B79 8DB maps, stats, and open data

B79 8DB lies on Kingsley Close in Tamworth. B79 8DB 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 8DB maps

B79 8DB 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

B79 8DB geodata

Easting	420184
Northing	304820
Latitude	52.640752
Longitude	-1.703155

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is B79 8DB?

Street	Kingsley Close
Town/City	Tamworth
Country	England
Postcode District	B79
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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B79 8DB Elevation

Elevation or altitude of B79 8DB 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 8DB

January 2024	Burglary	On or near Chesterton Way	283m
December 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Chesterton Way	283m
December 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Chesterton Way	283m
➜ Kingsley Close crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to B79 8DB

Shakespeare Close (Chesterton Way)	Leyfields	152m
Wordsworth Avenue (Masefield Dr)	Leyfields	171m
Wordsworth Avenue (Masefield Dr)	Leyfields	178m
Shakespeare Close (Chesterton Way)	Leyfields	182m
Burns Road (Chesterton Way)	Leyfields	271m

Nearest railway stations to B79 8DB

Tamworth Station	1.2km
Tamworth High Level Station	1.2km
Wilnecote (Staffs) Station	3.7km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for B79 8DB

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

Download

Median download speed	100.0Mbps
Average download speed	105.8Mbps
Maximum download speed	200.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	5.1Mbps
Average upload speed	5.1Mbps
Maximum upload speed	9.74Mbps

Broadband limitations in B79 8DB (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 8DB

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B79 8DB gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	178,715
Meter count	15
Mean (kWh/meter)	11,914
Median (kWh/meter)	12,866

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	54,420
Meter count	12
Mean (kWh/meter)	4,535
Median (kWh/meter)	4,505

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

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

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

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

Booker Cash & Carry

Apollo

290m

Smith & Ellis Ltd

148 MASEFIELD DRIVE

316m

Spar Daily Deli

150-154 Masefield Drive

321m

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

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Mariner	18:30	11:30	582m
Coton Green Post Office	17:15	11:30	688m
Comberford Road	17:15	11:30	722m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to B79 8DB

Facility	Distance
Tamworth Rugby Union Football Club Wigginton Lodge, Wigginton Park, Tamworth Grass Pitches, Health and Fitness Gym	461m
Moor Street Moor Street, Tamworth Grass Pitches	496m
Moorgate Primary Academy Moorgate, Tamworth Grass Pitches	573m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to B79 8DB

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Moorgate Primary Academy Moorgate, Tamworth, B79 7EL	Primary	573m
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS Ashby Road, Tamworth, B79 8AH	Secondary	713m
Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy Clifton Avenue, Tamworth, B79 8EF	Primary	733m

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B79 8DB ITL and B79 8DB 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 8DB:

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 8DB 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 8DB:

	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 8DB

B79 8BY	Wordsworth Avenue	57m
B79 8DG	Masefield Drive	72m
B79 8DA	Arnold Close	76m
B79 8DN	Bronte Court	78m
B79 8DF	Elizabeth Drive	80m
B79 8BZ	Wordsworth Avenue	96m
B79 8DE	Elizabeth Drive	112m
B79 8BX	Spenser Close	115m
B79 8DW	Lawrence Court	135m
B79 8DH	Chesterton Way	160m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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