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On Pilkington Avenue, in Wylde Green
What it's like at B72 1LQ: every home that has sold on Pilkington Avenue 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Pilkington Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 81 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 68, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Feb 2011 | £340,000 | 167 m² | £2,036/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70, Pilkington AvenueDetached | May 2006 | £418,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 72, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Dec 2018 | £600,000 | 141 m² | £4,255/m² | 3 |
| 74, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Oct 2025 | £450,000 | 91 m² | £4,945/m² | 1 |
| 76, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Aug 2016 | £365,000 | 182 m² | £2,005/m² | 2 |
| 86, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Dec 2009 | £368,500 | 196 m² | £1,880/m² | 2 |
| 88, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Jan 2004 | £285,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 90, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Nov 2024 | £575,000 | 105 m² | £5,476/m² | 1 |
| 99, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Jun 2017 | £455,000 | 116 m² | £3,922/m² | 1 |
| 101, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Apr 2017 | £435,250 | 98 m² | £4,441/m² | 1 |
| 105, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Feb 2015 | £250,000 | 148 m² | £1,689/m² | 1 |
| 105a, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Jun 2021 | £480,000 | 45 m² | £10,667/m² | 3 |
| 109, Pilkington AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2010 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 111, Pilkington AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £369,000 | 122 m² | £3,025/m² | 3 |
| 111a, Pilkington AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2013 | £275,000 | 92 m² | £2,989/m² | 1 |
| 115, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Jun 2021 | £675,000 | 168 m² | £4,018/m² | 2 |
| 117, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Dec 2006 | £425,000 | 209 m² | £2,033/m² | 2 |
| 119, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Nov 2010 | £427,500 | 172 m² | £2,485/m² | 2 |
| 121, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Nov 2001 | £210,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 123, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Aug 1996 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 125, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Sept 2021 | £600,000 | 143 m² | £4,196/m² | 1 |
| 127, Pilkington AvenueDetached | Mar 2025 | £680,000 | 169 m² | £4,024/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Wylde Green, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 521k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Recreation Ground, 350 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 77A); 1 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Maney Hill Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 75% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Bishop Walsh Catholic School, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 56 · 20.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (1.6 km) and Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (3.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Iceland Foods, 1.0 km away, with Wylde Green Local closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Manor Practice (1.0 km), with Vesey Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (900 m).
For a haircut, Charisma Beauty is 850 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 9.5 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 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Sutton Coldfield Jrs Football kiosk is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 67 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 68% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Boddington Garden, 900 m away; for exercise, 2nd Sutton Coldfield Scouts (650 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 11 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 54% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 29% are 65 or over.
14 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.
Sutton Coldfield constituency: Sir Andrew Mitchell MP (Conservative), since June 2001. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 2,543 (5.3%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Conservative 38%, Labour 33%, Reform UK 17%, Liberal Democrat 5%.
25 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 B72 1LQ →
It's highly educated: 46% of adults have a degree.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Pilkington Avenue in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 49 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 | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.2% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.5% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 1.4% | 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: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 87 min
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