B67 5DD

Last sold £300,000 in October 2025

38, Herbert Road, Smethwick

Property type: Semi-detached
Bedrooms: 6 (est.)
Tenure: Freehold
Floor area: 1,485 sq ft / 138 sq m
Plot area: about 2,200 sq ft / 200 sq m
EPC rating: D
Elevation: About 187m — higher than about 80% of homes in Smethwick

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Price history in context

Date	Price	Change	Base rate at sale	vs UK market
Today	Show me today's estimate
October 2025	£300,000	+55.2%	4.0%	−22 pts
March 2012	£193,250	+101.3%	0.5%	+23 pts
February 2001	£96,000		5.75%

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Oct 2025 — £300,000 · +55.2% · 22 pts behind the UK market
Mar 2012 — £193,250 · +101.3% · 23 pts ahead of the UK market
Feb 2001 — £96,000

paid well below the local norm at the time

vs 11 nearby sales within a year · 6-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km

The life around it

Lordswood Boys' School 383m
Bearwood Primary School 8-min walk crosses a major road
Smethwick Rolfe Street station 2.5km
Warley Rack Wood 597m
The coast (coastline) 68.1km
Edgbaston Reservoir 1.8km
Pond 259m
Canal 2.7km
Thimblemill Brook 1.0km
Lightwoods Park 96m
Play Area 228m
Dylan's 24/7 Off Licence & Convenience Store 112m
Sherwood Road (Stop Be) 117m

Broadband

Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises

Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data

Commute by train

From Smethwick Rolfe Street, 2.5km away

7 min Birmingham
80 min Sheffield
91 min Oxford
98 min Nottingham

Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.

Schools nearby

1 Lordswood Boys' School · Secondary · Boys 0.2 miles State Attainment 8: 42.7 (2023)
2 Bearwood Primary School · Primary 0.3 miles State
3 St Gregory's Catholic Primary School · Primary · Roman Catholic 0.3 miles State
4 King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls · Secondary · Girls 0.4 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 53.7 — top 20% nationally (2023)
5 Abbey Junior School · Primary 0.5 miles State
6 Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School · Primary · Roman Catholic 0.5 miles State Ofsted Requires improvement
7 Abbey Infant School · Primary 0.5 miles State
8 George Dixon Academy · Secondary 0.6 miles State Attainment 8: 37.0 (2023)
9 George Dixon Primary School · Primary 0.7 miles State
10 Shireland Collegiate Academy · Secondary 0.8 miles State Attainment 8: 47.6 — top 40% nationally (2023)

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Flood risk

Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,470 hours a year — sunnier than 20% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Crime

Above average for England & Wales — 70 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Nearby sold homes

37, Herbert Road, Smethwick £243,500 · 2022
35, Herbert Road, Smethwick £203,500 · 2016
41, Herbert Road, Smethwick £230,000 · 2016
5, Herbert Road, Smethwick £278,000 · 2020
6, Herbert Road, Smethwick £282,500 · 2019
7, Herbert Road, Smethwick £195,000 · 2014

Planning activity nearby

Withdrawn Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Apr 2026 source
In progress Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for existing use as 2no. self contained… Feb 2026 source
In progress Erection of single storey rear extension, replacement roof to include a Juliet balcony to… Apr 2026 source
In progress Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for existing 4no. self-contained flats… Feb 2026 source
Conditions Erection of detached outbuilding to rear May 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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