Honeswode Close Birmingham
53 addresses across 1 postcode (B20), about 110 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 2701823.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2017 the median was £55,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 41 homes have an energy certificate (B: 7, C: 34).
- 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 A; 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 Perry Barr, about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Handsworth Park, is about 310 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 16.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 8.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 125 to 128 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 53 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Hamstead Road Surgery, about 360 m away, with 12 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 28% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 223 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jun 2017 | 26 B20 2SJ | Flat or maisonette | £55,000 | Leasehold. |
| 2 May 2017 | 26 B20 2SJ | Flat or maisonette | £36,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
41 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 50 m². Most common: Flat (33); House, end-terrace (3); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 1976-1982 (21); 1967-1975 (11); 2013 (5). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (12); owner-occupied (11); rented (private) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (28 addresses)
- 3, Honeswode Close
- 5, Honeswode Close
- 6, Honeswode Close
- 8, Honeswode Close
- 11, Honeswode Close
- 12, Honeswode Close
- 14, Honeswode Close
- 15, Honeswode Close
- 16, Honeswode Close
- 20, Honeswode Close
- 22, Honeswode Close
- 23, Honeswode Close
- 24, Honeswode Close
- 25, Honeswode Close
- 26, Honeswode Close
- 28, Honeswode Close
- 33, Honeswode Close
- 38, Honeswode Close
- 39, Honeswode Close
- 41, Honeswode Close
- 42, Honeswode Close
- 43, Honeswode Close
- 44, Honeswode Close
- 45, Honeswode Close
- 46, Honeswode Close
- 48, Honeswode Close
- 52, Honeswode Close
- 53, Honeswode Close
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 A (47% of about 810 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)
- 75-77 Lansdowne Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9AU: up to 2 homes, permissioned (220 m)
- 146 Hamstead Road, Handsworth, Birmingham: up to 1 home, permissioned (480 m (0.3 miles))
- 1b Herbert Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9AE: up to 2 homes, permissioned (540 m (0.3 miles))
- 150 Church Lane, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, B20 2RT: up to 3 homes, permissioned (590 m (0.4 miles))
- 72A Soho Road, Handsworth, Birmingham: up to 8 homes, permissioned (590 m (0.4 miles))
- 320 Hamstead Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2RA: up to 1 home, permissioned (670 m (0.4 miles))
- 54 Villa Road, Lozells, Birmingham, B19 1BL: up to 9 homes, permissioned (680 m (0.4 miles))
- 84 TO 90 VILLA ROAD: up to 14 homes, not permissioned (700 m (0.4 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 29 October 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, give and take, on the footway (minor works)
- 28 August 2026 to 31 August 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 53 addresses are between 125 m and 128 m above sea level (127 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B20 2SJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Perry Barr 185,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Jewellery Quarter 446,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2 km (1.3 miles) | |
| Witton (West Midlands) 342,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Soho Benson Road (West Midlands Metro) | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Winson Green Outer Circle (West Midlands Metro) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 47 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Gibson Road Lozells | 190 m |
| Bus or coach station | Birmingham Coach Station Digbeth | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Car parks | Baker Street Car Park | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 14 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest ubitricity | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 13.2 km (8.2 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 12 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Hamstead Road Surgery | 360 m |
| Pharmacies | 18 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Healthstop Pharmacy | 360 m |
| NHS dentists | 13 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest 78 Soho Road (Dental Practice) | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Birmingham City Hospital | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Police station | Thornhill Road Police Station | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cashpoint® 162 Soho Road Lloyds Bank | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Handsworth Park 27 ha | 310 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,320 m² | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4.8 ha | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Victoria Jubilee Allotments 2.2 ha | 160 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 28 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Handsworth Park (Formerly Victoria Park), a registered park or garden (Grade II), 380 m north-west. 43 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Handsworth Park (Formerly Victoria Park) | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 380 m north-west |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade II* | 490 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls with boundary gates, railings and piers | Listed building, Grade II* | 500 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Soho House | Listed building, Grade II* | 800 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Key Hill Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Halfmoon Plantation | Wood | 2 km (1.3 miles) north |
| Soho Loop | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south |
| Garden Grove | Wood | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north |
| Icknield Port Loop | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south |
| Perry Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) north-east |
| Forge Mill Lake | Lake or reservoir | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 16.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 51 | 53 |
2 of the street's 53 addresses are 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 Birmingham: see them on the Birmingham page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welford Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 340 m | No published inspection |
| King Edward VI Handsworth School | Secondary | 11–18 | 470 m (0.3 miles) | No overall grade (Dec 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, Handsworth Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 540 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| Nishkam Primary School Birmingham Sikh | Primary | 4–11 | 650 m (0.4 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 |
| St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 690 m (0.4 miles) | Outstanding (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Grove School | Primary | 3–11 | 730 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Clare's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 750 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Jun 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys | Secondary | 11–18 | 750 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 920 m (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Heathfield Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 940 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| William Murdoch Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Jun 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Westminster Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Up Charity B20 2RJ | Other catering premises | 140 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Welford Stores B20 2PS | Retailers - other | 210 m | 5 Very good | 24 Dec 2009 |
| Little Smarties Academy B20 2RE | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 220 m | 5 Very good | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Positive Image (Birmingham) Ltd B20 2BY | Other catering premises | 280 m | 5 Very good | 30 Aug 2023 |
| Zaaiqa Catering Lmt B20 2PX | Other catering premises | 300 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Handsworth Association of Schools B20 2BL | Other catering premises | 310 m | 4 Good | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Welford Primary School B20 2BL | School/college/university | 310 m | 5 Very good | 21 Sep 2023 |
| Zanotti Ltd B21 9AS | Other catering premises | 320 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Mathu International Ltd B20 2BY | Retailers - other | 350 m | 4 Good | 3 Dec 2025 |
| D.A.F.C C.I.C B20 2BY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 350 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Healthstop Pharmacy B20 2QR | Retailers - other | 360 m | Exempt | |
| Guardian Occasions B21 9AT | Other catering premises | 380 m | 5 Very good | 21 Jan 2020 |
| HopeLozell Edible Print B20 2QR | Other catering premises | 400 m (0.2 miles) | Awaiting inspection | |
| Ayisha Bi B21 9BA | Other catering premises | 440 m (0.3 miles) | Awaiting inspection |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 109 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 29 |
| Vehicle crime | 20 |
| Other theft | 14 |
| Burglary | 13 |
| Drugs | 8 |
| Public order | 7 |
| Other crime | 6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 6 |
| Robbery | 5 |
| Possession of weapons | 4 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Hamstead Road (46); On or near Bowling Green Lane (44); On or near Holly Road (39); On or near Crick Lane (20); On or near Broughton Road (17).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 31% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 28% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 13% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 50% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 48% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 14% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 9% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 25% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 36% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 30% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 74% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 77% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 7% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 1 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Utility repair and maintenance works, 28 October 2026 to 2 November 2026 (give and take) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- B20 2SJ: 53 addresses
Nearby streets
Equiano Place · Holly Road · Parklands Avenue · Jubilee Drive · Bowling Green Lane · Nursery Drive · Victoriana Way · Broughton Road · Welford Road · Beaudesert Road · Hamstead Road · Crick Lane
All the streets in B20 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.