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On Toys Lane, in Cradley East
What it's like at B63 2JX: every home that has sold on Toys 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.
Sales and extensions on Toys Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 41 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Toys LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2001 | £55,000 | 144 m² | £382/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7, Toys LaneDetached | Aug 2017 | £167,500 | 77 m² | £2,175/m² | 1 |
| 8, Toys LaneDetached | May 2019 | £272,000 | 107 m² | £2,542/m² | 3 |
| 12, Toys LaneTerraced | Nov 2002 | £75,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 15a, Toys LaneFlat | Mar 2020 | £74,000 | 55 m² | £1,345/m² | 1 |
| 17, Toys LaneTerraced | Apr 2019 | £73,000 | 50 m² | £1,460/m² | 1 |
| 17a, Toys LaneTerraced | Mar 2007 | £70,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 18a, Toys LaneTerraced | Jul 2021 | £220,000 | 100 m² | £2,200/m² | 4 |
| 19, Toys LaneTerraced | May 2003 | £54,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 19a, Toys LaneFlat | Aug 2025 | £60,000 | 52 m² | £1,154/m² | 2 |
| 21, Toys LaneTerraced | Sept 2005 | £78,000 | 48 m² | £1,625/m² | 1 |
| 21a, Toys LaneFlat · company-owned | May 2017 | £53,500 | 59 m² | £907/m² | 1 |
| 22, Toys LaneTerraced | Jul 2013 | £90,000 | 76 m² | £1,184/m² | 1 |
| 24, Toys LaneTerraced | Mar 1998 | £42,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Toys LaneSemi-detached | May 2018 | £146,000 | 85 m² | £1,718/m² | 2 |
| 26, Toys LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2026 | £221,113 | 84 m² | £2,632/m² | 2 |
| 28, Toys LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £200,000 | 86 m² | £2,326/m² | 5 |
| 29, Toys LaneTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2026 | £130,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, Toys LaneSemi-detached | Jun 1998 | £55,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 39, Toys LaneTerraced | May 2025 | £200,000 | 95 m² | £2,105/m² | 5 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Cradley Heath, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 719k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham Moor Street.
The nearest bus stop is Foredraft Street, 150 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 9, 002); 51 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Colley Lane Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 72% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Cradley CofE Primary School (0.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Windsor High School and Sixth Form, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 46.5 · 9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Five Ways School (6.4 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (11.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Saddlers Convenience Store, 350 m away, with The Wicklow Witch closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chapel House Surgery (250 m), with Colley Gate Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, The Hairline is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Russells Hall Hospital, 5.4 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 73% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 6 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
J & E Catering is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Laurels Social Club the nearest pub (100 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 61 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 13% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is The Bernard Oakley Memorial Gardens, 500 m away; for exercise, Haden Hill Leisure Centre (1.9 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 23 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.
43 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.
Halesowen constituency: Alex Ballinger MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 4,364 (11.3%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 39%, Conservative 28%, Reform UK 22%, Liberal Democrat 6%.
12 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 B63 2JX →
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 77 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: 0 of 24 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.5% | 93.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.2% | 6.3% | 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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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 41 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.