⭐ Ratings and reviews
Neighbourhood and local area reviews for renting in Selly Oak, Birmingham
7 ★★★★★★★☆☆☆
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Area reviews (8)
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19 January 2025
★★★★★★★★☆☆
Selly Oak is a large area. The main student area is towards Tiverton Rd. Other areas towards the edge can be nicer.
23 October 2024
★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Pretty dodgy at times but the road the house is on isn't too bad. Bins are collected regularly and we've never had any pests. Anyone looking at living in Selly knows what it's like in general knows what it's like, but Raddlebarn is the nicest road in the area. Close to 2 green areas, lots of food places, morrisons/Aldi, and a school nearby (which has never been too noisy for us). It's a 15 minute walk onto campus, and 30 minutes to the medical school via the canal.
10 October 2024
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
pretty far down hubert road, but honestly its fine. easy to walk to raddlebarn to convenience store, or to go that route (raddlebarn -> bournbrook) to Sport and Fitness. also closer to Bournville and Stirchley if you want to go there. pretty close to the station, like a 5 minute walk if ur v fast. not far from Aldi, plus Aldi's on ur way home from campus. street bins and rubbish situations sometimes pretty bad but like, thats selly, oh well.
3 August 2024
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
Selly Oak has some charm to it, but definitely is not for everybody. During the day it is more than fine, but night time can get a bit sketchy.
30 July 2024
16 July 2024
27 June 2024
★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
Has its charms - good places to eat, big student population so always round the corner from a friends house, good location to uni. But not very safe at all, as long as you don’t go out by yourself at night it’s generally fine but there are always creepy men walking around. Very noisy and dirty, always broken glass on the floor and overturned bins. I’ve lived in selly oak for 3 years and it has been fine overall, as a student area it works.
18 June 2024
★★★★★★★★★★
Quieter than the part of Selly closer to campus, fantastic transport links (11 bus opposite the front door, 10 min walk to the train), and it's nice being so close to Bournville village.