B79 8BY maps, stats, and open data

B79 8BY lies on Wordsworth Avenue in Tamworth. B79 8BY is located in the Mercian electoral ward, within the local authority district of Tamworth and the English Parliamentary constituency of Tamworth. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB - 05Q and the police force is Staffordshire. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

B79 8BY maps

B79 8BY map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

B79 8BY map - OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)
Source: OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)
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B79 8BY geodata

Easting	420203
Northing	304766
Latitude	52.640266
Longitude	-1.702877

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is B79 8BY?

Street	Wordsworth Avenue
Town/City	Tamworth
Country	England
Postcode District	B79
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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B79 8BY Elevation

Elevation or altitude of B79 8BY as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	60m	197ft

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	Mercian
Constituency	Tamworth

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of B79 8BY

January 2024	Burglary	On or near Chesterton Way	313m
January 2024	Public order	On or near Salter'S Lane	488m
December 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Chesterton Way	313m
➜ Wordsworth Avenue crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to B79 8BY

Wordsworth Avenue (Masefield Dr)	Leyfields	131m
Wordsworth Avenue (Masefield Dr)	Leyfields	141m
Shakespeare Close (Chesterton Way)	Leyfields	157m
Shakespeare Close (Chesterton Way)	Leyfields	185m
Woodcroft Avenue (Salters Ln)	Leyfields	278m

Nearest railway stations to B79 8BY

Tamworth Station	1.2km
Tamworth High Level Station	1.2km
Wilnecote (Staffs) Station	3.6km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for B79 8BY

Broadband access in B79 8BY (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 B79 8BY (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	70.0Mbps
Average download speed	75.7Mbps
Maximum download speed	200.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.2Mbps
Average upload speed	4.0Mbps
Maximum upload speed	9.76Mbps

Broadband limitations in B79 8BY (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 B79 8BY

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Source: Ofcom
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B79 8BY gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in B79 8BY by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	230,271
Meter count	16
Mean (kWh/meter)	14,392
Median (kWh/meter)	15,097

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	51,191
Meter count	16
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,199
Median (kWh/meter)	3,300

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in B79 8BY, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in B79 8BY.
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

73.8% of English postcodes are less deprived than B79 8BY:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to B79 8BY (meters)

Booker Cash & Carry

Apollo

263m

Smith & Ellis Ltd

148 MASEFIELD DRIVE

363m

Leyfields Fish Bar

142 Masefield Drive

368m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to B79 8BY

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Mariner	18:30	11:30	580m
Coton Green Post Office	17:15	11:30	741m
2 Albert Road	18:30	11:30	744m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to B79 8BY

Facility	Distance
Moor Street Moor Street, Tamworth Grass Pitches	445m
Tamworth Rugby Union Football Club Wigginton Lodge, Wigginton Park, Tamworth Grass Pitches, Health and Fitness Gym	517m
Moorgate Primary Academy Moorgate, Tamworth Grass Pitches	519m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to B79 8BY

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Moorgate Primary Academy Moorgate, Tamworth, B79 7EL	Primary	519m
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS Ashby Road, Tamworth, B79 8AH	Secondary	702m
Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form Ashby Road, Tamworth, B79 8AA	16 plus	785m

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B79 8BY ITL and B79 8BY 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 B79 8BY:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLG	West Midlands (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLG2	Shropshire and Staffordshire
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLG24	Staffordshire CC
LAU 1 Code	Name
E07000199	Tamworth

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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B79 8BY 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 B79 8BY:

	Code	Name
OA	E00152087
LSOA	E01029850	Tamworth 002D
MSOA	E02006218	Tamworth 002

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to B79 8BY

B79 8BZ	Wordsworth Avenue	40m
B79 8DB	Kingsley Close	57m
B79 8BX	Spenser Close	59m
B79 8DG	Masefield Drive	82m
B79 8DA	Arnold Close	91m
B79 8DT	Chaucer Close	108m
B79 8DN	Bronte Court	124m
B79 8BW	Masefield Drive	130m
B79 8DF	Elizabeth Drive	136m
B79 8DE	Elizabeth Drive	168m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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