Chamberlain Square Birmingham
56 addresses across 4 postcodes (B1,B3), about 190 m long. USRN 2708546.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 Birmingham costs £2,363 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 11% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Birmingham New Street, about 420 m (0.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, City Centre Gardens, is about 270 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 22.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 8.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 136 to 139 m above sea level.
- Noise: 7 of its 58 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Halcyon Medical, about 600 m (0.4 miles) away, with 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 370 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 31% of households owned their home and 74% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 622 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 |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2025 | 3 B3 3AX | Other | £400,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (37% of about 3,400 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, COLMORE ROW AND ENVIRONS CONSERVATION AREA (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN MEMORIAL, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- BLOCK A PARADISE CIRCUS/CHAMBERLAIN SQUARE PARADISE CIRCUS QUEENSWAY: up to 370 homes, permissioned (50 m)
- Brindley Drive Multi-storey Car Park, Brindley Drive, Birmingham, B1 2NB: up to 581 homes, permissioned (140 m)
- Brindley Drive Major Development Sites: up to 236 homes, not permissioned (180 m)
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Floors, York House, 38 Great Charles Street, Ladywood: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (190 m)
- Richmond House, 84 Newhall Street, Birmingham, B3 1PB: up to 83 homes, permissioned (200 m)
- 144 Newhall Street, City Centre, Birmingham: up to 5 homes, permissioned (300 m)
- 100 Charlotte Street, Soho & Jewellery Quarter: up to 10 homes, permissioned (320 m)
- LAND ADJACENT 5 SCOTLAND STREET: up to 45 homes, permissioned (360 m)
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 20 September 2026 to 25 September 2026: VIRGIN MEDIA, New service connection, no carriageway incursion, on the footpath (standard works)
- 31 August 2026 to 9 September 2026: SEVERN TRENT WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, contra-flow, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B3 3AX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| B1 1BD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
| B3 3DH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| B3 3DQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 58 addresses are between 136 m and 139 m above sea level (138 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1 1BD | 98% | 98% | 98% | 0% |
| B3 3AX | 11% | 11% | 11% | 0% |
| B3 3DH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| B3 3DQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Birmingham New Street 37 million journeys in 2024–25 | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Birmingham Snow Hill 3.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 490 m (0.3 miles) | |
| Birmingham Moor Street 7.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 840 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Town Hall (West Midlands Metro) | 150 m |
| Centenary Square (West Midlands Metro) | 310 m | |
| Grand Central (West Midlands Metro) | 430 m (0.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 31 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 113 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Newhall Street Birmingham | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Birmingham Coach Station Digbeth | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Car parks | 23 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Euro Parking Services | 220 m |
| EV charging points | 8 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 340 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 11 km (6.9 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Halcyon Medical | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 9 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mismile Birmingham | 390 m |
| Hospital | Birmingham Children's Hospital | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
| Police station | Birmingham Police Station | 270 m |
| Cash machines | 8 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 390 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest City Centre Gardens 4,430 m² | 270 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 3.8 ha | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 830 m² | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Tower Street Recreation Ground 5,060 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 400 m² | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 4.8 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is School of Art, Birmingham City University, a listed building (Grade I), 110 m north-east. 332 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 8 of them Grade I and 30 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| School of Art, Birmingham City University | Listed building, Grade I | 110 m north-east |
| Birmingham Midland Institute | Listed building, Grade II* | 120 m north-east |
| Town Hall | Listed building, Grade I | 120 m south-east |
| Council House, City Museum and Art Gallery and Council House extension | Listed building, Grade II* | 120 m east |
| The de Birmingham moated site, the seat of the medieval Lords of Birmingham | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Warstone Lane Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Key Hill Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Icknield Port Loop | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Soho Loop | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Edgbaston Pool | Lake or reservoir | 3 km (1.9 miles) south |
| Moor Pool | Lake or reservoir | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) south-west |
| The Grove | Wood | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) south-west |
| Halfmoon Plantation | Wood | 5 km (3.1 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 22.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 2 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 43 |
| Under 55 | 51 | 13 |
7 of the street's 58 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 45 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 Birmingham: see them on the Birmingham page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 780 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Jewellery Quarter Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 840 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Inadequate |
| City Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 910 m (0.6 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Thomas Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Birmingham Metropolitan College | 16 plus | 16–99 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| St George's Church of England Academy, Newtown | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Birmingham Ormiston Academy | Secondary | 14–19 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Thomas Centre Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St John's & St Peter's CofE Primary Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Brearley Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (May 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; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Chad's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwardian Tea Room, Museum & Art Gal B3 3HQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 30 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 27 Jun 2018 |
| Baxter Storey B3 3AX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 50 m | 5 Very good | 13 Mar 2024 |
| Dishoom B3 3AX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 50 m | 5 Very good | 17 Jun 2025 |
| COW & SOW B3 3AX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 50 m | 5 Very good | 6 Jul 2026 |
| Rosa's Thai Cafe B3 3AX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 80 m | 5 Very good | 27 Sep 2020 |
| Birmingham Museums Trust B3 3DH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 90 m | 4 Good | 23 Jul 2026 |
| La Bellezza B3 3AX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 120 m | 5 Very good | 20 Jun 2025 |
| F1 Arcade B3 3AX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 120 m | 5 Very good | 16 Mar 2026 |
| Jens Cafe B3 3HN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 120 m | 5 Very good | 19 Dec 2024 |
| M&M Catering B3 3BS | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 130 m | 5 Very good | 12 Sep 2024 |
| City Of Birmingham B3 3DQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 130 m | 5 Very good | 21 Nov 2017 |
| The Hive B3 3AY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 140 m | 5 Very good | 9 Jun 2026 |
| BaxterStorey - Deloitte Birmingham B3 3AY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 140 m | 5 Very good | 16 May 2025 |
| Albert's Schloss B3 3AX | Pub/bar/nightclub | 150 m | 5 Very good | 17 Sep 2025 |
| Starbucks Coffee Company Ltd B3 3AU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 150 m | 5 Very good | 8 Feb 2017 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 300 |
| Other theft | 71 |
| Public order | 45 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 33 |
| Drugs | 29 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 27 |
| Vehicle crime | 24 |
| Robbery | 21 |
| Theft from the person | 20 |
| Shoplifting | 16 |
| Possession of weapons | 15 |
| Burglary | 13 |
| Bicycle theft | 4 |
| Other crime | 4 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Parking Area (219); On or near Conference/Exhibition Centre (182); On or near Swallow Street (66); On or near Nightclub (57); On or near Further/Higher Educational Building (55).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 29 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 4% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 4% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 31% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 7% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 61% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 67% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 12% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 3% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 54% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 14% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 9% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 15% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 16% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 80% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 74% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 4% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 74% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 3 to 9 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
- B3 3AX: 53 addresses of 56 in the postcode
- B1 1BD: 1 address of 238 in the postcode
- B3 3DH: 1 address of 3 in the postcode
- B3 3DQ: 1 address of 3 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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All the streets in B1, B3 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.