Newman Drive Birmingham, Bromsgrove
14 addresses across 1 postcode (B45), about 140 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 4703043.
- Sales: 16 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £375,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Bromsgrove cost £332,683 in August 2026 (+1.2% on a year); private rents averaged £998 a month.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (B: 12).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the B4096, carries 7,061 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; 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 Barnt Green, about 2 km (1.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Cofton Park, is about 710 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 172 to 178 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 14 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Cofton Medical Centre, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away.
- People: About 330 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 91% of households owned their home and 61% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 43 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £375,000 | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | £390,000 | £390,000 | £390,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | £373,750 | £372,500 | £375,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | £330,495 | £325,995 | £334,995 |
| 2020 | 6 | £334,995 | £309,995 | £341,995 |
| 2018 | 2 | £309,995 | £309,995 | £309,995 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov 2018 | 1 B45 8FY | Detached | £309,995 | New build. |
| 3 Feb 2026 | 2 B45 8FY | Detached | £375,000 | |
| 29 Jun 2018 | 2 B45 8FY | Detached | £309,995 | New build. |
| 20 Nov 2018 | 3 B45 8FY | Semi-detached | £128,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 4 Oct 2024 | 4 B45 8FY | Semi-detached | £375,000 | |
| 29 May 2020 | 4 B45 8FY | Semi-detached | £330,995 | New build. |
| 20 Nov 2018 | 5 B45 8FY | Semi-detached | £128,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 29 May 2020 | 6 B45 8FY | Semi-detached | £338,995 | New build. |
| 26 Feb 2021 | 7 B45 8FY | Detached | £325,995 | New build. |
| 20 Jun 2024 | 8 B45 8FY | Detached | £372,500 | |
| 29 May 2020 | 8 B45 8FY | Detached | £309,995 | New build. |
| 27 Nov 2020 | 10 B45 8FY | Detached | £309,995 | New build. |
| 27 Nov 2020 | 12 B45 8FY | Semi-detached | £339,995 | New build. |
| 27 Nov 2020 | 14 B45 8FY | Semi-detached | £341,995 | New build. |
| 22 Sep 2025 | 16 B45 8FY | Detached | £390,000 | |
| 28 May 2021 | 16 B45 8FY | Detached | £334,995 | New build. |
House prices and rents in Bromsgrove
A typical home in Bromsgrove cost £332,683 in August 2026, 1.2% more than a year before. That is 11% more than five years earlier and 37% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £518,674 |
| Semi-detached | £324,833 |
| Terraced | £267,168 |
| Flat or maisonette | £151,876 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £257,627 |
Private renters in Bromsgrove paid £998 a month on average in September 2026, 2.6% more than a year before. That is 30% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £721 |
| Two bedrooms | £904 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,098 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,613 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 92 m². Most common: House, detached (6); House, semi-detached (6). Built: 2017 (11); 2020 (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (12 addresses)
- 1, Newman Drive, Cofton Hackett
- 2, Newman Drive, Cofton Hackett
- 3, Newman Drive, Cofton Hackett
- 4, Newman Drive, Cofton Hackett
- 5, Newman Drive, Cofton Hackett
- 6, Newman Drive, Cofton Hackett
- 7, Newman Drive, Cofton Hackett
- 8, Newman Drive, Cofton Hackett
- 10, NEWMAN DRIVE, Cofton Hackett
- 12, NEWMAN DRIVE, COFTON HACKETT
- 14, NEWMAN DRIVE, COFTON HACKETT
- 16 NEWMAN DRIVE, COFTON HACKETT
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 6,203 kWh of it on average in 2024, 49% less than the district's 12,203 kWh, and 1,929 kWh of electricity, 43% less than the district's 3,373 kWh. There are gas meters for about 92% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is B45.
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 D (38% of about 1,140 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)
- LONGBRIDGE EAST - PHASE 3 GROVELEY LANE: up to 12 homes, permissioned (640 m (0.4 miles))
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
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, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 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.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 14 addresses are between 172 m and 178 m above sea level (176 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B45 8FY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Barnt Green 327,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Longbridge 892,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2 km (1.3 miles) | |
| Northfield 643,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Parsonage Drive Rednal | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Alvechurch - Red Lion PH | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Car parks | Barnt Green Station Car Park | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | Barnt Green Parish GeniePoint | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 18.2 km (11 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Cofton Medical Centre Good Oct 2026 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Knights Longbridge Pharmacy | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest 17 Edgewood Road | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hospital | West Heath Hospital | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Cofton Park Manor Care Home Good Mar 2026 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Spar Rednall Cashzone | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cofton Park 51 ha | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,640 m² | 170 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.3 ha | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 340 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 51 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Michael, a listed building (Grade II*), 290 m south-east. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Michael | Listed building, Grade II* | 290 m south-east |
| Cofton Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 580 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cofton Plantation | Wood | 700 m (0.4 miles) south |
| The Grove | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Upper Bittell Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Cofton Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Bilberry Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Scarfields Dingle | Valley | 4 km (2.5 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 14 |
2 of the street's 14 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 Bromsgrove: see them on the Bromsgrove page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Andrew's CofE First School Church of England | Primary | 5–9 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good | None published |
| Cofton Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) | 60% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 57% in 2024 and 47% in 2023) |
| Rednal Hill Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 49% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 1% at the higher standard (2025; 56% in 2024 and 49% in 2023) |
| Rednal Hill Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| St Columba's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | 80% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 63% in 2024 and 66% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 191 childminders and 25 home childcarers (nannies) in Worcestershire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cofton Pizza/Cofton Churro B45 8FP | Mobile caterer | 160 m | 5 Very good | 6 Jan 2026 |
| Cofton News And Wines B45 8AS | Retailers - other | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 9 Oct 2025 |
| Ascotts Fish And Chips B45 8AS | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 29 Apr 2026 |
| New Ruchi International B45 8UQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Hong Kong Kitchen B45 8UQ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 13 Oct 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 20 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 5 |
| Burglary | 5 |
| Public order | 5 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Possession of weapons | 2 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Russell Street (14); On or near Lancaster Way (8); On or near Hackett Street (5); On or near Church View Close (5); On or near Shadow Close (3).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the B4096, with 7,061 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 490 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B4096 | Not recorded | 7,061 counted 2025 | 1% | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 28% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 2% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 91% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 13% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 86% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 5% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 51% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 47% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 61% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 5% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
- Food hygiene ratings Hong Kong Kitchen (takeaway/sandwich shop, B45 8UQ) now 3 Generally satisfactory, was Awaiting inspection (rated 13 October 2026) found 4 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- B45 8FY: 14 addresses of 15 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Arrow Drive · Hackett Street · Lancaster Way · Avro Street · Malow Close · Skylark Street · Payton Street · Russell Street · Aero Way · Church View Close · East Works Drive · Shadow Close
All the streets in B45 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.