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On Russell Bank Road, in Hill Hook
What it's like at B74 4RJ: every home that has sold on Russell Bank 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Russell Bank Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 92 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 74, Russell Bank RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2021 | £475,000 | 127 m² | £3,740/m² | 3 |
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| 76, Russell Bank RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £507,500 | 155 m² | £3,274/m² | 3 |
| 78, Russell Bank RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2022 | £475,000 | 90 m² | £5,278/m² | 3 |
| 80, Russell Bank RoadDetached | Jan 2017 | £390,000 | 96 m² | £4,063/m² | 2 |
| 82, Russell Bank RoadTerraced | Jun 2005 | £260,000 | 98 m² | £2,653/m² | 2 |
| 84, Russell Bank RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £465,000 | 132 m² | £3,523/m² | 3 |
| 88, Russell Bank RoadDetached | Aug 2023 | £670,000 | 179 m² | £3,743/m² | 1 |
| 90, Russell Bank RoadDetached | Dec 2022 | £575,000 | 108 m² | £5,324/m² | 2 |
| 98, Russell Bank RoadDetached | Oct 2022 | £430,000 | 114 m² | £3,772/m² | 3 |
| 100, Russell Bank RoadDetached | Oct 2001 | £196,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 104, Russell Bank RoadDetached | Oct 2019 | £410,000 | 105 m² | £3,905/m² | 1 |
| 105, Russell Bank RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £500,000 | 106 m² | £4,717/m² | 3 |
| 106, Russell Bank RoadDetached | Sept 2023 | £570,000 | 111 m² | £5,135/m² | 2 |
| 109, Russell Bank RoadDetached | Apr 2002 | £168,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 110, Russell Bank RoadDetached | Sept 2005 | £310,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 115, Russell Bank RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2006 | £249,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 121, Russell Bank RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2019 | £435,000 | 151 m² | £2,881/m² | 1 |
| 125, Russell Bank RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £380,000 | 96 m² | £3,958/m² | 1 |
| 129, Russell Bank RoadSemi-detached | Jan 1999 | £109,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 131, Russell Bank RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2025 | £431,000 | 93 m² | £4,634/m² | 1 |
| 133, Russell Bank RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £465,000 | 105 m² | £4,429/m² | 2 |
| 135, Russell Bank RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2005 | £243,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 141, Russell Bank RoadSemi-detached | May 2013 | £232,500 | 146 m² | £1,592/m² | 2 |
| 147, Russell Bank RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2015 | £317,500 | 109 m² | £2,913/m² | 3 |
| 149, Russell Bank RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Aug 2013 | £236,000 | 116 m² | £2,034/m² | 2 |
| 151, Russell Bank RoadDetached | Nov 2015 | £380,000 | 116 m² | £3,276/m² | 2 |
| 155, Russell Bank RoadDetached | Feb 2021 | £450,500 | 91 m² | £4,951/m² | 1 |
| 157, Russell Bank RoadDetached | Aug 2011 | £283,000 | 109 m² | £2,596/m² | 1 |
| 161, Russell Bank RoadDetached | Mar 2017 | £417,500 | 109 m² | £3,830/m² | 2 |
| 163, Russell Bank RoadDetached | Sept 2006 | £242,000 | 128 m² | £1,891/m² | 3 |
The nearest station is Butlers Lane, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 194k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Russell Bank Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (route 6); 8 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Hill West Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 78% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Arthur Terry School, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 55.4 · 16.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Francis of Assisi Catholic College (4.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (3.6 km) and Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (4.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 200 m away; One Stop Convenience Store (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ley Hill Surgery (1.7 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, True Ambition is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Manor Hospital, 10 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 67% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 73% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Cosy Coffee Shop & Bruncherie is the closest café or restaurant (750 m), and Crown Inn the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 45% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Sutton Park, 2.4 km away; for exercise, Better Gym Mere Green (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 17 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
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.
28 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%.
15 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 B74 4RJ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Birmingham 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 92 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Pingles Leisure Centre · about 32 min
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On this street: 0 of 65 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 | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.6% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.3% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 4.6% | 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.
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