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On Old Lode Lane, in Elmdon Park
What it's like at B92 8LY: every home that has sold on Old Lode 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Old Lode Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
17 of the 234 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 611, Old Lode LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2026 | £525,000 | 102 m² | £5,147/m² | 2 |
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| 613, Old Lode LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2004 | £187,000 | 104 m² | £1,798/m² | 1 |
| 615, Old Lode LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2004 | £172,500 | 101 m² | £1,708/m² | 2 |
| 617, Old Lode LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2000 | £110,000 | 107 m² | £1,028/m² | 1 |
| 625, Old Lode LaneSemi-detached | May 2001 | £129,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 631, Old Lode LaneTerraced | Nov 2024 | £372,500 | 95 m² | £3,921/m² | 1 |
| 635, Old Lode LaneTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2025 | £450,000 | 194 m² | £2,320/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Olton, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 463k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham Moor Street.
The nearest bus stop is Old Lode Lane, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route A10); 66 departures an hour from the 18 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Lyndon School, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 49.7 · 11.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham (4.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (8.7 km) and King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (8.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 250 m away; Michaels Simply Drinks (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Meadowside Family Health Clinic (350 m), with Hingleys Chemist the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Vienna's Hair Salon is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 11 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 67% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
The Tasty Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Dingle the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 59 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 6% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Hobs Meadow, 450 m away; for exercise, Fitness First (450 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 2.1 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% 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.
38 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.
Meriden and Solihull East constituency: Saqib Bhatti MP (Conservative), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 4,584 (10.4%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Conservative 38%, Labour 28%, Reform UK 20%, Liberal Democrat 8%.
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 B92 8LY →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
On this street: 1 of 168 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 53 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 91.2% | 91.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 1.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.3% | 6.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.4% | 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: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 83 min
Nearest: Chasewater Railway · about 32 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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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 234 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.