Edgbaston is a popular area in south Birmingham, known for its leafy streets and mix of old and new housing. It offers a range of amenities and is close to the city centre.
What stands out
- Historic homes and gardens
- Vibrant high street
- Scenic parkland
Trade-offs
- Mature trees and green spaces versus busy roads
- Upscale housing versus commercial areas
- Village-like feel versus city proximity
Everyday life
Residents can enjoy a range of shops, cafes, and restaurants along the high street, as well as leisure facilities and community events. The area also has a village-like atmosphere, with many local groups and activities. Everyday essentials are easily accessible.
Housing character
Edgbaston offers a diverse range of housing, from period homes with large gardens to modern apartments and new developments. The area features a mix of spacious detached houses, semi-detached villas, and terraced streets, many with original architectural details.
Getting around
The area has good transport links, with several bus routes and a nearby railway station, providing easy access to the city centre and surrounding areas. Residents can also use local taxi services and ride-sharing schemes.
Things to investigate
Visitors may want to explore the area's historic landmarks, such as an eighteenth-century mansion and its surrounding parkland. They could also investigate local community events, sports facilities, and shopping centres, including a popular shopping street and a nearby retail park.
Schools
Measured by distance from the area centre, straight line. Primary is a walk and secondary is a journey, so they are counted on different radii. Ofsted's published judgements, not a Greathome rating.
Primarystate-funded, within 2 km
7 schools
- Judged by Ofsted
- 5
- At least Good
- 3
- Outstanding or equivalent
- 0
- Below Good
- 2
Secondarystate-funded, within 5 km
28 schools
- Judged by Ofsted
- 25
- At least Good
- 21
- Outstanding or equivalent
- 6
- Below Good
- 4
20 open schools of every phase sit within 2 km, 10 of them independent. Independent schools carry no Ofsted judgement in this release, so they appear in the total and never in the judged figures. Nothing here establishes catchment, admissions eligibility or available places.
The nearest 6 schools, with their published judgement
| School | Phase | Distance | Published judgement |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Edward VI High School for Girls | Not applicable | 0.8 km | No published judgement |
| Harborne Academy | Secondary | 0.8 km | Good · Overall effectiveness, pre-September 2024 |
| The Blue Coat School Birmingham | Not applicable | 0.8 km | No published judgement |
| King Edward's School | Not applicable | 0.8 km | No published judgement |
| University of Birmingham | Not applicable | 0.9 km | No published judgement |
| Hallfield School | Not applicable | 1 km | No published judgement |
Housing market context
£234,150average house price across Birmingham, June 2026
A year earlier the same measure was £229,142, a change of +2.2%.
Average price across the whole local authority for one month, from the ONS series built on HM Land Registry UK House Price Index data. It is not a neighbourhood median and not a valuation of any property. Two guides in the same borough share this figure while their streets differ. House-price data is revised, and recent months are the most likely to move.
Source: Average house price by local authority, Office for National Statistics, from HM Land Registry UK House Price Index.
What this report does not cover
- neighbourhood median sale price (not_available): Only a local-authority average is connected, from ONS. A neighbourhood median needs enough geocoded transactions inside the guide boundary, which the per-postcode HMLR queries cannot supply.
- rents (not_available): No rent series is connected. Advertised rents and official all-tenancy measures are different things and neither is available here yet.
- journey times (not_available): No journey planner is connected. Transport is measured as nearby stops, not as time to anywhere. TfL PTAL and journey-time APIs would replace it for London.
- school admissions history (not_available): Admission arrangements are held by each admission authority and are not in the GIAS or Ofsted snapshots.
- licensed premises and venues (not_available): No licensing register or venue dataset is connected. Food-hygiene categories are not a pub register.
- image rights (not_yet_verified): No licensed image library is connected. Return an image brief rather than an asset.
- approved boundary polygon (not_yet_verified): Boundaries are postcode-district proxies. Counts describe the districts named, not a town-centre polygon.
Boundary
Edgbaston, taken as the B15, B16 postcode districts. A postcode-district proxy, not an approved polygon. These are postcode districts standing in for an approved polygon. Present every count as "in these postcode districts", never as a neighbourhood or town-centre figure.
Sources
- Average house price by local authority — Office for National Statistics, from HM Land Registry UK House Price Index
- Get Information About Schools — Department for Education
- Ofsted inspection management information — Ofsted
- Street-level crime data — Police.uk
- Postcode and administrative geography — Postcodes.io / ONS
Evidence checked 2026-09-11. Last content change 2026-09-10. Next review 2026-09-18.
What is already known about Edgbaston
Geography from the official record. A district or place name is a group of postcodes, not one address.
- Live postcodes
- 484 in B15
- Localities
- Bournbrook, Selly Park, Edgbaston, Harborne
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
- Centre postcode
- B15 3TJ
The pin uses Postcodes.io coordinates, not an exact entrance or title boundary.
Tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors
Districts next to B15
Found in the same 2.8 km sample around the centre of B15, from 225 live postcodes. Proximity, not a boundary.
- B5Balsall Heath West · Bordesley & Highgate · Edgbaston56 postcodes in the sample
- B16Ladywood · North Edgbaston44 postcodes in the sample
- B1Ladywood29 postcodes in the sample
- B17Harborne · Edgbaston9 postcodes in the sample
- B18Ladywood2 postcodes in the sample
- B29Edgbaston · Bournbrook & Selly Park2 postcodes in the sample
Nearby pubs
Pubs mapped in OpenStreetMap within 2.0 miles of B15 2QN, nearest first.
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