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On Lightwoods Road, in Bearwood & Warley Woods
What it's like at B67 5AZ: every home that has sold on Lightwoods 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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6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Lightwoods Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
15 of the 134 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 155, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Oct 2023 | £255,000 | 114 m² | £2,237/m² | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156, Lightwoods RoadTerraced · company-owned | Mar 1997 | £39,000 | 108 m² | £361/m² | 1 |
| 160, Lightwoods RoadTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2021 | £212,000 | 99 m² | £2,141/m² | 1 |
| 161, Lightwoods RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2016 | £160,000 | 126 m² | £1,270/m² | 4 |
| 162, Lightwoods RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £289,950 | 121 m² | £2,396/m² | 5 |
| 166, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Dec 2017 | £175,000 | 64 m² | £2,734/m² | 2 |
| 167, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | May 2022 | £185,000 | 82 m² | £2,256/m² | 2 |
| 169, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Jan 2023 | £220,000 | 73 m² | £3,014/m² | 2 |
| 170, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | May 2005 | £131,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 171, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Nov 2022 | £237,000 | 82 m² | £2,890/m² | 3 |
| 174, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Sept 2024 | £185,000 | 77 m² | £2,403/m² | 3 |
| 175, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Nov 1998 | £51,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 176, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Jan 2017 | £161,500 | 80 m² | £2,019/m² | 6 |
| 177, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Jan 2024 | £205,000 | 77 m² | £2,662/m² | 2 |
| 180, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Oct 2014 | £120,000 | 76 m² | £1,579/m² | 1 |
| 181, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Aug 1998 | £53,000 | 71 m² | £746/m² | 2 |
| 182, Lightwoods RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2024 | £204,000 | 64 m² | £3,188/m² | 2 |
| 183, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Feb 2012 | £116,000 | 66 m² | £1,758/m² | 3 |
| 184, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Jul 2023 | £215,000 | 70 m² | £3,071/m² | 3 |
| 185, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Jul 2009 | £115,500 | 103 m² | £1,121/m² | 1 |
| 187, Lightwoods RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2019 | £172,000 | 66 m² | £2,606/m² | 1 |
| 188, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Jun 2005 | £71,000 | 65 m² | £1,092/m² | 2 |
| 189, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Nov 2020 | £175,000 | 69 m² | £2,536/m² | 3 |
| 190, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Sept 2015 | £160,000 | 101 m² | £1,584/m² | 2 |
| 193, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | May 2021 | £235,000 | 102 m² | £2,304/m² | 4 |
| 194, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Jul 2006 | £135,000 | 103 m² | £1,311/m² | 1 |
| 195, Lightwoods RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2022 | £155,000 | 90 m² | £1,722/m² | 1 |
| 198, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Jan 2014 | £115,000 | 107 m² | £1,075/m² | 3 |
| 199, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Dec 2016 | £172,500 | 101 m² | £1,708/m² | 1 |
| 200, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Feb 2024 | £240,000 | 119 m² | £2,017/m² | 1 |
| 201, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Jul 1996 | £33,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 202, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Nov 2021 | £115,000 | 137 m² | £839/m² | 1 |
| 203, Lightwoods RoadTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2007 | £149,950 | 105 m² | £1,428/m² | 1 |
| Flat, 204a, Lightwoods RoadTerraced | Sept 2013 | £170,000 | – | – | 2 |
The nearest station is Smethwick Rolfe Street, a short drive or bike ride (2.2 km), with 404k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is The Bear Tavern, 100 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (routes 13, 22); 134 departures an hour from the 21 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Bearwood Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 64% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Gregory's Catholic Primary School (0.2 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Lordswood Boys' School, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 43.3 · 7.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bristnall Hall Academy (1.4 km) and St Paul's School for Girls (2.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (4.2 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (4.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 250 m away, with Simply Local closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bearwood Medical Centre (100 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Rogue Hair Salon is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 3.1 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 50 restaurants and cafés and 4 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Nemrut Turkish Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Oryan Cocktail Bar & Restaurant the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (32 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 106 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 15% flats and 5% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 73% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Lightwoods Park, 700 m away; for exercise, Bearwood Yoga (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 16 km away.
Most households own their home, 34% rent privately.
53 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel and St Gregory the Great | II | 140 m |
| Church of St Mary | II | 170 m |
| Bearwood War Memorial | II | 190 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Smethwick constituency: Gurinder Singh Josan MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,188 (31.9%), turnout 48%. Vote shares: Labour 48%, Reform UK 16%, Conservative 13%, Green Party 8%.
30 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 B67 5AZ →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest university is University of Birmingham, 3.9 km away (TEF Silver).
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 134 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 106 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% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.7% | 92.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.2% | 7.0% | 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.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 75 min
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