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On Dark Lane, in Dodford, Belbroughton & Romsley
What it's like at B62 0PJ: every home that has sold on Dark Lane 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 Dark Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 61 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 73, Dark LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2002 | £155,000 | 50 m² | £3,100/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75, Dark LaneSemi-detached | Dec 1995 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 76, Dark LaneDetached | Feb 2008 | £120,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 77, Dark LaneDetached | May 1996 | £100,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 77a, Dark LaneDetached | Mar 2021 | £383,000 | 71 m² | £5,394/m² | 4 |
| 78, Dark LaneDetached | Dec 2002 | £210,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 79, Dark LaneDetached | Apr 2026 | £740,000 | 185 m² | £4,000/m² | 2 |
| 80, Dark LaneDetached | Jul 2002 | £162,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 81, Dark LaneDetached | Mar 2011 | £300,000 | 137 m² | £2,190/m² | 1 |
| 82, Dark LaneDetached | Nov 2006 | £285,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 84a, Dark LaneDetached | Apr 2026 | £425,000 | 115 m² | £3,696/m² | 2 |
| 86, Dark LaneDetached | Nov 2024 | £321,750 | 140 m² | £2,298/m² | 1 |
| 87, Dark LaneDetached | Nov 2023 | £680,000 | 88 m² | £7,727/m² | 1 |
| 88, Dark LaneDetached | Dec 2016 | £395,000 | 140 m² | £2,821/m² | 2 |
| 89, Dark LaneDetached | Dec 2016 | £502,000 | 180 m² | £2,789/m² | 1 |
| 94, Dark LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2015 | £275,000 | 96 m² | £2,865/m² | 2 |
| 96, Dark LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2017 | £290,000 | 91 m² | £3,187/m² | 3 |
| 97, Dark LaneDetached | Jun 2002 | £286,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 99, Dark LaneDetached | Sept 2024 | £350,000 | 112 m² | £3,125/m² | 1 |
| 102, Dark LaneDetached | May 2026 | £375,000 | 154 m² | £2,435/m² | 1 |
| 104, Dark LaneTerraced | Jul 2011 | £160,000 | 85 m² | £1,882/m² | 1 |
| 106, Dark LaneTerraced | May 2015 | £185,000 | 98 m² | £1,888/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Stourbridge Junction, a drive away (5.9 km), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham Snow Hill.
The nearest bus stop is Dark Lane, under 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 147); 3 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 41 minutes away by public transport (18 by car).
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Romsley St Kenelm's CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 63% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy, 3.4 km away; Attainment 8: 41.4 · 6.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Five Ways School (7.6 km) and King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (13.3 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is The Co Op, 400 m away, with Romsley Country Store closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Halesowen Medical Practice (3.1 km), with Hasbury Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (3.1 km).
For a haircut, Lana's Nails & Beauty is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 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 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 21 pubs and bars.
Rickyard Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Swallows Nest the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 69 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 130 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 51% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Waseley Hills Country Park, 2.8 km away; for exercise, Halesowen Leisure Centre (3.6 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 24 km away.
15 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.
Bromsgrove constituency: Bradley Thomas MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 3,016 (6.0%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Conservative 33%, Labour 27%, Reform UK 19%, Liberal Democrat 15%.
5 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 B62 0PJ →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
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: 2 of 41 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 | 1.9% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 3.0% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 67.5% | 91.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 21.2% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.9% | 5.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.0% | 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 67 min
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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 61 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.