B79 8HR maps, stats, and open data

B79 8HR lies on Dryden Road in Tamworth. B79 8HR is located in the Spital 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 8HR maps

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

B79 8HR 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 8HR geodata

Easting	420457
Northing	304976
Latitude	52.642144
Longitude	-1.699111

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is B79 8HR?

Street	Dryden Road
Town/City	Tamworth
Country	England
Postcode District	B79
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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B79 8HR Elevation

Elevation or altitude of B79 8HR 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	Spital
Constituency	Tamworth

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of B79 8HR

January 2024	Burglary	On or near Chesterton Way	91m
January 2024	Public order	On or near Salter'S Lane	427m
December 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Chesterton Way	91m
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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to B79 8HR

Burns Road (Chesterton Way)	Leyfields	65m
Burns Road (Chesterton Way)	Leyfields	74m
Eliot Close (Chesterton Way)	Leyfields	139m
Shakespeare Close (Chesterton Way)	Leyfields	150m
Shakespeare Close (Chesterton Way)	Leyfields	173m

Nearest railway stations to B79 8HR

Tamworth Station	1km
Tamworth High Level Station	1km
Wilnecote (Staffs) Station	3.7km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for B79 8HR

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

Download

Median download speed	39.1Mbps
Average download speed	87.0Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	2.9Mbps
Average upload speed	3.7Mbps
Maximum upload speed	7.89Mbps

Broadband limitations in B79 8HR (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%

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Source: Ofcom
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B79 8HR gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	281,623
Meter count	20
Mean (kWh/meter)	14,081
Median (kWh/meter)	12,946

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	84,314
Meter count	19
Mean (kWh/meter)	4,438
Median (kWh/meter)	3,478

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

47.9% of English postcodes are less deprived than B79 8HR:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

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

Mencap

2-4 St Ives Close

151m

St Andrews Methodist Church

Thackeray Drive

227m

Food Bank St Andrews Church

ST ANDREWS METHODIST CHURCH THACKERAY DRIVE

227m

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

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Comberford Road	17:15	11:30	589m
2 Albert Road	18:30	11:30	728m
Coton Green Post Office	17:15	11:30	812m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to B79 8HR

Facility	Distance
Spital Bowls And Tennis Club Wigginton Road, Tamworth Sports Hall, Outdoor Tennis Courts	308m
Landau-forte Academy Qems Ashby Road, Tamworth Grass Pitches, Sports Hall, Swimming Pool, Artificial Grass Pitch, Studio	440m
Landau-forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form Ashby Road, Tamworth Health and Fitness Gym, Studio, Grass Pitches	556m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to B79 8HR

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS Ashby Road, Tamworth, B79 8AH	Secondary	446m
Flax Hill Junior Academy Chestnut Avenue, Gillway, Tamworth, B79 8QZ	Primary	534m
Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form Ashby Road, Tamworth, B79 8AA	16 plus	557m

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B79 8HR ITL and B79 8HR 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 8HR:

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 8HR 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 8HR:

	Code	Name
OA	E00152121
LSOA	E01029853	Tamworth 001E
MSOA	E02006217	Tamworth 001

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to B79 8HR

B79 8DP	Chesterton Way	43m
B79 8HN	Dryden Road	48m
B79 8DR	Stevenson Road	73m
B79 8HJ	St Margarets Road	91m
B79 8HH	Copes Drive	113m
B79 8DL	Burns Road	122m
B79 8DS	Coleridge Close	133m
B79 8HP	Dryden Road	153m
B79 8HL	St Ives Close	153m
B79 8DH	Chesterton Way	161m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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