Area guidesSutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield
B72 · B73 · B74 · Birmingham
A view of Sutton Coldfield. Photograph by Martin Richard Phelan.
Sutton Coldfield is a suburban area in north Birmingham, known for its historic town centre and leafy surroundings. It offers a mix of old and new housing, parks, and amenities, making it a popular choice for families and commuters.
What stands out
- Historic town centre
- Leafy surroundings
- Mix of old and new housing
Trade-offs
- Residential areas can be quite spread out
- Some roads can be busy during rush hour
- Limited nightlife options
Everyday life
Residents can enjoy a range of shops, cafes, and restaurants in the town centre, as well as regular markets and events. The area is also home to several parks and open spaces, including a large park with a lake and walking trails. Local amenities include a leisure centre and a range of healthcare services.
Housing character
The area features a mix of period homes, including Victorian and Edwardian houses, as well as newer developments of semi-detached and detached homes. There are also some apartment complexes and converted buildings, offering a range of choices for buyers and renters.
Getting around
The area has good road links, with easy access to the city centre and surrounding suburbs. There are also regular bus services and a nearby train station, which offers direct trains to Birmingham New Street and other local destinations.
Things to investigate
Visitors may want to explore the historic town centre, including the old church and the high street. They could also investigate the local parks and open spaces, such as Kingsbury Road Recreation Ground, and check out the range of local shops, cafes, and restaurants along Erdington Lane and other main roads.
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
6 schools
- Judged by Ofsted
- 6
- At least Good
- 6
- Outstanding or equivalent
- 0
- Below Good
- 0
Secondarystate-funded, within 5 km
11 schools
- Judged by Ofsted
- 11
- At least Good
- 11
- Outstanding or equivalent
- 3
- Below Good
- 0
12 open schools of every phase sit within 2 km, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plantsbrook School | Secondary | 0.5 km | Good · Overall effectiveness, pre-September 2024 |
| Bishop Vesey's Grammar School | Secondary | 0.7 km | Outstanding · Overall effectiveness, pre-September 2024 |
| Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls | Secondary | 1 km | Good · Overall effectiveness, pre-September 2024 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 1.1 km | Good · Overall effectiveness, pre-September 2024 |
| Whitehouse Common Primary School | Primary | 1.2 km | Good · Overall effectiveness, pre-September 2024 |
| Maney Hill Primary School | Primary | 1.4 km | Good · Overall effectiveness, pre-September 2024 |
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
Sutton Coldfield, taken as the B72, B73, B74 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 Sutton Coldfield
Geography from the official record. A district or place name is a group of postcodes, not one address.
- Live postcodes
- 240 in B72
- Localities
- Erdington, Sutton Trinity, Sutton Wylde Green
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
- Centre postcode
- B72 1LE
The pin uses Postcodes.io coordinates, not an exact entrance or title boundary.
Tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors
Districts next to B72
Found in the same 2.8 km sample around the centre of B72, from 225 live postcodes. Proximity, not a boundary.
- B73Sutton Wylde Green · Sutton Trinity · Sutton Vesey79 postcodes in the sample
- B76Sutton Walmley & Minworth · Sutton Reddicap60 postcodes in the sample
- B75Sutton Trinity · Sutton Reddicap18 postcodes in the sample
- B24Erdington1 postcode in the sample
- B4Sutton Trinity1 postcode in the sample
- B74Sutton Trinity1 postcode in the sample
Nearby pubs
Pubs mapped in OpenStreetMap within 2.0 miles of B72 1XX, nearest first.
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