Shirley is a suburban area in Solihull, England, offering a mix of residential and commercial properties, with easy access to local amenities and transport links.
What stands out
- Leafy residential streets
- Vibrant high street
- Historic parish church
Trade-offs
- Convenient location versus busy roads
- Variety of housing types versus limited new development
- Community facilities versus limited nightlife
Everyday life
Residents in Shirley enjoy a range of local shops, cafes, and restaurants along the high street, as well as regular community events and festivals, making it a lively and engaging place to live. The area is also close to several parks and open spaces, providing opportunities for outdoor activities and relaxation.
Housing character
The housing stock in Shirley is varied, with a mix of period homes, interwar semis, and modern developments, offering a range of choices for buyers and renters. Properties range from spacious family houses to compact apartments, many of which feature gardens and outdoor spaces.
Getting around
Shirley has good transport links, with regular bus services connecting the area to Solihull town centre and surrounding neighbourhoods. The nearby railway station offers routes to Birmingham and other local destinations, making it easy to get around without a car.
Things to investigate
Those interested in exploring Shirley further may want to visit the local parish church, which dates back to the 12th century, and take a stroll along the scenic River Blythe, which runs through the area. The nearby town centre offers a range of amenities, including shops, restaurants, and leisure facilities, worth investigating for those considering making Shirley their home.
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
17 schools
- Judged by Ofsted
- 14
- At least Good
- 13
- Outstanding or equivalent
- 2
- Below Good
- 1
Secondarystate-funded, within 5 km
19 schools
- Judged by Ofsted
- 16
- At least Good
- 14
- Outstanding or equivalent
- 1
- Below Good
- 2
22 open schools of every phase sit within 2 km, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Hood Academy | Primary | 0.3 km | School remains Good · Ungraded inspection |
| St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School | Primary | 0.4 km | Good · Overall effectiveness, pre-September 2024 |
| Lakey Lane Primary School | Primary | 0.9 km | No published judgement |
| Tudor Grange Primary Academy Langley | Primary | 1 km | School remains Good · Ungraded inspection |
| Streetsbrook Infant and Early Years Academy | Primary | 1.1 km | Good · Overall effectiveness, pre-September 2024 |
| Reynalds Cross School | Not applicable | 1.1 km | School remains Good · Ungraded inspection |
Housing market context
£334,966average house price across Solihull, June 2026
A year earlier the same measure was £321,556, a change of +4.2%.
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
Shirley, taken as the B90 postcode district. 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 Shirley
Geography from the official record. A district or place name is a group of postcodes, not one address.
- Live postcodes
- 1,086 in B90
- Localities
- Shirley, Blythe, Olton, Wythall
- Local authority
- Bromsgrove, Solihull
- Country
- England
- Centre postcode
- B90 2QD
The pin uses Postcodes.io coordinates, not an exact entrance or title boundary.
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Districts next to B90
Found in the same 2.8 km sample around the centre of B90, from 225 live postcodes. Proximity, not a boundary.
Nearby pubs
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