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On Hobhouse Close, in Hamstead East
What it's like at B42 1HB: every home that has sold on Hobhouse Close 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 Hobhouse Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 46 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Oct 2024 | £307,000 | 95 m² | £3,232/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Jan 2022 | £334,968 | 102 m² | £3,284/m² | 2 |
| 3, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Dec 2003 | £189,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 4, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Jul 1999 | £122,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Jul 1999 | £122,175 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Jan 2006 | £247,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 7, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Oct 2005 | £232,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Oct 1999 | £130,809 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Apr 2026 | £410,000 | 86 m² | £4,767/m² | 3 |
| 10, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Jul 1999 | £103,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Aug 1999 | £105,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Aug 2003 | £197,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Jun 2020 | £320,000 | 146 m² | £2,192/m² | 2 |
| 15, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Sept 1999 | £131,950 | 117 m² | £1,128/m² | 1 |
| 16, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Nov 1999 | £114,950 | 90 m² | £1,277/m² | 1 |
| 17, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Jun 2007 | £255,000 | 84 m² | £3,036/m² | 1 |
| 18, Hobhouse CloseDetached | May 2000 | £134,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Hobhouse CloseDetached | May 2000 | £130,000 | 111 m² | £1,171/m² | 1 |
| 20, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Dec 1999 | £124,950 | 100 m² | £1,250/m² | 1 |
| 21, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Dec 1999 | £134,450 | 105 m² | £1,280/m² | 1 |
| 22, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Jul 2026 | £420,000 | 102 m² | £4,118/m² | 2 |
| 23, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Oct 1999 | £125,000 | 121 m² | £1,033/m² | 1 |
| 24, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Jul 2004 | £213,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 25, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Aug 1999 | £126,450 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Aug 1999 | £125,950 | 117 m² | £1,076/m² | 1 |
| 27, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Nov 2018 | £280,000 | 115 m² | £2,435/m² | 2 |
| 28, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Mar 2016 | £235,000 | 88 m² | £2,670/m² | 2 |
| 29, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Jul 2001 | £133,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 30, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Jul 1999 | £118,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Feb 2004 | £178,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 32, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Dec 2018 | £278,000 | 104 m² | £2,673/m² | 2 |
| 33, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Aug 2017 | £235,000 | 84 m² | £2,798/m² | 3 |
| 34, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Nov 2018 | £295,000 | 108 m² | £2,731/m² | 2 |
| 35, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Feb 1999 | £119,950 | 103 m² | £1,165/m² | 1 |
| 36, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Oct 2023 | £305,000 | 80 m² | £3,813/m² | 2 |
| 37, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Dec 2021 | £334,000 | 129 m² | £2,589/m² | 2 |
| 38, Hobhouse CloseDetached | May 1999 | £121,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 39, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Aug 2024 | £370,000 | 96 m² | £3,854/m² | 4 |
| 40, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Mar 2009 | £69,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 41, Hobhouse CloseDetached | May 1999 | £118,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Dec 2016 | £280,000 | 123 m² | £2,276/m² | 2 |
| 43, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Jun 2016 | £256,000 | 100 m² | £2,560/m² | 3 |
| 44, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Apr 1999 | £119,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Jul 2026 | £350,000 | 138 m² | £2,536/m² | 5 |
| 46, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Apr 1999 | £118,950 | 112 m² | £1,062/m² | 1 |
| 47, Hobhouse CloseDetached | Jun 2007 | £235,000 | 96 m² | £2,448/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Hamstead (Birmingham), about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 231k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Dyas Avenue, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 54A, 54); 6 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Ferndale Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 66% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Grove Vale Primary School (0.9 km).
The nearest secondary is Hamstead Hall Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 42.1 · 6.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (3.9 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (4.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 600 m away, with Dyas Local closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Great Barr Group Practice (750 m), with Hamstead Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Hairloom is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Sandwell Health Campus, 3.8 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 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Subway is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Hamstead Social Welfare Club the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (10 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 74 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 15% flats and 8% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Kingsdown Park, 550 m away; for exercise, Sportwise (1.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 16 km away.
Most households own their home, 16% 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.
33 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.
West Bromwich constituency: Sarah Coombes MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 9,554 (26.2%), turnout 49%. Vote shares: Labour 46%, Conservative 20%, Reform UK 20%, Green Party 6%.
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 B42 1HB →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Sandwell 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 46 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 27 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 | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.1% | 92.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.9% | 7.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 80 min
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