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B68 8QU lies on Barrs Street in Oldbury. B68 8QU 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 January 1980.

Where is B68 8QU?

Street	Barrs Street
Town/City	Oldbury
Country	England
Postcode District	B68

B68 8QU Elevation

Elevation or altitude of B68 8QU 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 8QU

New Henry Street (Langley Rd)	Langley Green	93m
Langley Green Rd (Causeway Green Rd)	Langley	96m
New Henry Street (Langley Rd)	Langley Green	108m
Langley Green Rd (Causeway Green Rd)	Langley	119m
Mill Lane (Langley Green Rd)	Langley	165m

Nearest railway stations to B68 8QU

Langley Green Station	0.8km
Rowley Regis Station	1.9km
Sandwell & Dudley Station	2.4km

Broadband

Broadband access in B68 8QU (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 8QU (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	71.0Mbps
Average download speed	83.9Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	9.8Mbps
Average upload speed	8.6Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

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

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	402,946
Meter count	33
Mean (kWh/meter)	12,210
Median (kWh/meter)	11,241

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	95,186
Meter count	31
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,071
Median (kWh/meter)	2,821

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

Deprivation

75% of English postcodes are less deprived than B68 8QU:

Food Standards Agency

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

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Nearest post box to B68 8QU

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Langley Road / New Henry St	17:45	12:00	111m
Farm Road / Parkfield Road	17:45	12:00	291m
Vicarage Road Post Office	17:15	12:00	431m

B68 8QU ITL and B68 8QU 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 8QU:

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 8QU 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 8QU:

	Code	Name
OA	E00050606
LSOA	E01010005	Sandwell 030D
MSOA	E02002072	Sandwell 030

Nearest postcodes to B68 8QU

B68 8QP	Langley Road	45m
B68 8RB	Farm Road	52m
B68 8QX	Cross Street	59m
B68 8RQ	New Henry Street	88m
B68 8RD	Farm Road	94m
B68 8QY	Ethel Street	98m
B68 8RG	New Henry Street	123m
B68 8RE	Mount Pleasant	125m
B68 8QZ	Farm Road	142m
B68 8LD	Causeway Green Road	152m