WS2 8RT maps, stats, and open data

WS2 8RT lies on Edward Street in Walsall. WS2 8RT is located in the Pleck electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Walsall and the English Parliamentary constituency of Walsall South. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Black Country ICB - D2P2L and the police force is West Midlands. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

WS2 8RT maps

WS2 8RT 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

WS2 8RT geodata

Easting	400049
Northing	299073
Latitude	52.589459
Longitude	-2.000710

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is WS2 8RT?

Street	Edward Street
Town/City	Walsall
Country	England
Postcode District	WS2
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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WS2 8RT Elevation

Elevation or altitude of WS2 8RT as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	140m	459ft

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	Pleck
Constituency	Walsall South

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of WS2 8RT

January 2024	Criminal damage and arson	On or near Reedswood Gardens	276m
December 2023	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Reedswood Gardens	276m
December 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Parking Area	443m
➜ Edward Street crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to WS2 8RT

Bentley Drive (Bentley Lane)	Reedswood	191m
Bentley Drive (Bentley Lane)	Reedswood	195m
Bentley Lane (Hollyhedge Lane)	Birchills	311m
Bentley Lane (Hollyhedge Lane)	Birchills	320m
Pargeter St (Wolverhampton Road)	Pleck	321m

Nearest railway stations to WS2 8RT

Walsall Station	1.2km
Bescot Stadium Station	3km
Bloxwich Station	3.3km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for WS2 8RT

Broadband access in WS2 8RT (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 WS2 8RT (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	50.0Mbps
Average download speed	74.3Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	10.0Mbps
Average upload speed	10.6Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in WS2 8RT (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 WS2 8RT

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Source: Ofcom
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WS2 8RT gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in WS2 8RT by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	303,394
Meter count	19
Mean (kWh/meter)	15,968
Median (kWh/meter)	14,697

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	52,311
Meter count	14
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,737
Median (kWh/meter)	2,405

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in WS2 8RT, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in WS2 8RT.
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

86.4% of English postcodes are less deprived than WS2 8RT:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to WS2 8RT (meters)

Saddlers Place

Rowland Street

109m

Bentley Moor Club

Bentley Drive

119m

E-ACT Reedswood Primary School

Reedswood E-Act Primary Academy

146m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to WS2 8RT

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Southbourne Avenue	16:00	11:30	809m
Ida Road	17:30	11:30	923m
Stafford Street	17:15	12:00	1,040m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to WS2 8RT

Facility	Distance
Reedswood E-act Primary Academy Bentley Drive, Walsall Swimming Pool, Grass Pitches, Artificial Grass Pitch	134m
Reedswood Park (Closed) Bentley Lane, Walsall Grass Pitches	447m
Emmanuel School Wolverhampton Road, Walsall Sports Hall	469m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to WS2 8RT

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Reedswood E-ACT Academy Bentley Drive, Walsall, WS2 8RX	Primary	146m
Emmanuel School Afro Caribbean Community Association, 36 Wolverhampton Road, Walsall, WS2 8PR	Not applicable	448m
Birchills Church of England Community Academy Farringdon Street, Walsall, WS2 8NF	Primary	617m

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WS2 8RT ITL and WS2 8RT 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 WS2 8RT:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLG	West Midlands (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLG3	West Midlands
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLG38	Walsall
LAU 1 Code	Name
E08000030	Walsall

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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WS2 8RT 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 WS2 8RT:

	Code	Name
OA	E00051924
LSOA	E01010270	Walsall 026B
MSOA	E02002135	Walsall 026

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to WS2 8RT

WS2 8RS	Edward Street	34m
WS2 8RU	Bentley Drive	92m
WS2 8SU	Rowland Street	105m
WS2 8RR	Pargeter Street	125m
WS2 8RX	Bentley Drive	144m
WS2 8QR	Pargeter Street	163m
WS2 8QY	Raleigh Street	170m
WS2 8SD	Kent Avenue	175m
WS2 8QS	Pargeter Street	179m
WS2 8SB	Bentley New Drive	186m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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