Acheson Road Solihull
79 addresses across 4 postcodes (B90), about 320 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 35004962.
- Sales: 121 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £277,500 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 52 homes have an energy certificate (C: 5, D: 30, E: 13, F: 4).
- Flood: 6 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Solihull costs £2,197 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Shirley, about 670 m (0.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Shire Country Park, is about 360 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 129 to 138 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 79 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Baldwins Lane Surgery, about 570 m (0.4 miles) away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 650 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 87% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 46 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | £277,500 | £260,000 | £295,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | £272,000 | £272,000 | £272,000 |
| 2024 | 7 | £340,000 | £273,500 | £368,500 |
| 2023 | 3 | £310,000 | £300,000 | £342,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £343,000 | £343,000 | £343,000 |
| 2021 | 6 | £278,250 | £200,500 | £306,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | £264,500 | £245,000 | £284,000 |
| 2019 | 4 | £240,500 | £211,000 | £275,000 |
| 2018 | 6 | £250,000 | £180,000 | £325,000 |
| 2017 | 6 | £229,000 | £193,000 | £275,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £217,975 | £217,950 | £218,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | £185,000 | £170,000 | £200,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jun 2026 | 159 B90 2JB | Semi-detached | £260,000 | |
| 29 May 2026 | 174 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £295,000 | |
| 28 Feb 2025 | 201 B90 2JB | Semi-detached | £272,000 | |
| 19 Dec 2024 | 192 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £282,000 | |
| 11 Dec 2024 | 148 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £368,500 | |
| 6 Dec 2024 | 170 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £340,000 | |
| 29 Nov 2024 | 197 B90 2JB | Semi-detached | £273,500 | |
| 22 Nov 2024 | 227 B90 2JE | Detached | £305,000 | |
| 2 Sep 2024 | 198 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £345,000 | |
| 25 Apr 2024 | 193 B90 2JB | Terraced | £352,500 | |
| 30 Nov 2023 | 163 B90 2JB | Semi-detached | £310,000 | |
| 27 Oct 2023 | 179 B90 2JB | Terraced | £300,000 | |
| 2 May 2023 | 180 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £342,000 | |
| 11 Jul 2022 | 152 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £343,000 | Leasehold. |
| 20 Aug 2021 | 153 B90 2JB | Semi-detached | £277,500 | |
| 30 Jun 2021 | 227 B90 2JE | Detached | £280,000 | |
| 20 May 2021 | 162 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £306,000 | |
| 18 May 2021 | 164 B90 2JA | Terraced | £240,000 | |
| 19 Feb 2021 | 196 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £279,000 | |
| 19 Feb 2021 | 159 B90 2JB | Semi-detached | £200,500 | |
| 15 Sep 2020 | 166 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £284,000 | |
| 13 Jan 2020 | 250 B90 2JF | Semi-detached | £245,000 | |
| 19 Aug 2019 | 158 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £275,000 | |
| 7 Jun 2019 | 163 B90 2JB | Semi-detached | £222,000 | |
| 14 May 2019 | 147 B90 2JB | Terraced | £211,000 | Leasehold. |
| 26 Feb 2019 | 215 B90 2JB | Terraced | £259,000 | |
| 26 Oct 2018 | 166 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £275,000 | |
| 10 Aug 2018 | 181 B90 2JB | Terraced | £180,000 | |
| 3 Aug 2018 | 223 B90 2JE | Semi-detached | £250,000 | Leasehold. |
| 3 Aug 2018 | 223 B90 2JE | Semi-detached | £250,000 | |
| 26 Apr 2018 | 149 B90 2JB | Terraced | £213,000 | |
| 29 Mar 2018 | 254 B90 2JF | Semi-detached | £325,000 | |
| 18 Dec 2017 | 190 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £275,000 | |
| 26 May 2017 | 154 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £250,000 | |
| 28 Feb 2017 | 168 B90 2JA | Detached | £261,400 | Leasehold. |
| 17 Feb 2017 | 193 B90 2JB | Terraced | £208,000 | |
| 26 Jan 2017 | 207 B90 2JB | Semi-detached | £193,000 | Leasehold. |
| 26 Jan 2017 | 207 B90 2JB | Semi-detached | £193,000 | |
| 22 Nov 2016 | 165 B90 2JB | Semi-detached | £217,950 | |
| 1 Sep 2016 | 196 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £218,000 | |
| 16 Oct 2015 | 148 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £200,000 | |
| 15 Sep 2015 | 158 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £170,000 | |
| 4 Aug 2015 | 181 B90 2JB | Terraced | £175,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Jul 2015 | 190 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £180,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 17 Nov 2014 | 200 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £194,950 | |
| 31 Jul 2014 | 227 B90 2JE | Detached | £201,000 | |
| 30 Jun 2014 | 194 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £154,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 17 Apr 2014 | 182 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £180,000 | |
| 21 Mar 2014 | 162 B90 2JA | Semi-detached | £175,000 | |
| 8 Nov 2013 | 169 B90 2JB | Terraced | £161,000 |
Energy performance certificates
52 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 80 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (42); House, mid-terrace (6); House, end-terrace (2). Built: 1930-1949 (42); 1950-1966 (10). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (42); rented (private) (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (27 addresses)
- 147, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 148, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 149, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 150, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 154, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 158, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 161, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 162, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 165, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 166, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 168, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 180, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 182, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 190, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 194, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 195, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 197, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 200, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 203, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 207, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 215, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 217, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 219, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 223, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 227, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 252, Acheson Road, Shirley
- 254, Acheson Road, Shirley
Council tax
What each band costs in Solihull in 2026-27: Band D £2,197 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,465 | £1,709 | £1,953 | £2,197 | £2,686 | £3,174 | £3,662 | £4,395 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (64% of about 760 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 6 at medium risk and 18 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| B90 2JB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 5 / 11 | unlikely |
| B90 2JA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 7 | unlikely |
| B90 2JE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| B90 2JF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 79 addresses are between 129 m and 138 m above sea level (132 m on average); the ground rises about 9 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B90 2JA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| B90 2JB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| B90 2JE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| B90 2JF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Shirley 315,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Yardley Wood 409,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | |
| Whitlocks End 224,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 29 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Geoffrey Road Haslucks Green | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Solihull Station | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Car parks | Asda Shirley Car Park | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 330 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 8.3 km (5.2 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Baldwins Lane Surgery | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 9 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Newborough Pharmacy | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Stratford Road (Dental Surgery) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Former Womens Hospital | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | One Stop Shirley, Shirley Cashzone | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Shire Country Park 92 ha | 360 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 300 m² | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.5 ha | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Greenaleigh Road Allotments 2.1 ha | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 94 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Berry Mound Camp, Solihull, a scheduled monument, 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Berry Mound Camp, Solihull | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Peterbrook Mill Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Bill's Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Palmers Rough | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| Little Tyburn Coppice | Wood | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south |
| Brown's Coppice | Wood | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 73 | 71 | 79 |
6 of the street's 79 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 8 from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Solihull: see them on the Solihull page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Lodge Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 610 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
| Burman Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 790 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Chilcote Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 810 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
| Peterbrook Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 940 m (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
| Haslucks Green School | Primary | 7–11 | 950 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Yardley Wood Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Requires improvement (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Light Hall School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Sep 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Highters Heath Nursery School | Nursery | 2–4 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Woodlands Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yaos B90 2JZ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 250 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 29 Sep 2025 |
| VM Convenience Store- Lifestyle Express B90 2JZ | Retailers - other | 260 m | 5 Very good | 12 Aug 2025 |
| LUMINA BEV B28 0UB | Other catering premises | 270 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Flying Monkey B28 0TY | Other catering premises | 410 m (0.3 miles) | Awaiting inspection | |
| Relative Pour B28 0TY | Other catering premises | 450 m (0.3 miles) | Awaiting inspection | |
| The Colebrook B90 2LL | Pub/bar/nightclub | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 4 Feb 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 22 |
| Vehicle crime | 7 |
| Burglary | 5 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Oak Tree Gardens (18); On or near Nethercote Gardens (10); On or near Acheson Road (8); On or near Atherstone Close (5); On or near Colebrook Road (4).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 40% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 66% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 72% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- B90 2JB: 37 addresses of 38 in the postcode
- B90 2JA: 30 addresses
- B90 2JE: 7 addresses
- B90 2JF: 5 addresses
Nearby streets
Watwood Road · Atherstone Close · Acheson Road · Nethercote Gardens · Oak Tree Gardens · Watwood Road · Berkeley Road · Wishaw Close · Dunard Road · Colebrook Road · Priory Road · Colebrook Croft
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.