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B8 1RQ lies on Washwood Heath Road in Birmingham. B8 1RQ is located in the Alum Rock electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Birmingham and the English Parliamentary constituency of Birmingham, Hodge Hill. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB - 15E and the police force is West Midlands. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is B8 1RQ?

Street	Washwood Heath Road
Town/City	Birmingham
Country	England
Postcode District	B8

B8 1RQ Elevation

Elevation or altitude of B8 1RQ as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	110m	361ft

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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Politics

Ward	Alum Rock
Constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill

Transport

Nearest bus stops to B8 1RQ

Sandway Gardens (Washwood Heath Rd)	Washwood Heath	68m
Sandway Gardens (Washwood Heath Rd)	Washwood Heath	100m
Wright Rd (Washwood Heath Rd)	Washwood Heath	199m
Wright Rd (Washwood Heath Rd)	Washwood Heath	236m
Hutton Rd (Washwood Heath Rd)	Washwood Heath	236m

Nearest railway stations to B8 1RQ

Adderley Park Station	1.4km
Duddeston Station	1.4km
Aston Station	1.6km

Broadband

Broadband access in B8 1RQ (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	77.8%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in B8 1RQ (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	9.2Mbps
Average download speed	33.8Mbps
Maximum download speed	100.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.1Mbps
Average upload speed	3.4Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in B8 1RQ (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%

B8 1RQ gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in B8 1RQ by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	222,498
Meter count	22
Mean (kWh/meter)	10,114
Median (kWh/meter)	8,912

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	43,626
Meter count	18
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,424
Median (kWh/meter)	2,300

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in B8 1RQ, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in B8 1RQ.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

95.8% of English postcodes are less deprived than B8 1RQ:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to B8 1RQ (metres)

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Nearest post box to B8 1RQ

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Washwood Heath Road Post Office	17:45	11:30	206m
Washwood Heath Road / Wright Road	17:45	11:30	326m
Saltley	17:30	11:30	346m

B8 1RQ ITL and B8 1RQ 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 B8 1RQ:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLG	West Midlands (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLG3	West Midlands
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLG31	Birmingham
LAU 1 Code	Name
E08000025	Birmingham

B8 1RQ 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 B8 1RQ:

	Code	Name
OA	E00048003
LSOA	E01009482	Birmingham 048C
MSOA	E02001874	Birmingham 048

Nearest postcodes to B8 1RQ

B8 1RW	Washwood Heath Road	80m
B8 1RN	Washwood Heath Road	86m
B8 1RG	Sandway Gardens	98m
B8 1PD	Wright Road	120m
B8 1RH	Washwood Heath Road	123m
B8 1PJ	Herrick Road	127m
B8 1QJ	Bennetts Road	131m
B8 1QH	Bennetts Road	132m
B8 1QN	Membury Road	145m
B8 1PB	Wright Road	145m