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On Woodruff Way, in Yew Tree & Tamebridge
What it's like at WS5 4RL: every home that has sold on Woodruff Way 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Woodruff Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 116 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Woodruff WayDetached | May 2003 | £127,500 | 69 m² | £1,848/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42, Woodruff WayDetached | Jul 2015 | £225,000 | 152 m² | £1,480/m² | 2 |
| 44, Woodruff WayDetached | Jun 2011 | £209,000 | 120 m² | £1,742/m² | 2 |
| 46, Woodruff WayDetached | Jul 2015 | £175,000 | 90 m² | £1,944/m² | 3 |
| 48, Woodruff WayDetached · company-owned | Feb 2023 | £400,000 | 131 m² | £3,053/m² | 2 |
| 50, Woodruff WayDetached | Nov 2007 | £249,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 56, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Nov 1995 | £68,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 58, Woodruff WayDetached | Mar 2014 | £170,000 | 106 m² | £1,604/m² | 1 |
| 60, Woodruff WayDetached | Oct 2015 | £230,000 | 101 m² | £2,277/m² | 2 |
| 68, Woodruff WayDetached | Oct 2007 | £223,000 | 108 m² | £2,065/m² | 1 |
| 70, Woodruff WayDetached | Apr 2026 | £380,000 | 136 m² | £2,794/m² | 2 |
| 72, Woodruff WayDetached | Nov 2024 | £309,000 | 76 m² | £4,066/m² | 3 |
| 74, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Jun 2002 | £80,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 76, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Sept 2015 | £137,000 | 74 m² | £1,851/m² | 2 |
| 78, Woodruff WayDetached | Nov 2014 | £184,000 | 70 m² | £2,629/m² | 1 |
| 78a, Woodruff WayDetached | Sept 2014 | £146,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 82, Woodruff WayDetached | Mar 2016 | £206,000 | 112 m² | £1,839/m² | 1 |
| 84, Woodruff WayDetached | Dec 2018 | £243,000 | 87 m² | £2,793/m² | 3 |
| 86, Woodruff WayDetached | Mar 2021 | £400,000 | 154 m² | £2,597/m² | 2 |
| 88, Woodruff WayDetached | Mar 1999 | £82,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 94, Woodruff WayDetached | Aug 2002 | £127,550 | 115 m² | £1,109/m² | 1 |
| 98, Woodruff WayDetached | Jan 1996 | £66,550 | – | – | 1 |
| 106, Woodruff WayDetached | Aug 2004 | £187,000 | 101 m² | £1,851/m² | 1 |
| 112, Woodruff WayDetached | May 1997 | £67,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 116, Woodruff WayDetached | Nov 2011 | £175,000 | 99 m² | £1,768/m² | 3 |
| 120, Woodruff WayDetached | Nov 1996 | £72,500 | 131 m² | £553/m² | 1 |
| 124, Woodruff WayTerraced | Dec 1995 | £60,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 126, Woodruff WayDetached | Sept 2021 | £215,000 | 107 m² | £2,009/m² | 2 |
| 128, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Oct 2011 | £160,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 130, Woodruff WayDetached | Dec 2006 | £199,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 132, Woodruff WayDetached | May 1998 | £89,950 | 93 m² | £967/m² | 1 |
| 136, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Nov 2000 | £97,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 138, Woodruff WayDetached | Dec 2019 | £260,000 | 95 m² | £2,737/m² | 2 |
| 140, Woodruff WayDetached | Jun 2004 | £135,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 142, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Feb 2020 | £220,000 | 77 m² | £2,857/m² | 3 |
| 144, Woodruff WayDetached | Jun 2012 | £178,500 | 89 m² | £2,006/m² | 2 |
| 146, Woodruff WayDetached | Nov 2000 | £73,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 148, Woodruff WayDetached | Dec 1995 | £66,950 | 84 m² | £797/m² | 1 |
| 160, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Feb 1996 | £56,950 | 72 m² | £791/m² | 1 |
| 162, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Feb 2000 | £61,500 | 74 m² | £831/m² | 2 |
| 164, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Jan 2013 | £121,000 | 63 m² | £1,921/m² | 2 |
| 166, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Sept 2018 | £185,000 | 103 m² | £1,796/m² | 3 |
| 168, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Feb 2001 | £69,950 | 75 m² | £933/m² | 3 |
| 170, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Nov 2021 | £240,000 | 74 m² | £3,243/m² | 7 |
| 172, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Nov 2003 | £119,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 174, Woodruff WayDetached | Feb 1998 | £65,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 176, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Jan 2017 | £165,000 | 88 m² | £1,875/m² | 3 |
| 178, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Jul 2021 | £238,000 | 76 m² | £3,132/m² | 4 |
| 180, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Dec 2006 | £118,500 | 63 m² | £1,881/m² | 3 |
| 182, Woodruff WayTerraced | Apr 2005 | £107,500 | 64 m² | £1,680/m² | 2 |
| 184, Woodruff WaySemi-detached | Apr 2006 | £127,950 | – | – | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Tame Bridge Parkway, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 632k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Tamebridge Estate, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (route 45); 8 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Delves Infant School, about a 10-minute walk (950 m).
The nearest secondary is Q3 Academy Great Barr, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 4.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Francis of Assisi Catholic College (5.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Queen Mary's Grammar School (2.3 km) and Queen Mary's High School (3.7 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is New Drink Stop & Convenience Store, 700 m away, with Ladbury’s closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Tame Valley Medical Centre (1.4 km), with Yew Tree Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Mtg is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Manor Hospital, 3.6 km away, rated requires improvement 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 73% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 1 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
The Archers is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and The Tiger the nearest pub (1.0 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 65 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 22% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
The nearest park is Delves Green, 750 m away; for exercise, Pulse Soccer & Fitness (1.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 19 km away.
Most households own their home, 17% 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.
7 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.
West Bromwich constituency: Sarah Coombes MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 9,554 (26.2%), turnout 49%. Vote shares: Labour 46%, Conservative 20%, Reform UK 20%, Green Party 6%.
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 WS5 4RL →
On this street: 3 of 84 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 5 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.8% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.8% | 92.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.0% | 7.0% | 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.
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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 116 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 85 min
Nearest: Pingles Leisure Centre · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.