Sunlight falling through the trees at Bournville Secret Woods
Land for sale · Bournville / Stirchley, Birmingham

A hidden woodland.
A new possibility.

Discover the land off Sparrey Drive. A woodland setting between Bournville and Stirchley, with existing concept studies to help you explore its next chapter.

Asking priceOffers around £195,000
Approx. 3.5 acresWoodland site · area subject to verification
Sparrey DriveBirmingham · B30 2LX
A head startConcept drawings, tree surveys & ecology summary
The opportunity

A place with character.
Room for your vision.

Woodland, water and an established residential neighbourhood. Bournville Secret Woods brings together a distinctive natural setting and a location beside the canal, close to Bournville station.

For a buyer prepared to take a thoughtful approach, the existing studies offer a starting point for assessing what could work here.

01

A connected setting

Between Bournville and Stirchley, with Bourn Brook along the site boundary and the canal to the west.

02

Ideas you can interrogate

Explore residential concepts alongside woodland and wellbeing ideas with your own advisers, subject to feasibility and consents.

03

Evidence you can review

Original reports and plans are gathered below, so you can assess the possibilities alongside the constraints.

The canal and Cadbury buildings near the woodland
Local setting · canal and Cadbury buildings
Bournville meets Stirchley

Nature in the city.
Neighbourhood on the doorstep.

A setting with its own identity: the canal, Bournville’s heritage and Stirchley’s independent high street. Arrange a first visit or return for another look, and consider the site in its wider surroundings.

View the registered title plan ↗
Explore the possibilities

Different ideas.
One distinctive setting.

These existing drawings explore alternative approaches. They are concepts for discussion, not approved schemes or a promise of development capacity.

A woodland approach
to self-build.

An indicative arrangement of individual plots within the site. A starting point for exploring a scheme shaped around the woodland setting.

Indicative concept · subject to planning
Download the concept drawings ↗

Woodland, wellbeing and retreat ideas

The natural setting may also interest buyers exploring woodland management, nature-based activities, yoga or wellbeing retreats. These are possibilities to investigate, with no assessed scheme or approval implied. Suitability, access, ecological impact and all necessary planning and other consents would need to be established.

Each drawing is a separate concept; capacities should not be combined. Development feasibility, access, ecology, trees and all necessary consents require the buyer’s own assessment.

The buyer information pack

See the detail.
Make an informed move.

The key source documents, without the search. Review them with your advisers before shaping your proposal.

What should a buyer know before making an offer?

The ecology summary identifies priority woodland habitat and a wildlife designation, and calls for further ecological assessment and survey work. The tree report is a historical baseline with a stated one-year validity. Updated advice will be needed. Concept drawings do not establish planning consent; buyers should verify the current planning position, title, access rights, services and development feasibility independently. The key reports and concept drawings linked above open directly without Google Drive access. Contact Jimmy for further supporting information.

Your next move

Explore the woods.
Discuss the opportunity.

Interested in purchasing? Speak directly to Jimmy to discuss your proposal, ask for more information or arrange a first or return viewing.

Put your proposal forward

  • Your proposed price and buying entity
  • Any conditions attached to the offer
  • Your funding position and timescale
Email Jimmy about an offer
The Secret Woods
Sparrey Drive · B30
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