B79 8DQ maps, stats, and open data

B79 8DQ 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 8DQ maps

B79 8DQ map - large scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)
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Attribution: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024
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 8DQ geodata

Easting	420226
Northing	305032
Latitude	52.642656
Longitude	-1.702521

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is B79 8DQ?

Country	England
Postcode District	B79
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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B79 8DQ Elevation

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

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	70m	230ft

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 8DQ

January 2024	Burglary	On or near Chesterton Way	154m
December 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Chesterton Way	154m
December 2023	Criminal damage and arson	On or near Chesterton Way	154m
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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to B79 8DQ

Burns Road (Chesterton Way)	Leyfields	164m
Wigginton Park Flats (Thackeray Drive)	Leyfields	169m
Burns Road (Chesterton Way)	Leyfields	173m
Wigginton Park Flats (Thackeray Drive)	Leyfields	187m
Thackerey Drive (Masefield Drive)	Leyfields	196m

Nearest railway stations to B79 8DQ

Tamworth Station	1.2km
Tamworth High Level Station	1.2km
Wilnecote (Staffs) Station	3.9km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for B79 8DQ

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

Download

Median download speed	70.0Mbps
Average download speed	66.6Mbps
Maximum download speed	100.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	9.9Mbps
Average upload speed	12.3Mbps
Maximum upload speed	19.53Mbps

Broadband limitations in B79 8DQ (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 8DQ

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Source: Ofcom
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B79 8DQ gas and electricity consumption

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

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	73,370
Meter count	11
Mean (kWh/meter)	6,670
Median (kWh/meter)	8,419

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

81.1% of English postcodes are less deprived than B79 8DQ:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

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

Smith & Ellis Ltd

148 MASEFIELD DRIVE

104m

Spar Daily Deli

150-154 Masefield Drive

108m

Leyfields Fish Bar

142 Masefield Drive

109m

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

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Comberford Road	17:15	11:30	506m
Coton Green Post Office	17:15	11:30	583m
Mariner	18:30	11:30	728m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to B79 8DQ

Facility	Distance
Tamworth Rugby Union Football Club Wigginton Lodge, Wigginton Park, Tamworth Grass Pitches, Health and Fitness Gym	339m
Spital Bowls And Tennis Club Wigginton Road, Tamworth Sports Hall, Outdoor Tennis Courts	539m
Landau-forte Academy Qems Ashby Road, Tamworth Grass Pitches, Sports Hall, Swimming Pool, Artificial Grass Pitch, Studio	677m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to B79 8DQ

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy Clifton Avenue, Tamworth, B79 8EF	Primary	540m
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School Claremont Road, Tamworth, B79 8EN	Primary	653m
Flax Hill Junior Academy Chestnut Avenue, Gillway, Tamworth, B79 8QZ	Primary	660m

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B79 8DQ ITL and B79 8DQ 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 8DQ:

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 8DQ 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 8DQ:

	Code	Name
OA	E00152104
LSOA	E01029849	Tamworth 002C
MSOA	E02006218	Tamworth 002

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to B79 8DQ

B79 8DW	Lawrence Court	86m
B79 8DD	Masefield Drive	98m
B79 8DF	Elizabeth Drive	142m
B79 8DN	Bronte Court	143m
B79 8DL	Burns Road	148m
B79 8DE	Elizabeth Drive	158m
B79 8DH	Chesterton Way	196m
B79 8BQ	Southey Drive	199m
B79 8DP	Chesterton Way	200m
B79 8DG	Masefield Drive	205m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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