Amersham Close Birmingham
38 addresses across 1 postcode (B32), about 170 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 2703763.
- Sales: 18 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £165,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 31 homes have an energy certificate (C: 19, D: 11, E: 1).
- Flood: 12 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 B; Band D in Birmingham costs £2,363 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is University (Birmingham), about 3.3 km (2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 210 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 12.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 163 to 167 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ridgacre House Surgery, about 660 m (0.4 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 410 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 32% of households owned their home and 31% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 116 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £165,000 | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £162,500 | £162,500 | £162,500 |
| 2021 | 1 | £143,000 | £143,000 | £143,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £61,000 | £61,000 | £61,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £99,700 | £99,700 | £99,700 |
| 2015 | 1 | £90,000 | £90,000 | £90,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £70,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £95,000 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £107,000 | £107,000 | £107,000 |
| 2008 | 3 | £115,000 | £104,000 | £119,950 |
| 2007 | 1 | £109,000 | £109,000 | £109,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £44,000 | £44,000 | £44,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jun 2024 | 34 B32 2QU | Terraced | £165,000 | |
| 25 Feb 2022 | 44 B32 2QU | Terraced | £162,500 | |
| 22 Nov 2021 | 48 B32 2QU | Terraced | £143,000 | |
| 31 Jul 2020 | 43 B32 2QU | Terraced | £135,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 13 Aug 2019 | 31 B32 2QU | Flat or maisonette | £61,000 | Leasehold. |
| 15 Apr 2016 | 36 B32 2QU | Terraced | £99,700 | |
| 10 Dec 2015 | 44 B32 2QU | Terraced | £90,000 | |
| 29 Apr 2015 | 34 B32 2QU | Terraced | £90,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Oct 2012 | 27 B32 2QU | Terraced | £70,000 | |
| 10 Aug 2011 | 36 B32 2QU | Terraced | £95,000 | |
| 15 Dec 2009 | 23 B32 2QU | Terraced | £107,000 | |
| 22 Sep 2008 | 58 B32 2QU | Semi-detached | £119,950 | |
| 18 Jul 2008 | 52 B32 2QU | Terraced | £115,000 | |
| 8 Feb 2008 | 20 B32 2QU | Terraced | £104,000 | |
| 22 Jun 2007 | 58 B32 2QU | Semi-detached | £109,000 | |
| 26 Sep 2003 | 56 B32 2QU | Terraced | £44,000 | |
| 17 Oct 2002 | 24 B32 2QU | Terraced | £25,000 | |
| 10 May 2001 | 22 B32 2QU | Terraced | £21,000 |
Energy performance certificates
31 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 79 m². Most common: House, end-terrace (14); House, mid-terrace (13); Flat (4). Built: 1967-1975 (14); 1950-1966 (10); 1976-1982 (6). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (19); owner-occupied (6); rented (private) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (10 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Birmingham in 2026-27: Band D £2,363 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,575 | £1,838 | £2,100 | £2,363 | £2,888 | £3,413 | £3,938 | £4,726 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (52% of about 690 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): CITY WIDE HMO.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 213 Worlds End Lane: up to 4 homes, permissioned (350 m)
- 25-27 Quinton Road West, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 2QA: up to 2 homes, permissioned (500 m (0.3 miles))
- Land adjacent, 108 Quinton Road West , Quinton, Birmingham, B32 2RH: up to 1 home, permissioned (510 m (0.3 miles))
- Clive Road, Quinton: up to 7 homes, not permissioned (870 m (0.5 miles))
- Land adjacent to, 32 Minton Road, Quinton, Birmingham: up to 1 home, permissioned (910 m (0.6 miles))
- Capern Grove 12: up to 5 homes, not permissioned (930 m (0.6 miles))
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, 9 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 11 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 38 addresses are between 163 m and 167 m above sea level (165 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B32 2QU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | University (Birmingham) 3.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Selly Oak 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) | |
| Rowley Regis 1.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 64 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Bolney Road Worlds End | 160 m |
| Bus or coach station | Halesowen Bus Station | 4.7 km (3 miles) |
| Car parks | Q-Park Qemc | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 8 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 110 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 16 km (10 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ridgacre House Surgery | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Selcroft Pharmacy | 370 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Euro Dental Care | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Birmingham Women's Hospital | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Police station | Harborne Police Station | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | 5 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Quinton Stores Ltd | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 210 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 290 m² | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,120 m² | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tennal Lane Allotments 1.1 ha | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Warley Park, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Warley Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Weoley Castle | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Pitts Wood | Wood | 250 m north |
| Woodgate Valley | Valley | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Warley Woods | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Moor Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) east |
| The Grove | Wood | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) east |
| Mucklow Hill | Hill | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 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 and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 38 | 38 |
None of the street's 38 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 Birmingham: see them on the Birmingham page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World's End Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 320 m | No published inspection |
| World's End Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 3–7 | 320 m | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Woodhouse Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 380 m | No published inspection |
| Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base | Primary | 3–11 | 780 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Lift Four Dwellings Primary | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 2–11 | 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: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Lift Four Dwellings Secondary | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Lightwoods Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Nonsuch Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Paganel Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Mar 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Peters CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glo's Little Bakery Shop B32 2DJ | Manufacturers/packers | 170 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 11 Jan 2013 |
| Worlds End Infant and Nursery School B32 2SA | School/college/university | 280 m | 5 Very good | 12 May 2026 |
| Worlds End Lane Junior School B32 2SA | School/college/university | 280 m | 5 Very good | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Woodhouse Primary Academy B32 2DL | School/college/university | 290 m | 5 Very good | 10 Jul 2024 |
| The Lion Bar and Restaurant B32 2PP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 360 m | 5 Very good | 14 Jul 2026 |
| Ridgacre Methodist Church B32 2RX | Other catering premises | 390 m | 4 Good | 17 Jul 2013 |
| Slew Dem Street Foodz B32 2NT | Mobile caterer | 440 m (0.3 miles) | Awaiting inspection | |
| S & D News & Booze B32 2QA | Retailers - other | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 9 Apr 2019 |
| Best-One Quinton Stores B32 2QA | Retailers - other | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 26 Oct 2009 |
| WORLDS END SUPERMARKET B32 2RT | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 22 Feb 2022 |
| Bar One Quinton B32 2SN | Pub/bar/nightclub | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 14 May 2026 |
| Co-Op (Quinton) B32 2RE | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 22 Sep 2009 |
| Johns Fish Bar B32 2RE | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 27 Nov 2025 |
| St Boniface Church B32 2QD | Other catering premises | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 27 Feb 2019 |
| Quinton & Oldbury Food Bank B32 2QD | Retailers - other | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 12 Jun 2019 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 61 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 11 |
| Vehicle crime | 7 |
| Burglary | 7 |
| Public order | 5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 5 |
| Other theft | 5 |
| Drugs | 4 |
| Other crime | 4 |
| Robbery | 3 |
| Possession of weapons | 3 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Woodhouse Road (41); On or near Tedstone Road (18); On or near Amersham Close (17); On or near Overdale Road (15); On or near Ridgmont Croft (13).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 31 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 27% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 32% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 13% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 56% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 12% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 18% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 16% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 75% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 28% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 85% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 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
- B32 2QU: 38 addresses
Nearby streets
Overdale Road · Tedstone Road · Ridgmont Croft · Quinton Road West · Firsby Road · Woodhouse Road · Lygon Grove · Pinner Grove · Lower White Road · Rilstone Road · World's End Lane · Bourne Green
All the streets in B32 and across Birmingham.
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.