B68 8HU maps, stats, and open data

B68 8HU lies on Vicarage Road in Oldbury. B68 8HU is located in the St Pauls 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 January 1980.

B68 8HU maps

B68 8HU map - large scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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B68 8HU geodata

Easting	400096
Northing	288248
Latitude	52.492144
Longitude	-2.000015

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is B68 8HU?

Street	Vicarage Road
Town/City	Oldbury
Country	England
Postcode District	B68
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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B68 8HU Elevation

Elevation or altitude of B68 8HU 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	St Pauls
Constituency	Warley

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of B68 8HU

January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Parking Area	416m
October 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Dog Kennel Lane	261m
October 2023	Drugs	On or near Parking Area	416m
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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to B68 8HU

Richmond Hill (Vicarage Rd)	Rood End	17m
Richmond Hill (Vicarage Rd)	Rood End	52m
The Merrivale (Vicarage Rd)	Rood End	142m
Tat Bank Crossroads (Vicarage Rd)	Rood End	192m
The Merrivale (Dog Kennel Lane)	Langley Green	207m

Nearest railway stations to B68 8HU

Langley Green Station	0.4km
Smethwick Galton Bridge Station	1.7km
Sandwell & Dudley Station	2km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for B68 8HU

Broadband access in B68 8HU (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	96.8%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

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

Broadband speed in B68 8HU (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	70.0Mbps
Average download speed	78.3Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	13.2Mbps
Average upload speed	11.8Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in B68 8HU (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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B68 8HU gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	450,172
Meter count	31
Mean (kWh/meter)	14,522
Median (kWh/meter)	12,557

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	191,458
Meter count	35
Mean (kWh/meter)	5,470
Median (kWh/meter)	3,785

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in B68 8HU, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in B68 8HU.
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

88.1% of English postcodes are less deprived than B68 8HU:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to B68 8HU (meters)

Desi Punjabi Food

4 Vicarage Street

109m

Alphonsus House

81 Vicarage Road

126m

Acorn Lodge

Acorn Lodge

184m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to B68 8HU

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Crosswells Road / Vicarage Road	17:45	12:00	172m
Priory Drive / Vicarage Road	17:15	12:00	238m
Basons Lane / Darby Road	17:30	12:00	328m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to B68 8HU

Facility	Distance
Langley Swimming Centre (Closed) Vicarage Road, Oldbury Swimming Pool, Health and Fitness Gym	361m
Basons Playing Fields Basons Lane, Oldbury Grass Pitches	425m
Warley Rfc (St Johns Pitches) St. Johns Road, Oldbury Grass Pitches	501m

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Nearest schools to B68 8HU

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Rood End Primary School Rood End Road, Oldbury, B68 8SQ	Primary	382m
Q3 Academy Langley Moat Road, Oldbury, B68 8ED	Secondary	784m
The Orchard School Causeway Green Road, Oldbury, B68 8LD	Not applicable	906m

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B68 8HU ITL and B68 8HU 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 8HU:

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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B68 8HU 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 8HU:

	Code	Name
OA	E00050679
LSOA	E01010021	Sandwell 024D
MSOA	E02002066	Sandwell 024

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to B68 8HU

B68 9TJ	Richmond Hill	43m
B68 8HJ	Rectory Gardens	72m
B68 8HY	Vicarage Road	103m
B68 8HT	Vicarage Road	110m
B68 8HZ	Priory Drive	120m
B68 9LX	Thornwood Close	131m
B68 9RP	St Johns Road	138m
B68 8JL	Mushroom Hall Road	152m
B68 9TH	Richmond Hill	154m
B68 8JP	Mushroom Hall Road	175m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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