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B38 8XS lies on Forfar Walk in Birmingham. B38 8XS is located in the King's Norton North electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Birmingham and the English Parliamentary constituency of Birmingham, Northfield. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB - 15E and the police force is West Midlands. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is B38 8XS?

Street	Forfar Walk
Town/City	Birmingham
Country	England
Postcode District	B38

B38 8XS Elevation

Elevation or altitude of B38 8XS as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	160m	525ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	King's Norton North
Constituency	Birmingham, Northfield

Transport

Nearest bus stops to B38 8XS

Dormie Close (Vardon Way)	Wychall	42m
Dormie Close (Vardon Way)	Wychall	54m
Oddingley Rd (Staple Lodge Rd)	Wychall	284m
Oddingley Rd (Staple Lodge Rd)	Wychall	297m
Brassie Close (Vardon Way)	Wychall	310m

Nearest railway stations to B38 8XS

Northfield Station	1.2km
Kings Norton Station	1.6km
Longbridge Station	2.4km

Broadband

Broadband access in B38 8XS (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	100.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband limitations in B38 8XS (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

B38 8XS gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in B38 8XS by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	51,852
Meter count	7
Mean (kWh/meter)	7,407
Median (kWh/meter)	5,658

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	16,806
Meter count	7
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,401
Median (kWh/meter)	1,818

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in B38 8XS, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in B38 8XS.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

80.5% of English postcodes are less deprived than B38 8XS:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to B38 8XS (metres)

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Nearest post box to B38 8XS

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Vardon Way Shopping Precinct	17:15	12:30	201m
Birdie Close / Vardon Way	17:15	12:30	340m
Wychall Road Post Office	17:45	12:30	514m

B38 8XS ITL and B38 8XS LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for B38 8XS:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLG	West Midlands (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLG3	West Midlands
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLG31	Birmingham
LAU 1 Code	Name
E08000025	Birmingham

B38 8XS census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for B38 8XS:

	Code	Name
OA	E00046242
LSOA	E01009118	Birmingham 127E
MSOA	E02001953	Birmingham 127

Nearest postcodes to B38 8XS

B38 8XU	Par Green	69m
B38 8XY	Vardon Way	100m
B38 8XT	Dormie Close	102m
B38 8XX	Mashie Gardens	113m
B38 8XZ	Portrush Avenue	120m
B31 3BP	Oddingley Road	120m
B31 3EL	Middle Field Road	141m
B38 8YA	Vardon Way	152m
B31 3BL	Kinver Road	162m
B31 3BS	Oddingley Road	188m