B42 1HY maps, stats, and open data

B42 1HY lies on Old Walsall Road in Birmingham. B42 1HY is located in the Newton electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Sandwell and the English Parliamentary constituency of West Bromwich East. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Black Country ICB - D2P2L and the police force is West Midlands. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

B42 1HY maps

B42 1HY map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

B42 1HY map - OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)
Source: OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)
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B42 1HY geodata

Easting	404815
Northing	293317
Latitude	52.537693
Longitude	-1.930441

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is B42 1HY?

Street	Old Walsall Road
Town/City	Birmingham
Country	England
Postcode District	B42
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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B42 1HY Elevation

Elevation or altitude of B42 1HY as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	130m	427ft

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	Newton
Constituency	West Bromwich East

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of B42 1HY

January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Coleridge Road	384m
January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Coleridge Road	384m
January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Allen Close	438m
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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to B42 1HY

Dyas Avenue (Old Walsall Rd)	Gorse Farm	64m
Dyas Avenue (Old Walsall Rd)	Gorse Farm	90m
Spouthouse Lane (Old Walsall Rd)	Gorse Farm	197m
Spouthouse Lane (Old Walsall Rd)	Gorse Farm	226m
Appleton Ave (Spouthouse Lane)	Gorse Farm	236m

Nearest railway stations to B42 1HY

Hamstead (Birmingham) Station	0.7km
Perry Barr Station	3km
Tame Bridge Parkway Station	3.5km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for B42 1HY

Broadband access in B42 1HY (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	84.6%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

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

Broadband speed in B42 1HY (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	78.1Mbps
Average download speed	65.6Mbps
Maximum download speed	200.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	9.8Mbps
Average upload speed	8.9Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in B42 1HY (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%

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B42 1HY gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in B42 1HY by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	574,358
Meter count	52
Mean (kWh/meter)	11,045
Median (kWh/meter)	9,265

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	143,502
Meter count	46
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,120
Median (kWh/meter)	2,485

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in B42 1HY, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in B42 1HY.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
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Deprivation

64.8% of English postcodes are less deprived than B42 1HY:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to B42 1HY (meters)

Hamstead Social Welfare Club

Hamstead Institute

Cake Shop and Sunita's Sweet Centre

205-207 Dyas Avenue

132m

Sandhu Supermarket

203 Dyas Avenue

136m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to B42 1HY

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Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Old Walsall Road / Spouthouse	16:15	12:30	248m
Rockford Road / Dyas Avenue	17:45	12:30	283m
Ennerdale Road	17:45	12:30	448m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to B42 1HY

Facility	Distance
Ferndale Primary School Ferndale Avenue, Birmingham Grass Pitches, Artificial Grass Pitch	367m
Dorrington Academy Dorrington Road, Birmingham Artificial Grass Pitch	1km
Red House Park Newton Road, Great Barr, Birmingham Grass Pitches, Outdoor Tennis Courts	1.1km

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to B42 1HY

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Ferndale Primary School Ferndale Avenue, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 5QF	Primary	367m
St Mark's Catholic Primary School Almond Croft, Old Walsall Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B42 1NU	Primary	377m
Hamstead Primary School Hamstead Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 5BE	Primary	921m

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B42 1HY ITL and B42 1HY 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 B42 1HY:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLG	West Midlands (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLG3	West Midlands
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLG37	Sandwell
LAU 1 Code	Name
E08000028	Sandwell

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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B42 1HY 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 B42 1HY:

	Code	Name
OA	E00050627
LSOA	E01010008	Sandwell 011A
MSOA	E02002053	Sandwell 011

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to B42 1HY

B42 1HW	Old Walsall Road	65m
B42 1HB	Hobhouse Close	93m
B42 1JR	Charnwood Road	98m
B42 1HR	Old Walsall Road	137m
B42 1HN	Dyas Avenue	138m
B43 5QA	Spouthouse Lane	164m
B42 1JS	Charnwood Road	191m
B43 5PY	Farlands Grove	197m
B42 1JU	Stanford Avenue	200m
B43 5QB	Spouthouse Lane	203m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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