Holly Close Bromsgrove
16 addresses across 1 postcode (B61), about 100 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 4703091.
- Sales: 1 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £475,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (A: 6).
- Flood: No postcode centre on the street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Bromsgrove costs £2,479 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bromsgrove, about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Sanders Park, is about 460 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 110 to 119 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 New Road Surgery Bromsgrove, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 380 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 62% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £475,000 | £475,000 | £475,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Apr 2025 | 4 B61 7FJ | Detached | £475,000 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 124 m². Most common: House, detached (6). Built: 2023 (6). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Bromsgrove in 2026-27: Band D £2,479 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,652 | £1,928 | £2,203 | £2,479 | £3,029 | £3,580 | £4,131 | £4,957 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (44% of about 730 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)
- The Greyhound, 30 Rock Hill, Bromsgrove, B61 7LR, not permissioned (520 m (0.3 miles))
- The Greyhound, 30 Rock Hill, Bromsgrove, B61 7LR, not permissioned (520 m (0.3 miles))
- The Greyhound, 30 Rock Hill, Bromsgrove, B61 7LR, not permissioned (520 m (0.3 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
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this street's postcodes yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 110 m and 119 m above sea level (115 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B61 7FJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bromsgrove 696,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Barnt Green 327,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7 km (4.3 miles) | |
| Alvechurch 163,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 20 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Millfield Road Charford | 200 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bromsgrove Bus Station | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Car parks | Stourbridge Road Car Park | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Sanders Park Car Park GeniePoint | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 26.5 km (16 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest New Road Surgery Bromsgrove | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bromsgrove Dental Clinic | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Princess Of Wales Hospital | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police - Bromsgrove Police Station | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Bromsgrove, Charford Cashzone | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Sanders Park 15 ha | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 370 m² | 150 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Watt Close Allotments 1.6 ha | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 16 hectares in all.
Landmarks
2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Breakback Hill | Hill | 200 m west |
| Cotton Pool | Lake or reservoir | 940 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Cobbler's Coppice | Wood | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) west |
| Lowes Hill | Hill | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) north-east |
| Sunnyhill Coppice | Wood | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north |
| Housman Hill | Hill | 3 km (1.8 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 16 | 16 |
None of the street's 16 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 Bromsgrove: see them on the Bromsgrove page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millfields First School | Primary | 5–9 | 340 m | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Peter's Catholic First School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–9 | 610 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St John's Church of England Middle School Academy | Middle deemed secondary | 9–13 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| South Bromsgrove High | Secondary | 13–18 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Apr 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Charford First School | Primary | 2–9 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| The Orchards School | Primary | 3–9 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millfield And District Social Club B61 7BT | Pub/bar/nightclub | 280 m | Exempt | |
| Millfields First School B61 7BS | School/college/university | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 7 Jan 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 9 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 8 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Carnoustie Close (9); On or near Parkstone Avenue (6); On or near Sunningdale Road (6); On or near St Andrews Way (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 13% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 62% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 26% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 22% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 17% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 25% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 61% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 59% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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
- Energy certificates New energy certificate: band A, house, detached (lodged 28 October 2026) found 2 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- B61 7FJ: 16 addresses
Nearby streets
Walnut Close · Cedar Road · Cherry Blossom Close · Maple Close · Sunningdale Road · Carnoustie Close · St Andrews Way · Parkstone Avenue · Millfield Road · Juniper Road · Fox Lane · Cardinal Crescent
All the streets in B61 and across Bromsgrove.
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.