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On Tower Road, in Tividale
What it's like at B69 1PA: every home that has sold on Tower 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Tower Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 99 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 130, Tower RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2012 | £89,000 | 92 m² | £967/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 132, Tower RoadSemi-detached | Sept 1998 | £16,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 134, Tower RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2026 | £246,000 | 90 m² | £2,733/m² | 4 |
| 136, Tower RoadSemi-detached | May 2019 | £155,000 | 63 m² | £2,460/m² | 2 |
| 138, Tower RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2004 | £107,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 140, Tower RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £130,000 | 92 m² | £1,413/m² | 1 |
| 165a, Tower RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2002 | £35,000 | 49 m² | £714/m² | 1 |
| 169, Tower RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £245,000 | 81 m² | £3,025/m² | 2 |
| 171, Tower RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2025 | £195,000 | 84 m² | £2,321/m² | 1 |
| 177, Tower RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2016 | £92,000 | 80 m² | £1,150/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Sandwell & Dudley, a short drive or bike ride (2.3 km), with 1.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Tower Rise, 50 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 12A); 14 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Grace Mary Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 80% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 42.3 · 9.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bristnall Hall Academy (4.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (7.6 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (8.2 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co op Midland, 1.2 km away, with PS Food & Wine closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Portway Family Practice (900 m), with Portway Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Next Trend is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Sandwell Health Campus, 4.7 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
The Fourways is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and Rustic Eatery @ Dudley Golf Club the nearest pub (600 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: 13% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is View Point Park, 300 m away; for exercise, Portway Lifestyle Centre (850 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 21 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.
17 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.
West Bromwich constituency: Sarah Coombes MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 9,554 (26.2%), turnout 49%. Vote shares: Labour 46%, Conservative 20%, Reform UK 20%, Green Party 6%.
23 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 1PA →
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 74 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 78 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 | 1.5% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.8% | 92.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.0% | 7.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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 99 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.