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On Lichfield Road, in Aston Park
What it's like at B6 5SY: every home that has sold on Lichfield 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Lichfield Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 24 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 170, Lichfield RoadFlat | Aug 2013 | £73,000 | 54 m² | £1,352/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182, Lichfield RoadFlat | Dec 2019 | £97,000 | 72 m² | £1,347/m² | 3 |
| 192, Lichfield RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2022 | £109,000 | 62 m² | £1,758/m² | 2 |
| 194, Lichfield RoadFlat | Feb 2017 | £66,000 | 36 m² | £1,833/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Aston, a few minutes' walk (350 m), with 613k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Sandy Lane, 50 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 67, 65, X64, 68); 33 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 15 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
42% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Manor Park Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 69% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Mansfield Green E-ACT Academy (0.9 km).
The nearest secondary is King Edward VI Aston School, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 71.2 · 37.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Aston University Engineering Academy (2 km) and Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (3.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Aston School (0.4 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (2.9 km).
It's a family area: 25% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Al Medina Midlands, 850 m away, with Church Road Convenience closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Church Road Surgery (100 m), with Vantage Chemist the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Bismillah Hairdressers is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 4.0 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: 20 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
The Coffee House is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The New Adventurers the nearest pub (400 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (13 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 127 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 16 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 26% flats and 7% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 54% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Sycamore Road Multi-use Games Area, 350 m away; for exercise, Coliseum Gym (750 m).
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.
Birmingham Ladywood constituency: Shabana Mahmood MP (Labour), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 3,421 (9.4%), turnout 44%. Vote shares: Labour 43%, Independent 33%, Green Party 10%, Conservative 6%.
29 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 B6 5SY →
On this street: 0 of 8 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 | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.6% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.0% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 19.0 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, Birmingham is 11 km away.
Most households own their home, 26% rent privately.
It's young: 26% of residents are aged 15–29.
There's a sizeable student population: 16% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is Aston University, 2.0 km away (TEF Gold).
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.
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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 24 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · about 85 min
Nearest: Chasewater Railway · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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