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On Old Walsall Road, in Hamstead East
What it's like at B42 1HX: every home that has sold on Old Walsall 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). 6 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 Old Walsall Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
11 of the 126 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 395, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2010 | £117,000 | 64 m² | £1,828/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 397, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached | Apr 1998 | £48,600 | 79 m² | £615/m² | 1 |
| 401, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £240,000 | 76 m² | £3,158/m² | 3 |
| 403, Old Walsall RoadTerraced | Feb 2004 | £105,000 | 85 m² | £1,235/m² | 2 |
| 405, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2022 | £207,000 | 75 m² | £2,760/m² | 2 |
| 407, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2006 | £130,000 | 65 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| 409, Old Walsall RoadTerraced | Feb 2010 | £91,800 | 65 m² | £1,412/m² | 2 |
| 411, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2011 | £129,500 | 89 m² | £1,455/m² | 1 |
| 427, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2007 | £141,500 | 77 m² | £1,838/m² | 3 |
| 431, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached | Nov 1998 | £59,750 | – | – | 2 |
| 433, Old Walsall RoadOther | Sept 2019 | £173,500 | 77 m² | £2,253/m² | 5 |
| 435, Old Walsall RoadTerraced | Mar 2020 | £170,000 | 71 m² | £2,394/m² | 1 |
| 437, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2016 | £143,000 | 62 m² | £2,306/m² | 3 |
| 439, Old Walsall RoadFlat | Apr 1997 | £49,985 | – | – | 2 |
| 443, Old Walsall RoadDetached | Aug 2004 | £129,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 445, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2006 | £139,500 | 83 m² | £1,681/m² | 2 |
| 449, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £220,000 | 80 m² | £2,750/m² | 6 |
| 451, Old Walsall RoadTerraced | Jun 2011 | £105,000 | 77 m² | £1,364/m² | 1 |
| 453, Old Walsall RoadTerraced | Feb 2006 | £120,000 | 77 m² | £1,558/m² | 1 |
| 455, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £153,000 | 81 m² | £1,889/m² | 1 |
| 459, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Apr 2021 | £180,000 | 66 m² | £2,727/m² | 2 |
| 461, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2023 | £176,500 | 63 m² | £2,802/m² | 2 |
| 463, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2007 | £168,550 | 72 m² | £2,341/m² | 2 |
| 467, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2024 | £15,780 | 68 m² | £232/m² | 1 |
| 469, Old Walsall RoadDetached | Mar 2018 | £400,000 | 228 m² | £1,754/m² | 2 |
| 471, Old Walsall RoadSemi-detached | May 1997 | £71,000 | – | – | 1 |
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 15-minute walk (1.2 km), with 231k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Walsall Road, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 54A, 54); 47 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Ferndale Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 66% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Grove Vale Primary School (0.9 km).
The nearest secondary is Arena Academy, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 44.5 · 8.1% 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 Iceland Frozen Foods, 400 m away; One Stop Great Barr (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Great Barr Group Practice (300 m), with Scott Arms Pharmacy And Travel Clinic the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Turkish Diamond Barkers is 450 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.
Piri Fino is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Hamstead Social Welfare Club the nearest pub (450 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, 950 m away; for exercise, Sportwise (650 m).
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.
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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Anglican Church of St Paul | II | 70 m |
| Hamstead War Memorial | II | 90 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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 1HX →
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 126 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · 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: 1 of 88 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 2 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% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.2% | 92.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.8% | 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.
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