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On Seeds Lane, in Brownhills
What it's like at WS8 6HU: every home that has sold on Seeds Lane 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 Seeds Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 25 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Seeds LaneDetached | Jan 2011 | £158,000 | 96 m² | £1,646/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, Seeds LaneDetached | Aug 2026 | £380,000 | 128 m² | £2,969/m² | 2 |
| 3, Seeds LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2009 | £155,000 | 92 m² | £1,685/m² | 1 |
| 11, Seeds LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £210,000 | 86 m² | £2,442/m² | 3 |
| 15, Seeds LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2017 | £142,000 | 69 m² | £2,058/m² | 6 |
| 17, Seeds LaneTerraced | Mar 2006 | £137,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 25, Seeds LaneDetached · company-owned | Feb 2019 | £390,250 | 140 m² | £2,788/m² | 2 |
| 26, Seeds LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2024 | £243,000 | 63 m² | £3,857/m² | 3 |
| 27, Seeds LaneDetached | Dec 2022 | £402,500 | 142 m² | £2,835/m² | 1 |
| 28, Seeds LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2010 | £138,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 29, Seeds LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2013 | £175,000 | 137 m² | £1,277/m² | 1 |
| 30, Seeds LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2016 | £150,500 | 51 m² | £2,951/m² | 1 |
| 32, Seeds LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2015 | £139,950 | 66 m² | £2,120/m² | 2 |
| 33, Seeds LaneDetached | Sept 1995 | £67,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 35, Seeds LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2015 | £154,950 | 80 m² | £1,937/m² | 1 |
| 37, Seeds LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2008 | £159,000 | 103 m² | £1,544/m² | 3 |
| 39, Seeds LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2023 | £275,000 | 91 m² | £3,022/m² | 4 |
| 41, Seeds LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2013 | £146,000 | 99 m² | £1,475/m² | 2 |
| 53a, Seeds LaneDetached | Apr 2011 | £131,000 | 105 m² | £1,248/m² | 1 |
| 55, Seeds LaneDetached | Jun 1998 | £75,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 58, Seeds LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2016 | £145,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 62, Seeds LaneDetached | Feb 2024 | £395,000 | 105 m² | £3,762/m² | 2 |
| 64, Seeds LaneDetached | Jun 2019 | £305,000 | 144 m² | £2,118/m² | 1 |
| 66, Seeds LaneDetached | Jun 2021 | £290,000 | 81 m² | £3,580/m² | 2 |
| 70, Seeds LaneDetached | Jun 2007 | £249,000 | – | – | 1 |
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 Brownhills Memorial Hall, 200 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 8); 54 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 52% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Brownhills Ormiston Academy, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 37.1 · 2.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Francis of Assisi Catholic College (5.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Queen Mary's High School (7.4 km) and Queen Mary's Grammar School (8.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 350 m away, with H &R Events closer still (200 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, 8.9 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 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Star Coffee Shop is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Smithys Forge the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 85 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 19% flats and 13% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Holland Park, 200 m away; for exercise, Pier 52 (1.6 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, 9% 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.
43 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 6HU →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Walsall 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 25 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 19 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 | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.2% | 93.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.6% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.4% | 6.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.8% | 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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Nearest: Pingles Leisure Centre · about 33 min
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