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On Birmingham Road, in Kingshurst
What it's like at B37 6RB: every home that has sold on Birmingham 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Birmingham Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 11 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Alwynd, Birmingham RoadDetached | Feb 2017 | £288,000 | 98 m² | £2,939/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charmaine, Birmingham RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £400,000 | 110 m² | £3,636/m² | 3 |
| Crossways, Birmingham RoadDetached | Jul 2017 | £307,500 | 123 m² | £2,500/m² | 2 |
| Denstone, Birmingham RoadSemi-detached | May 2011 | £160,000 | 92 m² | £1,739/m² | 1 |
| Glen Tor, Birmingham RoadDetached | Jun 2015 | £295,000 | 160 m² | £1,844/m² | 2 |
| Hillcrest, Birmingham RoadSemi-detached | Mar 1998 | £83,000 | 110 m² | £755/m² | 1 |
| Langwood, Birmingham RoadDetached | Sept 2020 | £329,000 | 126 m² | £2,611/m² | 4 |
| Richmond, Birmingham RoadDetached | Apr 2021 | £330,000 | 122 m² | £2,705/m² | 1 |
| Roh-Ma, Birmingham RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2015 | £221,500 | 108 m² | £2,051/m² | 1 |
| Stoneleigh, Birmingham RoadDetached | Feb 2024 | £500,000 | 174 m² | £2,874/m² | 2 |
| The Bungalow, Birmingham RoadDetached | Jun 2015 | £210,000 | 134 m² | £1,567/m² | 1 |
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 (2.9 km), with 589k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Walney Drive, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (route 94); 51 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (900 m); 73% 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 Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 31.9 · 2.3% 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 Spar Stores, 1.1 km away, with Londis closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Kingshurst Medical Practice (800 m), with Browns Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, Ahead Barber is 1.2 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.
The Tree House Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and The Family Tree Social Club the nearest pub (250 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 Meriden Park, 900 m away; for exercise, North Solihull Sports Centre (1.1 km).
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.
14 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%.
6 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 6RB →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Solihull since 2011.
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 11 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
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 11 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 | 0.7% | 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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