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On Bromford Lane, in Ward End & Bromford West
What it's like at B8 2RY: every home that has sold on Bromford 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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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.
6 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 Bromford Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 177 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 327, Bromford LaneSemi-detached | Mar 1999 | £35,000 | 163 m² | £215/m² | 2 |
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| 329, Bromford LaneTerraced | Jul 2025 | £300,000 | 139 m² | £2,158/m² | 3 |
| 333, Bromford LaneTerraced | Feb 2012 | £99,000 | 92 m² | £1,076/m² | 1 |
| 335, Bromford LaneTerraced | Nov 2021 | £216,000 | 88 m² | £2,455/m² | 1 |
| 339, Bromford LaneTerraced | Sept 2014 | £87,200 | 83 m² | £1,051/m² | 2 |
| 343, Bromford LaneTerraced | Dec 2015 | £114,000 | 86 m² | £1,326/m² | 1 |
| 345, Bromford LaneTerraced | Jul 1995 | £39,950 | 102 m² | £392/m² | 1 |
| 349, Bromford LaneSemi-detached | May 2005 | £128,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 353, Bromford LaneTerraced | Aug 2003 | £74,000 | 88 m² | £841/m² | 2 |
| 359, Bromford LaneTerraced | Oct 2017 | £125,000 | 80 m² | £1,563/m² | 1 |
| 361, Bromford LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2006 | £125,000 | 83 m² | £1,506/m² | 2 |
| 363, Bromford LaneTerraced | Nov 2019 | £135,000 | 84 m² | £1,607/m² | 1 |
| 365, Bromford LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2008 | £100,500 | 80 m² | £1,256/m² | 1 |
| 367, Bromford LaneTerraced | Aug 2011 | £94,500 | 104 m² | £909/m² | 1 |
| 373, Bromford LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2017 | £125,000 | 85 m² | £1,471/m² | 2 |
| 375, Bromford LaneTerraced | Mar 2015 | £107,000 | 88 m² | £1,216/m² | 2 |
| 377, Bromford LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2017 | £142,000 | 89 m² | £1,596/m² | 1 |
| 381, Bromford LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2006 | £128,000 | 86 m² | £1,488/m² | 1 |
| 385, Bromford LaneSemi-detached | Oct 1998 | £46,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 389, Bromford LaneTerraced | Sept 1998 | £41,000 | 128 m² | £320/m² | 1 |
| 391, Bromford LaneTerraced | Nov 2017 | £145,000 | 80 m² | £1,813/m² | 2 |
| 393, Bromford LaneTerraced | Sept 2001 | £64,950 | 87 m² | £747/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Stechford, a short drive or bike ride (2.1 km), with 417k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is St Margarets Avenue, 100 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (route 11A); 50 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Ward End Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 69% 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 Hodge Hill College, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 45.1 · 6.7% 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 Bucuresti Magazine, 800 m away, with Bromford Food and Wine closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Pearl Medical Centre (800 m), with Ward End Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Boss Kutz is 150 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.
Elements Desserts (cc) is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Barley Mow the nearest pub (550 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 Ward End Park, 950 m away; for exercise, Black Widow Martial Arts Academy (950 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.
19 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%.
18 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 2RY →
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Bromford Lane in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 137 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 8 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 83 min
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