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On Birchgate, in Lye & Wynall
What it's like at DY9 8XN: every home that has sold on Birchgate 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 Birchgate; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 31 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 5, BirchgateSemi-detached | Jan 2019 | £158,000 | 88 m² | £1,795/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, BirchgateSemi-detached | Sept 2019 | £236,000 | 108 m² | £2,185/m² | 3 |
| 8, BirchgateSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £290,000 | 60 m² | £4,833/m² | 2 |
| 9, BirchgateSemi-detached | May 2000 | £75,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, BirchgateSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £280,000 | 83 m² | £3,373/m² | 3 |
| 14, BirchgateSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £275,000 | 90 m² | £3,056/m² | 2 |
| 15, BirchgateSemi-detached | Aug 1999 | £64,450 | 85 m² | £758/m² | 1 |
| 16, BirchgateSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £220,000 | 86 m² | £2,558/m² | 1 |
| 17, BirchgateSemi-detached | Apr 2018 | £190,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 22, BirchgateSemi-detached | May 2003 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, BirchgateDetached | Sept 2021 | £258,000 | 100 m² | £2,580/m² | 1 |
| 25, BirchgateSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £250,000 | 83 m² | £3,012/m² | 1 |
| 26, BirchgateSemi-detached | Dec 2020 | £240,000 | 79 m² | £3,038/m² | 1 |
| 27, BirchgateSemi-detached | Aug 2009 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, BirchgateSemi-detached | May 2021 | £210,000 | 103 m² | £2,039/m² | 1 |
| 33, BirchgateTerraced | Jan 2025 | £272,000 | 86 m² | £3,163/m² | 1 |
| 34, BirchgateDetached | Mar 2022 | £284,000 | 75 m² | £3,787/m² | 2 |
| 40, BirchgateDetached | Apr 2025 | £475,000 | 163 m² | £2,914/m² | 4 |
| 41, BirchgateDetached | Nov 2000 | £92,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 42, BirchgateDetached | Aug 2016 | £245,000 | 120 m² | £2,042/m² | 1 |
| 44, BirchgateDetached | Nov 2020 | £319,500 | 127 m² | £2,516/m² | 3 |
| 46, BirchgateDetached | Aug 2010 | £195,000 | 98 m² | £1,990/m² | 1 |
| 48, BirchgateDetached | Jan 2009 | £275,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, BirchgateDetached | Oct 2007 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 51, BirchgateSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £221,500 | 59 m² | £3,754/m² | 3 |
| 53, BirchgateDetached | Aug 2004 | £155,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 55, BirchgateDetached | Aug 2014 | £207,500 | 74 m² | £2,804/m² | 2 |
| 57, BirchgateDetached | May 2007 | £149,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 59, BirchgateSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £220,000 | 70 m² | £3,143/m² | 1 |
| 67, BirchgateDetached | Nov 1995 | £59,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 71, BirchgateDetached | Nov 2006 | £170,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Lye (West Midlands), a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 81k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham Moor Street.
The nearest bus stop is Grove Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (routes 7, 142); 19 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Wollescote Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 64% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Pedmore High School, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 39.6 · 8.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Five Ways School (8.1 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (13.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 350 m away, with Lifestyle Express closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wychbury Medical Group (900 m), with Wychbury Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (900 m).
For a haircut, Platinum Barbers is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Russells Hall Hospital, 5.4 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 73% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 15 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Parradizza Pizzeria & Dessert Group is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Hare & Hounds the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (20 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 130 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 29% flats and 10% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Stevens Park, 550 m away; for exercise, Fitness 4 Less (2.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 25 km away.
Most households own their home, 19% rent privately.
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.
15 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.
Halesowen constituency: Alex Ballinger MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 4,364 (11.3%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 39%, Conservative 28%, Reform UK 22%, Liberal Democrat 6%.
8 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 DY9 8XN →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Dudley 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 31 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 20 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.7% | 93.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.8% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 77 min
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