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On Dowar Road, in Longbridge South
What it's like at B45 8RA: every home that has sold on Dowar 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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2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Dowar Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 77 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 4, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2014 | £165,000 | 81 m² | £2,037/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £89,000 | 119 m² | £748/m² | 1 |
| 8, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2013 | £133,000 | 62 m² | £2,145/m² | 3 |
| 10, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2017 | £150,000 | 88 m² | £1,705/m² | 1 |
| 12, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £184,950 | 71 m² | £2,605/m² | 2 |
| 14, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2002 | £92,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Dowar RoadTerraced | Aug 2019 | £162,500 | 83 m² | £1,958/m² | 3 |
| 18, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2021 | £191,000 | 90 m² | £2,122/m² | 2 |
| 20, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Feb 1999 | £46,999 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2015 | £136,000 | 76 m² | £1,789/m² | 3 |
| 24, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2013 | £109,000 | 86 m² | £1,267/m² | 2 |
| 28, Dowar RoadTerraced | Sept 2000 | £59,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 32, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £190,000 | 83 m² | £2,289/m² | 3 |
| 36, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | May 2020 | £162,000 | 72 m² | £2,250/m² | 3 |
| 38, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2025 | £260,000 | 85 m² | £3,059/m² | 2 |
| 40, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2008 | £102,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2024 | £241,000 | 85 m² | £2,835/m² | 4 |
| 44, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £265,000 | 75 m² | £3,533/m² | 1 |
| 46, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | May 2026 | £244,000 | 80 m² | £3,050/m² | 4 |
| 48, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2000 | £36,500 | 77 m² | £474/m² | 1 |
| 50, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2015 | £135,000 | 80 m² | £1,688/m² | 2 |
| 52, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2016 | £150,000 | 72 m² | £2,083/m² | 2 |
| 56, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £21,500 | 91 m² | £236/m² | 4 |
| 58, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2017 | £180,000 | 88 m² | £2,045/m² | 5 |
| 60, Dowar RoadTerraced | Nov 2003 | £112,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 62, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £245,000 | 81 m² | £3,025/m² | 3 |
| 64, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £237,500 | 81 m² | £2,932/m² | 4 |
| 66, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2017 | £160,000 | 74 m² | £2,162/m² | 1 |
| 68, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £245,000 | 56 m² | £4,375/m² | 2 |
| 70, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £49,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 72, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2015 | £160,000 | 79 m² | £2,025/m² | 1 |
| 76, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2019 | £179,950 | 84 m² | £2,142/m² | 3 |
| 78, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Jun 1996 | £54,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 80, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2005 | £137,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 82, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £177,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 84, Dowar RoadDetached | Feb 2022 | £270,000 | 83 m² | £3,253/m² | 3 |
| 90, Dowar RoadTerraced | Jun 2021 | £176,000 | 76 m² | £2,316/m² | 2 |
| 92, Dowar RoadTerraced | Oct 2015 | £135,000 | 71 m² | £1,901/m² | 2 |
| 96, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2010 | £110,500 | 70 m² | £1,579/m² | 4 |
| 98, Dowar RoadTerraced | Oct 2008 | £112,000 | 67 m² | £1,672/m² | 7 |
| 100, Dowar RoadTerraced | Oct 2018 | £167,500 | 119 m² | £1,408/m² | 3 |
| 102, Dowar RoadTerraced | Feb 2021 | £130,500 | 79 m² | £1,652/m² | 2 |
| 104, Dowar RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2012 | £92,500 | 80 m² | £1,156/m² | 1 |
| 106, Dowar RoadTerraced | Nov 2022 | £180,000 | 71 m² | £2,535/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Longbridge, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 892k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Irwin Avenue, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 55); 31 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Rednal Hill Junior School, a few minutes' walk (50 m); 49% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St James Catholic Primary School (1.3 km).
The nearest secondary is Colmers School and Sixth Form College, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 41.7 · 8.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Five Ways School (4.2 km) and King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (7.4 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Rednal Express, 300 m away; Longbridge Superstore (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Longbridge Health & Community Centre (750 m), with Morrisons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Boo Hair & Beauty is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 7.2 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 67% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 21 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Himalaya Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Great Park Brewers Fayre the nearest pub (750 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 154 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 25% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1993-1999.
It's growing: about 274 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Austin Park, 850 m away; for exercise, Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (750 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 18 km away.
Most households own their home, 17% rent privately.
The nearest university is , 4.6 km away (TEF Silver).
27 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.
Birmingham Northfield constituency: Laurence Turner MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,389 (14.3%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 40%, Conservative 25%, Reform UK 21%, Green Party 8%.
41 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 B45 8RA →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 68 min
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On this street: 0 of 56 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 87.1% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.4% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 7.4% | 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 77 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.