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B68 8BG lies on Old College Avenue in Oldbury. B68 8BG is located in the Langley electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Sandwell and the English Parliamentary constituency of Warley. 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 November 2012.

Where is B68 8BG?

Street	Old College Avenue
Town/City	Oldbury
Country	England
Postcode District	B68

B68 8BG Elevation

Elevation or altitude of B68 8BG as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	170m	558ft

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	Langley
Constituency	Warley

Transport

Nearest bus stops to B68 8BG

Pound Rd (Wolverhampton Road)	Bristnall Fields	60m
Pound Rd (Wolverhampton Road)	Bristnall Fields	82m
St Matthews Road (Brook Rd)	Bristnall Fields	95m
St Matthews Road (Brook Rd)	Bristnall Fields	103m
Sandwell College (Pound Rd)	Bristnall Fields	114m

Nearest railway stations to B68 8BG

Rowley Regis Station	1.2km
Langley Green Station	1.6km
Old Hill Station	3.1km

Broadband

Broadband access in B68 8BG (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	0.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

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

Broadband speed in B68 8BG (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	34.3Mbps
Average download speed	28.2Mbps
Maximum download speed	46.32Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	6.3Mbps
Average upload speed	5.3Mbps
Maximum upload speed	8.25Mbps

Broadband limitations in B68 8BG (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%

B68 8BG gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in B68 8BG by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	228,099
Meter count	24
Mean (kWh/meter)	9,504
Median (kWh/meter)	9,009

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	60,580
Meter count	17
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,564
Median (kWh/meter)	2,509

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in B68 8BG, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in B68 8BG.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

63.4% of English postcodes are less deprived than B68 8BG:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to B68 8BG (metres)

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Nearest post box to B68 8BG

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Wolerhampton Road / Leahouse Road	17:15	12:00	169m
Ferndale Road / Falcon Road	17:15	12:00	285m
Causeway Green Post Office	17:15	12:00	368m

B68 8BG ITL and B68 8BG 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 B68 8BG:

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

B68 8BG 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 B68 8BG:

	Code	Name
OA	E00050579
LSOA	E01010000	Sandwell 030A
MSOA	E02002072	Sandwell 030

Nearest postcodes to B68 8BG

B68 8BF	Old College Avenue	30m
B68 8AA	Brook Road	92m
B68 8PX	Leahouse Gardens	131m
B68 8NL	Hollyoake Close	142m
B68 8NB	Pound Road	150m
B68 8AB	St Matthews Road	158m
B68 8DB	Wolverhampton Road	163m
B68 8AR	Ferndale Road	169m
B68 8LZ	Pound Close	180m
B68 8PD	Leahouse Road	223m