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On Birchfield Lane, in Whiteheath
What it's like at B69 1AG: every home that has sold on Birchfield 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Birchfield Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 69 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 309, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Nov 1999 | £49,950 | 79 m² | £632/m² | 2 |
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| 311, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Mar 2019 | £140,000 | 80 m² | £1,750/m² | 2 |
| 317, Birchfield LaneSemi-detached | Feb 1995 | £23,940 | – | – | 1 |
| 323, Birchfield LaneSemi-detached | Oct 1996 | £31,000 | 72 m² | £431/m² | 1 |
| 331, Birchfield LaneSemi-detached | Dec 1998 | £25,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 333, Birchfield LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2023 | £200,000 | 83 m² | £2,410/m² | 1 |
| 335, Birchfield LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2006 | £85,000 | 81 m² | £1,049/m² | 1 |
| 337, Birchfield LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2015 | £125,000 | 478 m² | £262/m² | 2 |
| 343, Birchfield LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2020 | £170,000 | 82 m² | £2,073/m² | 2 |
| 351, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Nov 2005 | £96,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 353, Birchfield LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £209,000 | 85 m² | £2,459/m² | 1 |
| 359, Birchfield LaneSemi-detached · company-owned | Aug 2025 | £175,000 | 89 m² | £1,966/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Rowley Regis, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km), with 1.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham Snow Hill.
The nearest bus stop is Borough Crescent, 100 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 4, 4H, 4M); 45 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St James CofE Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 59% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Michael's Church of England High School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 48.9 · 12% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bristnall Hall Academy (2.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Five Ways School (6.7 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (6.8 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Farmfoods, 300 m away; B and M Retail (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Whiteheath Medical Centre (600 m), with Rowley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Belles Tanning & Beauty is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Sandwell Health Campus, 5.2 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
The Bulls Head Inn is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Whiteheath Tavern the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 111 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 30% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Ramrod Hall Open Space, 500 m away; for exercise, JD Gyms (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 20 km away.
Most households own their home, 15% 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.
34 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%.
31 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 B69 1AG →
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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 69 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 47 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 10 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.6% | 92.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.3% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 74 min
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