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On Richmond Hill, in Oldbury & Rood End
What it's like at B68 9TJ: every home that has sold on Richmond Hill 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 Richmond Hill; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 47 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1a, Richmond HillDetached | Sept 2014 | £176,000 | 80 m² | £2,200/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Richmond HillDetached | Oct 2013 | £250,000 | 173 m² | £1,445/m² | 1 |
| 8, Richmond HillDetached | Sept 2006 | £292,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Richmond HillDetached | Jul 2014 | £263,000 | 164 m² | £1,604/m² | 1 |
| 11, Richmond HillSemi-detached | Jul 2021 | £160,000 | 102 m² | £1,569/m² | 3 |
| 12, Richmond HillDetached | Jan 2024 | £400,000 | 185 m² | £2,162/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, Richmond Court, Richmond HillFlat | Aug 2004 | £55,125 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 4, Richmond Court, Richmond HillFlat | Apr 2004 | £48,000 | 32 m² | £1,500/m² | 1 |
| Flat 6, Richmond Court, Richmond HillFlat | Nov 2002 | £31,250 | 32 m² | £977/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, Richmond Court, Richmond HillFlat | Jan 2007 | £68,000 | 37 m² | £1,838/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, Richmond Court, Richmond HillFlat | Dec 2005 | £65,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 1, Richmond Court, Richmond HillFlat | Aug 2007 | £67,500 | 33 m² | £2,045/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Langley Green, a few minutes' walk (400 m), with 161k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham Moor Street.
The nearest bus stop is Richmond Hill, 50 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 12, 49, 23); 51 departures an hour from the 16 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 14 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Rood End Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 50% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Moat Farm Junior School (1.8 km).
The nearest secondary is Q3 Academy Langley, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 51.8 · 13.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bristnall Hall Academy (2.1 km) and St Paul's School for Girls (5.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (5 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (5.7 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.2 km away, with KHP Poultry closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Rood End Medical Practice (200 m), with Masters Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Ram's is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Sandwell Health Campus, 3.4 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: 17 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Mamu'z Cafe and Desserts is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Hotshots Snooker Club the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (16 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 142 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 30 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 22% flats and 10% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
It's growing: about 204 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Vicarage Street Park, 450 m away; for exercise, Sandwell Aquatics Centre & Park (750 m).
39 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.
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%.
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 B68 9TJ →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 18 km away.
Most households own their home, 29% rent privately.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
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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On this street: 0 of 35 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.8% | 92.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.7% | 7.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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 47 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 77 min
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