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On Tower Hill, in Perry Barr & South Hamstead
What it's like at B42 1LG: every home that has sold on Tower Hill 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Tower Hill; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 47 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 22, Tower HillTerraced | Feb 1996 | £18,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28, Tower HillSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £300,000 | 112 m² | £2,679/m² | 1 |
| 38, Tower HillSemi-detached | May 2021 | £219,950 | 94 m² | £2,340/m² | 1 |
| 45, Tower HillTerraced | Nov 2004 | £140,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 47, Tower HillTerraced | Nov 2000 | £93,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 49, Tower HillSemi-detached | Jun 2000 | £87,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 51, Tower HillSemi-detached | Nov 2006 | £158,500 | 160 m² | £991/m² | 1 |
| 53, Tower HillSemi-detached | Oct 2011 | £249,950 | 150 m² | £1,666/m² | 2 |
| 55, Tower HillTerraced | Apr 2016 | £210,000 | 102 m² | £2,059/m² | 3 |
| Ambulance Station, 27, Tower HillOther | Feb 2017 | £160,000 | – | – | 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 10-minute walk (650 m), with 231k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Tower Hill, 150 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes X51, 51, 28); 65 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Dorrington Academy, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 75% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Arena Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 44.5 · 8.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Aston University Engineering Academy (5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (3 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (3.1 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op, 100 m away; Wammy Foods and More (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Tower Hill Partnership (750 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Amici Hair is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 4.7 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: 21 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Peach brunch and desserts is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Rise Club the nearest pub (650 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 152 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 8% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 81% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Kingsdown Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Beeches Pool & Fitness Centre (700 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 14 km away.
Most households own their home, 24% rent privately.
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
32 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clifton Cinema | II | 100 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.
Birmingham Perry Barr constituency: Ayoub Khan MP (Independent), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Ind gain from Lab, majority 507 (1.4%), turnout 49%. Vote shares: Independent 36%, Labour 34%, Conservative 11%, Reform UK 7%.
7 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 1LG →
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.
On this street: 0 of 29 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 | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.3% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.4% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 1.4% | 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 47 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 83 min
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