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On Highbridge Road, in Chester Road
What it's like at B73 5QT: every home that has sold on Highbridge 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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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). 5 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 Highbridge Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
12 of the 166 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 173, Highbridge RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2011 | £178,450 | 81 m² | £2,203/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177, Highbridge RoadTerraced | May 2024 | £420,000 | 152 m² | £2,763/m² | 5 |
| 179, Highbridge RoadTerraced | Nov 1998 | £105,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 181, Highbridge RoadTerraced | Jul 2010 | £189,950 | 100 m² | £1,900/m² | 3 |
| 185, Highbridge RoadFlat · company-owned | May 2001 | £68,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 187, Highbridge RoadFlat | Jun 2023 | £170,000 | 52 m² | £3,269/m² | 2 |
| 189, Highbridge RoadFlat | Jun 2023 | £125,000 | 55 m² | £2,273/m² | 3 |
| 191, Highbridge RoadFlat | Jun 2001 | £72,000 | 56 m² | £1,286/m² | 2 |
| 192, Highbridge RoadDetached | Nov 1997 | £89,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 196, Highbridge RoadDetached | May 2018 | £330,000 | 93 m² | £3,548/m² | 1 |
| 198, Highbridge RoadDetached | Oct 2005 | £281,500 | 106 m² | £2,656/m² | 3 |
The nearest station is Wylde Green, a few minutes' walk (300 m), with 521k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Highbridge Road, 400 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 66).
The nearest primary school is St Nicholas Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 60% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 79.4 · 64.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (5.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (1.9 km) and Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (3.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 450 m away, with Londis Gravelly Park closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Hawthorns Surgery (1.1 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.3 km).
For a haircut, J's Salon is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 8.5 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 30 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Soofi Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Smoky Jerk the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 101 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 32% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Boddington Garden, 1.0 km away; for exercise, 2nd Sutton Coldfield Scouts (500 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 11 km away.
Most households own their home, 20% 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.
51 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%.
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 B73 5QT →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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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 166 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 117 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 5 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 74.9% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 17.3% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 7.3% | 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 86 min
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