest pub (150 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 118 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 27% flats and 8% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Queen’s Gardens, 950 m away; for exercise, North Solihull Sports Centre (650 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 4.1 km away.
Most households own their home, 12% 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.
23 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.
Meriden and Solihull East constituency: Saqib Bhatti MP (Conservative), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 4,584 (10.4%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Conservative 38%, Labour 28%, Reform UK 20%, Liberal Democrat 8%.
9 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 B37 6NE →
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 80 min
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On this street: 0 of 94 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.2% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.2% | 91.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 1.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.6% | 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 131 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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