B68 8SD maps, stats, and open data

B68 8SD lies on Shirley Road in Oldbury. B68 8SD 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 8SD maps

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

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Source: 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 8SD geodata

Easting	400042
Northing	288727
Latitude	52.496450
Longitude	-2.000811

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is B68 8SD?

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

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

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	160m	525ft

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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Source: Open Postcode Elevation
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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 8SD

January 2024	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Cemetery Road	324m
December 2023	Vehicle crime	On or near Cemetery Road	324m
November 2023	Other crime	On or near Cemetery Road	324m
➜ Shirley Road crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to B68 8SD

Tat Bank Rd (Rood End Rd)	Rood End	196m
Vernon Rd (Rood End Rd)	Rood End	208m
Tat Bank Crossroads (Tat Bank Rd)	Rood End	217m
Vernon Rd (Rood End Rd)	Rood End	228m
Tat Bank Crossroads (Vicarage Rd)	Rood End	295m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to B68 8SD

Kenrick Park (Midland Metro Stop) (Roebuck Lane)	West Bromwich	1,837m

Nearest railway stations to B68 8SD

Langley Green Station	0.4km
Smethwick Galton Bridge Station	1.5km
Sandwell & Dudley Station	1.5km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for B68 8SD

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

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Median download speed	34.2Mbps
Average download speed	46.2Mbps
Maximum download speed	100.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.2Mbps
Average upload speed	4.8Mbps
Maximum upload speed	19.53Mbps

Broadband limitations in B68 8SD (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 8SD

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B68 8SD gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	426,765
Meter count	34
Mean (kWh/meter)	12,552
Median (kWh/meter)	12,901

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	98,100
Meter count	27
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,633
Median (kWh/meter)	2,453

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

88.8% of English postcodes are less deprived than B68 8SD:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

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

Lin's Kitchen

42 Rood End Road

79m

Robin Williams Butchers

34 Rood End Road

79m

Rood End Primary School

Rood End Primary School

110m

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

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Rood End Post Office	17:15	12:00	231m
Priory Drive / Vicarage Road	17:15	12:00	269m
Crosswells Road / Vicarage Road	17:45	12:00	645m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to B68 8SD

Facility	Distance
Legacy (Closed) Popes Lane, Oldbury Health and Fitness Gym	415m
Legacy (Closed) Popes Lane, Oldbury Health and Fitness Gym	415m
Warley Rfc Tat Bank Road, Oldbury Grass Pitches, Artificial Grass Pitch	447m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to B68 8SD

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Rood End Primary School Rood End Road, Oldbury, B68 8SQ	Primary	111m
George Betts Primary Academy West End Avenue, Smethwick, B66 1RE	Primary	683m
Holly Lodge High School College of Science Holly Lane, Smethwick, B67 7JG	Secondary	869m

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B68 8SD ITL and B68 8SD 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 8SD:

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 8SD 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 8SD:

	Code	Name
OA	E00050675
LSOA	E01010019	Sandwell 024B
MSOA	E02002066	Sandwell 024

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to B68 8SD

B68 8SA	Wellesley Road	41m
B68 8SE	Vernon Road	74m
B68 8SG	Rood End Road	78m
B68 8RZ	Wellesley Road	89m
B68 8SB	Gresham Road	111m
B68 8SL	Rood End Road	124m
B68 8RY	Wellesley Road	146m
B69 4HT	Rood End Road	147m
B68 8SJ	Rood End Road	153m
B68 9UQ	Barker Street	166m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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