B68 8HZ maps, stats, and open data

B68 8HZ lies on Priory Drive in Oldbury. B68 8HZ 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 8HZ maps

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

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Attribution: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024; Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2024; Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0

B68 8HZ geodata

Easting	400173
Northing	288340
Latitude	52.492971
Longitude	-1.998881

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is B68 8HZ?

Street	Priory Drive
Town/City	Oldbury
Country	England
Postcode District	B68
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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B68 8HZ Elevation

Elevation or altitude of B68 8HZ 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 8HZ

January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Parking Area	481m
October 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Dog Kennel Lane	317m
October 2023	Drugs	On or near Parking Area	481m
➜ Priory Drive crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to B68 8HZ

Richmond Hill (Vicarage Rd)	Rood End	90m
Richmond Hill (Vicarage Rd)	Rood End	109m
Tat Bank Crossroads (Vicarage Rd)	Rood End	119m
Birch St (St Johns Rd)	Rood End	181m
Birch St (St Johns Rd)	Rood End	190m

Nearest railway stations to B68 8HZ

Langley Green Station	0.4km
Smethwick Galton Bridge Station	1.6km
Sandwell & Dudley Station	1.9km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for B68 8HZ

Broadband access in B68 8HZ (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	0.0%

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

Broadband speed in B68 8HZ (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	77.3Mbps
Average download speed	79.1Mbps
Maximum download speed	200.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.0Mbps
Average upload speed	7.1Mbps
Maximum upload speed	19.53Mbps

Broadband limitations in B68 8HZ (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%

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for B68 8HZ

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B68 8HZ gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	168,677
Meter count	12
Mean (kWh/meter)	14,056
Median (kWh/meter)	14,292

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	36,146
Meter count	10
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,615
Median (kWh/meter)	2,919

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in B68 8HZ, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in B68 8HZ.
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)
Licence: Open Government Licence

Deprivation

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

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

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

Acorn Lodge

Acorn Lodge

126m

Angella Caribbean Takeaway

151 Vicarage Road

126m

Sam's Fish Chips & Pizza

166 Vicarage Road

126m

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

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Priory Drive / Vicarage Road	17:15	12:00	142m
Crosswells Road / Vicarage Road	17:45	12:00	285m
Basons Lane / Darby Road	17:30	12:00	310m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to B68 8HZ

Facility	Distance
Basons Playing Fields Basons Lane, Oldbury Grass Pitches	346m
Warley Rfc (St Johns Pitches) St. Johns Road, Oldbury Grass Pitches	386m
Langley Swimming Centre (Closed) Vicarage Road, Oldbury Swimming Pool, Health and Fitness Gym	473m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to B68 8HZ

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Rood End Primary School Rood End Road, Oldbury, B68 8SQ	Primary	300m
Q3 Academy Langley Moat Road, Oldbury, B68 8ED	Secondary	885m
Holly Lodge High School College of Science Holly Lane, Smethwick, B67 7JG	Secondary	921m

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B68 8HZ ITL and B68 8HZ 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 8HZ:

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 8HZ 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 8HZ:

	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 8HZ

B68 9RZ	Warley Road	59m
B68 9TJ	Richmond Hill	82m
B68 8HY	Vicarage Road	83m
B68 9RP	St Johns Road	83m
B68 9RY	Warley Road	107m
B68 8JA	Vicarage Road	117m
B68 8HU	Vicarage Road	120m
B68 8JB	Vicarage Road	137m
B68 9UG	Barker Street	149m
B68 8JP	Mushroom Hall Road	163m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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