The typical property in B46
B46 covers Coleshill and Water Orton in North Warwickshire, the gateway between Birmingham and the HS2 construction zone.
Area summary
B46 sits east of Birmingham across the boundary into North Warwickshire District Council. The outcode covers Coleshill, Water Orton and small surrounding villages. Coleshill itself is a small market town with a Grade I-listed parish church and a conservation area covering the High Street and Church Hill. Housing is a mix of older town-centre terraces, interwar and postwar semis on the outskirts, and newer estates built from the 1990s onwards.
Coleshill Parkway station sits on the Birmingham to Nuneaton line and the Chiltern line, putting Birmingham New Street roughly 14 minutes away and London Marylebone within 90 minutes off-peak. Water Orton is a separate village within the outcode and has its own station on the Birmingham to Nuneaton line. The major employment forces in the area are the HS2 construction works to the south, the M6 and M42 logistics corridor and the historic Coleshill town centre.
Schools are North Warwickshire maintained provision. Demographics skew towards commuter families, with a younger working-age intake in the newer estates.
North Warwickshire District Council operates a different licensing and planning regime to Birmingham. There is no Birmingham-style Article 4 Direction on C3-to-C4 conversions, and HMO licensing is the mandatory five-or-more regime only. The Renters' Rights Act 2026 has abolished Section 21 evictions. The proposed 2030 EPC C standard, if enacted, will hit older Coleshill town centre stock hardest.
What the data shows
Researched facts
- Coleshill High Street is a designated conservation area within North Warwickshire, source
- Coleshill Parkway opened in 2007 and serves both the Cross-City Birmingham-Nuneaton line and Chiltern services to London, source
- HS2 phase 1 construction is centred on Birmingham Interchange in adjacent B92 and B40, with significant works activity in B46, source
Buyer notes
- Coleshill conservation area means stricter consent on listed and unlisted buildings within the boundary
- HS2 construction traffic is a real consideration on village lanes, verify the impact period
- North Warwickshire HMO rules differ from Birmingham, only mandatory licensing applies
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