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On Toys Lane, in Cradley East
What it's like at B63 2LB: 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.
| 36, Toys LaneSemi-detached | Jul 1995 | £48,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38, Toys LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2015 | £129,000 | 89 m² | £1,449/m² | 4 |
| 40, Toys LaneSemi-detached | Oct 1997 | £58,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Toys LaneSemi-detached | May 2019 | £195,000 | 108 m² | £1,806/m² | 2 |
| 44, Toys LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £160,050 | 82 m² | £1,952/m² | 1 |
| 48, Toys LaneDetached | Sept 2006 | £200,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, Toys LaneDetached | Sept 2006 | £220,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 52, Toys LaneDetached | May 2019 | £250,000 | 120 m² | £2,083/m² | 2 |
| 54, Toys LaneDetached | Feb 2011 | £177,000 | 108 m² | £1,639/m² | 2 |
| 56, Toys LaneDetached | Aug 2006 | £220,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 58, Toys LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2015 | £174,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 60, Toys LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2015 | £170,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 69, Toys LaneDetached | Jan 2010 | £185,000 | 89 m² | £2,079/m² | 2 |
| 69a, Toys LaneDetached | Nov 2018 | £165,000 | 81 m² | £2,037/m² | 2 |
| 75, Toys LaneTerraced | Jan 2018 | £152,000 | 72 m² | £2,111/m² | 4 |
| 79, Toys LaneTerraced | May 2014 | £135,000 | 88 m² | £1,534/m² | 3 |
| 81, Toys LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2001 | £67,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 83, Toys LaneSemi-detached | May 2003 | £94,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 85, Toys LaneOther | Oct 2022 | £185,000 | 85 m² | £2,176/m² | 2 |
| 87, Toys LaneSemi-detached | Sept 1996 | £50,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Fairhaven, Toys LaneDetached | Jan 2007 | £165,000 | – | – | 1 |
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 (1.4 km), with 719k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham Moor Street.
The nearest bus stop is Humber Gardens, 150 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 13); 63 departures an hour from the 19 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Colley Lane Primary Academy, about a 5-minute walk (500 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 Costcutter, 300 m away; Windmill Supermaket (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chapel House Surgery (300 m), with Colley Gate Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, The Hairline is 250 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 (250 m), and Cradley Labour Club the nearest pub (250 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, 550 m away; for exercise, Haden Hill Leisure Centre (2.1 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%.
10 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 2LB →
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% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.4% | 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.