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On Avenue Road, in Kenilworth West
What it's like at CV8 1AW: every home that has sold on Avenue 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Avenue Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 9 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2025 | £610,000 | 152 m² | £4,013/m² | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2002 | £154,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2019 | £437,500 | 84 m² | £5,208/m² | 4 |
| 4, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2016 | £425,000 | 93 m² | £4,570/m² | 3 |
| 7, Avenue RoadDetached | Dec 2020 | £520,000 | 124 m² | £4,194/m² | 3 |
| 8, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £380,000 | 78 m² | £4,872/m² | 2 |
| 10, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2021 | £345,000 | 80 m² | £4,313/m² | 1 |
| 11, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2012 | £289,950 | 89 m² | £3,258/m² | 2 |
| 12, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | May 2026 | £380,000 | 94 m² | £4,043/m² | 2 |
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: 49% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Kenilworth, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 181k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Coventry.
The nearest bus stop is Clinton Avenue, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 24, 24A); 1 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Priors Field Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 71% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Kenilworth School and Sixth Form, 2.7 km away; Attainment 8: 57.4 · 20.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's Supermarket, 1.4 km away, with Kenilworth News closer still (850 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Abbey Medical Centre (1.3 km), with Kenilworth Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.3 km).
For a haircut, Turkish Barbers is 1.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Warwick Hospital, 7.0 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 38 restaurants and cafés and 8 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Kenilworth Castle ( English Heritage) is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Royal Oak the nearest pub (850 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 77 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 128 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 21% flats and 31% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 189 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Abbey Fields, 550 m away; for exercise, Abbey Fields Swimming Pool (700 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 16 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 26% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 52% of adults have a degree.
13 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Chase Cottage | II | 100 m |
| 23 and 25, Clinton Lane | II | 170 m |
| 21, Clinton Lane | II | 200 m |
| Holly Cottage | II | 200 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Kenilworth and Southam constituency: Sir Jeremy Wright MP (Conservative), since May 2005. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 6,574 (12.3%), turnout 71%. Vote shares: Conservative 36%, Labour 24%, Liberal Democrat 20%, Reform UK 13%.
1 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 CV8 1AW →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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" Avenue Road in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 81 min
Nearest: Battlefield Line Railway · about 42 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 7 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 88.0% | 85.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.3% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.7% | 9.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 1.1% | 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.