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On Foley Road, in Ward End & Bromford West
What it's like at B8 2JT: every home that has sold on Foley 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Foley Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 71 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Foley RoadTerraced | May 1998 | £34,625 | 83 m² | £417/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Foley RoadTerraced | Oct 2018 | £113,000 | 77 m² | £1,468/m² | 3 |
| 5, Foley RoadTerraced | Sept 2022 | £162,000 | 81 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| 7, Foley RoadTerraced | Jun 2000 | £39,000 | 78 m² | £500/m² | 2 |
| 9, Foley RoadTerraced | Mar 1995 | £32,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Foley RoadTerraced | Jun 2004 | £117,000 | 85 m² | £1,376/m² | 3 |
| 13, Foley RoadTerraced | Oct 2008 | £120,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 15, Foley RoadTerraced | Nov 2017 | £132,000 | 81 m² | £1,630/m² | 2 |
| 19, Foley RoadTerraced | Feb 2018 | £119,000 | 83 m² | £1,434/m² | 1 |
| 21, Foley RoadTerraced | Apr 1996 | £35,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Foley RoadTerraced | Dec 2020 | £181,000 | 95 m² | £1,905/m² | 5 |
| 27, Foley RoadTerraced | May 2023 | £200,000 | 90 m² | £2,222/m² | 4 |
| 29, Foley RoadTerraced | Jun 2011 | £80,500 | 143 m² | £563/m² | 2 |
| 31, Foley RoadTerraced | Aug 2001 | £56,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Foley RoadTerraced | Sept 2004 | £111,000 | 85 m² | £1,306/m² | 4 |
| 37, Foley RoadTerraced | Mar 2003 | £84,500 | 104 m² | £813/m² | 1 |
| 39, Foley RoadTerraced | May 2000 | £38,000 | 124 m² | £306/m² | 1 |
| 43, Foley RoadTerraced | Sept 2007 | £120,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 45, Foley RoadTerraced | Jul 2019 | £146,500 | 97 m² | £1,510/m² | 2 |
| 49, Foley RoadTerraced | Mar 2026 | £175,000 | 96 m² | £1,823/m² | 1 |
| 51, Foley RoadTerraced | Jul 2008 | £115,000 | 92 m² | £1,250/m² | 3 |
| 55, Foley RoadTerraced | Oct 2000 | £39,000 | 94 m² | £415/m² | 1 |
| 57, Foley RoadTerraced | Dec 2000 | £51,000 | 89 m² | £573/m² | 1 |
| 59, Foley RoadTerraced | May 2023 | £187,500 | 88 m² | £2,131/m² | 2 |
| 61, Foley RoadDetached | Jan 2006 | £140,000 | 152 m² | £921/m² | 3 |
| 65, Foley RoadTerraced | Jul 2000 | £44,000 | 87 m² | £506/m² | 1 |
| 67, Foley RoadTerraced | Sept 2006 | £118,000 | 84 m² | £1,405/m² | 1 |
| 69, Foley RoadTerraced | Nov 2005 | £85,000 | 85 m² | £1,000/m² | 1 |
| 71, Foley RoadTerraced | Dec 2019 | £165,000 | 83 m² | £1,988/m² | 4 |
| 73, Foley RoadTerraced | May 2000 | £43,500 | 99 m² | £439/m² | 1 |
| 75, Foley RoadTerraced | Mar 2016 | £80,000 | 84 m² | £952/m² | 2 |
| 77, Foley RoadTerraced | Aug 2016 | £115,000 | 88 m² | £1,307/m² | 4 |
| 79, Foley RoadTerraced | May 2008 | £116,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 81, Foley RoadTerraced | Apr 2002 | £39,000 | 85 m² | £459/m² | 1 |
| 83, Foley RoadTerraced | Feb 2018 | £132,000 | 100 m² | £1,320/m² | 3 |
The nearest station is Stechford, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km), with 417k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Foley Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 95, 94); 88 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Thornton Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 67% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Shaw Hill Primary School (1.7 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Washwood Heath Academy, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 42.9 · 9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (1.5 km) and Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham (2.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Aston School (4.1 km) and Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (6.4 km).
It's a family area: 28% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is GM Hassan Supermarket, 450 m away, with Lloyds Chemist closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ward End Medical Centre (100 m), with Ipharm Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Boutique Hair Salon is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 7.3 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: 24 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Magazin Romanesc is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Fox and Goose Birmingham the nearest pub (350 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 99 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 9% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 42% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Stechford Hall Park, 750 m away; for exercise, Black Widow Martial Arts Academy (200 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 7.2 km away.
Most households own their home, 26% rent privately.
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.
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North constituency: Liam Byrne MP (Labour), since July 2004. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 1,566 (4.6%), turnout 44%. Vote shares: Labour 31%, Workers Party of Britain 27%, Reform UK 19%, Conservative 14%.
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 B8 2JT →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
It's young: 24% of residents are aged 15–29.
There's a sizeable student population: 15% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is Birmingham City University, 4.1 km away (TEF Silver).
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 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 71 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 83 min
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On this street: 0 of 62 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 | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.5% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.3% | 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.
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