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On Lichfield Road, in Brownhills West & Clayhanger
What it's like at WS8 6HR: every home that has sold on Lichfield 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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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 Lichfield Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 85 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 17, Lichfield RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2023 | £210,000 | 75 m² | £2,800/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21, Lichfield RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2014 | £156,000 | 121 m² | £1,289/m² | 2 |
| 23, Lichfield RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £230,000 | 96 m² | £2,396/m² | 3 |
| 27a, Lichfield RoadDetached | May 2014 | £270,000 | 170 m² | £1,588/m² | 1 |
| 29, Lichfield RoadDetached | Nov 1998 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Lichfield RoadDetached | Apr 2013 | £245,000 | 102 m² | £2,402/m² | 2 |
| 35, Lichfield RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2018 | £195,500 | 91 m² | £2,148/m² | 1 |
| 39, Lichfield RoadDetached | Jul 2001 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 51, Lichfield RoadOther | Nov 2023 | £250,000 | 103 m² | £2,427/m² | 2 |
| 53, Lichfield RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2021 | £210,000 | 98 m² | £2,143/m² | 1 |
| 55, Lichfield RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2016 | £180,000 | 120 m² | £1,500/m² | 3 |
| 57, Lichfield RoadDetached | Nov 2025 | £180,000 | 88 m² | £2,045/m² | 2 |
| 57a, Lichfield RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2011 | £92,000 | 56 m² | £1,643/m² | 3 |
| 57b, Lichfield RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £172,000 | 65 m² | £2,646/m² | 6 |
| 57c, Lichfield RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2003 | £90,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 57d, Lichfield RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2004 | £108,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 57e, Lichfield RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £190,000 | 70 m² | £2,714/m² | 2 |
| 57f, Lichfield RoadSemi-detached | Apr 1997 | £40,000 | 63 m² | £635/m² | 1 |
| 57g, Lichfield RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2026 | £220,000 | 66 m² | £3,333/m² | 4 |
| 61, Lichfield RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2021 | £200,000 | 88 m² | £2,273/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bloxwich, a drive away (6.4 km), with 114k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Great Charles Street, 200 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (routes 10, 8); 75 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St James Academy, a few minutes' walk (100 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Brownhills Ormiston Academy, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 37.1 · 2.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Francis of Assisi Catholic College (5.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Queen Mary's High School (7 km) and Queen Mary's Grammar School (8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 250 m away, with H &R Events closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Parkside Medical Practice (200 m), with Brownhills Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Barber Shop is 3.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Manor Hospital, 8.3 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Star Coffee Shop is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Smithys Forge the nearest pub (under 50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 131 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 9% flats and 27% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Holland Park, 300 m away; for exercise, Pier 52 (1.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 25 km away.
Most households own their home, 12% 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.
45 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.
Aldridge-Brownhills constituency: Wendy Morton MP (Conservative), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 4,294 (10.5%), turnout 58%. Vote shares: Conservative 39%, Labour 28%, Reform UK 24%, Liberal Democrat 4%.
9 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 WS8 6HR →
On this street: 0 of 58 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.1% | 93.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.6% | 6.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 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 85 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Pingles Leisure Centre · about 36 min
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