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On Huggins Close, in Balsall Common
What it's like at CV7 7RX: every home that has sold on Huggins Close 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Huggins Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 15 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Huggins CloseDetached | Feb 2002 | £230,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Huggins CloseTerraced | Sept 2016 | £294,000 | 72 m² | £4,083/m² | 4 |
| 3, Huggins CloseDetached | Nov 2020 | £495,000 | 124 m² | £3,992/m² | 3 |
| 4, Huggins CloseTerraced | Sept 2004 | £168,000 | 59 m² | £2,847/m² | 2 |
| 5, Huggins CloseDetached | Jun 2021 | £617,000 | 165 m² | £3,739/m² | 2 |
| 6, Huggins CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2018 | £275,000 | 57 m² | £4,825/m² | 5 |
| 7, Huggins CloseDetached | Nov 2022 | £535,000 | 137 m² | £3,905/m² | 3 |
| 8, Huggins CloseFlat | Feb 2002 | £80,000 | 60 m² | £1,333/m² | 1 |
| 9, Huggins CloseDetached | Feb 2016 | £380,000 | 116 m² | £3,276/m² | 4 |
| 10, Huggins CloseFlat | Nov 2022 | £200,000 | 58 m² | £3,448/m² | 3 |
| 11, Huggins CloseDetached | Oct 2003 | £415,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, Huggins CloseFlat | Jun 2026 | £176,000 | 52 m² | £3,385/m² | 3 |
| 14, Huggins CloseFlat | May 2023 | £198,000 | 53 m² | £3,736/m² | 3 |
| 16, Huggins CloseFlat | May 2024 | £168,000 | 55 m² | £3,055/m² | 3 |
| 18, Huggins CloseFlat | Mar 2002 | £104,000 | 46 m² | £2,261/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Berkswell, a few minutes' walk (400 m), with 285k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Hallmeadow Road, 300 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route 188); 8 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Balsall Common Primary School, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km); 76% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Heart of England School, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 47.2 · 8.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 250 m away; Eric Lyons Balsall Common (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Balsall Common & Meriden Group Practice (250 m), with Meadow Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Hair At Two Ten is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Warwick Hospital, 12 km away, rated good 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 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: 7 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Monicas Bakes Coffee Shop is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Brickmakers Arms BC the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 46 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 62% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Lavender Hall Park, 300 m away; for exercise, Lakes at Lavender Hall (450 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 9.5 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 25% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 47% of adults have a degree.
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.
27 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%.
4 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 CV7 7RX →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Huggins Close in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 9 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 | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 89.0% | 91.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.9% | 1.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.2% | 6.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.9% | 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: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · about 88 min
Nearest: Chasewater Railway · about 39 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.