5 Forge Drive

B61 8DRSemi-detachedFreehold

Last sold

£320,000

March 2026

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Previous sales

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March 2026 Freehold £320,000

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Schools nearby

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Primary schools

Meadows First School Ages 4 to 9

No grade

0.3 miles

The Orchards School Ages 3 to 9 · 230 pupils

Good, 2024

0.6 miles

Finstall First School Ages 5 to 9 · 296 pupils

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0.8 miles

Secondary schools

Parkside Middle School Ages 9 to 13 · 593 pupils

Good, 2019

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St John's Church of England Middle School Academy Ages 9 to 13 · 658 pupils · Church of England

Good, 2023

0.4 miles

North Bromsgrove High School Ages 13 to 18 · 1,140 pupils

Good, 2023

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Recently sold nearby

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12 Providence Road

August 2026

£327,500

45 Churchfields Close

July 2026

£305,000

60 Willow Close

July 2026

£228,000

26 Willow Gardens

June 2026

£245,000

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Flipometer

Places on the map that were bought, done up and sold on.

20 Church Road, Bromsgrove

Bought July 2024£257,500

Sold November 2025£325,000

+£67,500 16 months Flipped

44 Churchfields Close, Bromsgrove

Bought July 2021£215,000

Sold December 2022£263,000

+£48,000 17 months Flipped

31 Providence Road, Bromsgrove

Bought January 2020£165,000

Sold January 2022£208,000

+£43,000 23 months Flipped

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How this area has changed

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Area	Now	5 years ago	10 years ago	15 years ago	20 years ago
Forge Drive	–	Not enough sales	Not enough sales	Not enough sales	Not enough sales
Postcode sector B61 8	£283,500	£234,000 +21% since	£169,500 +67% since	£135,250 +110% since	£148,500 +91% since
Bromsgrove	£320,000	£285,000 +12% since	£222,000 +44% since	£180,000 +78% since	£179,972 +78% since

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Sector B61 8 Bromsgrove Typical price each year, semi-detached houses. A gap is a year with too few sales.

House prices across B61 →

How homes change hands in B61 8, over the last five years (489 sales):

What sells: 39% semi-detached, 24% terraced, 15% flats, 14% detached, 8% other.
23% sold leasehold.
96 sales in the last twelve months, against 130 in the same twelve months five years ago.

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