Property market
The five-year median is £222,234 from 2 recorded sales in B26 3HD. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Birmingham is £234,150 in June 2026, up 2.2% year on year.
B26 3HD
Sheldon · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Sheldon
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Yardley
- Postcode district
- B26
- Postcode sector
- B26 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B26 3HD
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B26
- Postcode sector
- B26 3
- Latitude
- 52.453095
- Longitude
- -1.782269
- British National Grid easting
- 414,893
- British National Grid northing
- 283,925
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Sheldon · E05011166
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Yardley · E14001100
- Output area
- E00047234
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 081A · E01009315
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 081 · E02001907
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore B26
Property
7 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 26, Sheaf Lane, Birmingham, B26 3HD | 1 April 2026 | £279,469 |
| 20, Sheaf Lane, Birmingham, B26 3HD | 20 December 2023 | £165,000 |
| 38, Sheaf Lane, Sheldon, Birmingham, B26 3HD | 18 May 2012 | £140,500 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 115
- Primary
- 70
- Secondary
- 16
- 365 m
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 791 m
Valley Primary
Academy converter
- 851 m
Lyndon School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,739
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,351
- Shoplifting 670
- Vehicle crime 410
- Criminal damage and arson 244
- Public order 199
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 15
- Postcode households
- 8
- Residents per household
- 1.9
- B26 3 residents
- 11,208
7 female, 8 male
Age bands in B26 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.6%
2,028 residents
1,310 residents
3,133 residents
2,873 residents
1,994 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B26 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
32
within 5 km
CRANES PARK ROAD SURGERY
25 CRANES PARK ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 3SE
ODS code M85097
409 m
COVENTRY ROAD PRACTICE
2314 COVENTRY ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 3JS
ODS code M89021
459 m
CHURCH ROAD SURGERY
90 CHURCH ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 3TP
ODS code M85048
652 m
THE SHELDON MEDICAL CENTRE
169 CHURCH ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 3TT
ODS code M85770
879 m
HOBS MOAT MEDICAL CENTRE
ULLERIES ROAD, SOLIHULL, B92 8ED
ODS code M89019
1.1 km
RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE
179 RICHMOND ROAD, SOLIHULL, B92 7SA
ODS code M89007
1.3 km
DOWNSFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
315 SHELDON HEATH ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 2TY
ODS code M85717
1.6 km
MANOR HOUSE LANE SURGERY
1 MANOR HOUSE LANE, YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B26 1PD
ODS code M89009
1.6 km
GARRETTS GREEN LANE SURGERY
172 GARRETTS GREEN LANE, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 2SB
ODS code M85694
1.8 km
ROWLANDS ROAD SURGERY
15 ROWLANDS ROAD, SOUTH YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B26 1AT
ODS code M85171
2.0 km
ST. MARGARETS MEDICAL PRACTICE
8 ST. MARGARETS ROAD, SOLIHULL, B92 7JS
ODS code M89005
2.4 km
THE SWAN MEDICAL CENTRE
4 WILLARD RD, SOUTH YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B25 8AA
ODS code M85011
2.6 km
VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY
21 VICTORIA ROAD, ACOCKS GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B27 7XZ
ODS code M85105
2.7 km
ACOCKS GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE
999 WARWICK ROAD, ACOCKS GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B27 6QJ
ODS code M85736
3.2 km
SWANSWELL MEDICAL CENTRE
370 GOSPEL LANE, ACOCKS GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B27 7AL
ODS code M85177
3.3 km
YARDLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
1222 COVENTRY ROAD, YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B25 8BY
ODS code M85094
3.3 km
MIRFIELD SURGERY
287 KITTS GREEN ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, BIRMINGHAM, B33 9SA
ODS code M85746
3.3 km
BOSWORTH MEDICAL GROUP
CHELMSLEY WOOD PCC, CRABTREE DRIVE, CHELMSLEY WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B37 5BU
ODS code M89008
3.6 km
NSC BOSWORTH HUB
BOSWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE, 16 CRABTREE DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, B37 5BU
ODS code Y06125
3.6 km
IRIDIUM MEDICAL PRACTICE
299 BORDESLEY GREEN EAST, STECHFORD, BIRMINGHAM, B33 8TA
ODS code Y02893
3.7 km
Showing 20 of 32 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Deepdale Avenue
BCT · Sheldon
- 0.1 miles
Deepdale Avenue
BCT · Sheldon
- 0.1 miles
The Wheatsheaf
BCT · Sheldon
- 0.1 miles
The Wheatsheaf
BCT · Sheldon
- 0.1 miles
The Wheatsheaf
BCT · Sheldon
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 081A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
3 of 10
Overall England rank
6,986 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Schools
115 open schools are in scope, including 70 primary and 16 secondary schools. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 365 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,739 published events cover 12 months, averaging 311.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,351 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.