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On Birchfield Lane, in North Tividale
What it's like at B69 2AZ: 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.
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.
| 17, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Oct 1999 | £20,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Jun 2002 | £47,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Dec 2010 | £70,000 | 81 m² | £864/m² | 1 |
| 27, Birchfield LaneTerraced | May 2024 | £130,000 | 74 m² | £1,757/m² | 3 |
| 29, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Feb 2007 | £89,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 33, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Dec 2017 | £60,000 | 96 m² | £625/m² | 1 |
| 37, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Jul 1996 | £38,000 | 84 m² | £452/m² | 1 |
| 41, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Jan 1999 | £34,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 43, Birchfield LaneTerraced | May 2026 | £159,000 | 79 m² | £2,013/m² | 2 |
| 45, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Nov 2004 | £63,000 | 60 m² | £1,050/m² | 3 |
| 47, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Mar 2002 | £39,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 49, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Oct 2016 | £85,000 | 79 m² | £1,076/m² | 3 |
| 51, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Nov 2007 | £91,500 | 69 m² | £1,326/m² | 1 |
| 53, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Sept 2007 | £113,000 | 82 m² | £1,378/m² | 5 |
| 57, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Mar 2023 | £190,000 | 76 m² | £2,500/m² | 8 |
| 59, Birchfield LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £160,000 | 71 m² | £2,254/m² | 3 |
| 61, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Nov 2007 | £88,300 | 76 m² | £1,162/m² | 1 |
| 63, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Dec 2017 | £92,373 | 69 m² | £1,339/m² | 4 |
| 65, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Apr 2021 | £115,000 | 81 m² | £1,420/m² | 3 |
| 67, Birchfield LaneTerraced | Aug 2001 | £41,000 | 85 m² | £482/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Langley Green, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 161k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham Moor Street.
The nearest bus stop is Birchley Crossing, 150 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 4, 4H, 4M); 48 departures an hour from the 8 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.
The nearest primary school is Langley Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 81% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Q3 Academy Langley, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 51.8 · 13.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bristnall Hall Academy (4.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (7.1 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (7.8 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Farmfoods, 450 m away, with Shell Birchley Park closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Portway Family Practice (650 m), with Langley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Nailalicious By Beauty Lounge is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Sandwell Health Campus, 3.9 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: 19 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Holiday Inn is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Sip and Sip the nearest pub (600 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 116 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Langley Park, 900 m away; for exercise, Flip Out Trampoline Arena (400 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 21 km away.
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.
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%.
24 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 2AZ →
Most households own their home, 26% 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Sandwell since 2011.
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.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 76 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 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 | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 87.1% | 92.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.9% | 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.