Cranmore Drive Solihull
113 addresses across 4 postcodes (B90), about 250 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 35005091.
- 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 Solihull costs £2,197 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Solihull, about 2 km (1.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 137 to 143 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 113 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is GPS Healthcare, about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away.
- People: About 680 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 86% of households owned their home and 38% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Mar 2023 | 9, THE PAVILIONS B90 4SB | Other | £400,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Sep 2021 | 5, THE PAVILIONS B90 4SB | Terraced | £288,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 31 May 2018 | 1 B90 4RZ | Other | £4,800,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 9 Mar 2017 | 9, THE PAVILIONS B90 4SB | Other | £324,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 27 Jul 2016 | 6, THE PAVILIONS B90 4SB | Other | £331,560 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 11 Apr 2016 | 1 B90 4RZ | Other | £3,400,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 12 Feb 2016 | 9, THE PAVILIONS B90 4SB | Other | £261,630 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 10 Feb 2016 | 11, THE PAVILIONS B90 4SB | Other | £427,500 | 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 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 (49% 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 69-71 Cranmore Road, Shirley B90 4PU: up to 6 homes, permissioned (440 m (0.3 miles))
- The Green, Stratford Road, Shirley B90 4LA: up to 110 homes, permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 24 August 2026 to 26 August 2026: CITYFIBRE METRO NETWORKS LTD, New service connection, no carriageway incursion, on the verge (minor 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 8 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 4RZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
| B90 4SB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| B90 4LH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| B90 4RU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 113 addresses are between 137 m and 143 m above sea level (140 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B90 4LH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| B90 4RU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| B90 4RZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| B90 4SB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Solihull 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Widney Manor 346,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) | |
| Shirley 315,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 26 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cranmore Avenue Blossomfield | 210 m |
| Bus or coach station | Solihull Station | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Car parks | Village Hotel Solihull Car Park Pre Book | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 8 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mer | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest GPS Healthcare | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Asterwell Pharmacy | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Blossomfield House | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Solihull Hospital | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| Police station | Police Station | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Central England Co-Op - Longmore Road, Shirley Cashzone | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 2,110 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hillfield Park 31 ha | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 8,000 m² | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Pow Grove | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| Shelly Green | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Cut Throat Coppice | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Bill's Wood | Wood | 2 km (1.3 miles) west |
| Palmers Rough | Wood | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north-west |
| Olton Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 112 | 113 | 113 |
1 of the street's 113 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranmore Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 130 m | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; 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 |
| Widney Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 300 m | No published inspection |
| Alderbrook School | Secondary | 11–18 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull | Secondary | 11–18 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Apr 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Shirley Heath Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Sep 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Peter's Catholic School Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Solihull College & University Centre | 16 plus | 16–99 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Woodlands Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Sharmans Cross Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solihull Academy B90 4LE | School/college/university | 80 m | 5 Very good | 4 Mar 2026 |
| Brew/Twenty Three B90 4RZ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 110 m | 5 Very good | 11 Sep 2025 |
| Cranmore Infant School B90 4SA | School/college/university | 130 m | 5 Very good | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Cranmore Little Acorns B90 4SA | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 160 m | 5 Very good | 29 Sep 2025 |
| Learners Cafe B90 4LH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 180 m | 5 Very good | 10 Dec 2025 |
| AIS - Wilson Vale Catering B90 4LF | Other catering premises | 210 m | 5 Very good | 23 Sep 2025 |
| Farmfoods - Canteens (Ambient And Chilled) B90 4NY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 240 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jan 2026 |
| Graysons Restaurants B90 4WE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 260 m | 5 Very good | 17 Sep 2025 |
| Widney Junior School B91 3LQ | School/college/university | 310 m | 5 Very good | 3 Sep 2025 |
| Family First B90 4NE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 1 Major improvement necessary | 13 Nov 2025 |
| Co-Operative Supermarket B90 3ES | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 7 Aug 2025 |
| Ale Hub Limited B90 3ER | Pub/bar/nightclub | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 23 Sep 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 9 |
| Public order | 8 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Cranmore Avenue (11); On or near Northland Road (5); On or near Cranmore Drive (3); On or near Drayton Road (3); On or near Clifton Crescent (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 19% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 86% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 41% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 63% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 38% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 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 4RZ: 62 addresses of 65 in the postcode
- B90 4SB: 45 addresses
- B90 4LH: 4 addresses of 38 in the postcode
- B90 4RU: 2 addresses of 56 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Arleston Way · Northland Road · Widney Lane · Cranmore Avenue · Clifton Crescent · Drayton Road · Portway Close · Clinton Road · Stirling Road · Monkspath Hall Road · Maidwell Drive · Clinton Grove
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.