Birmingham | |
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Coordinates: 52°27′47″N1°53′20″W / 52.463°N 1.889°W | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Postcode area | B |
Postcode area name | Birmingham |
Post towns | 15 |
Postcode districts | 79 |
Postcode sectors | 268 |
Postcodes (live) | 41,397 |
Postcodes (total) | 61,202 |
Statistics as at May 2020 [1] |
The B postcode area, also known as the Birmingham postcode area, [2] is a group of 79 postcode districts in central England, within 15 post towns. These cover the central portion of the West Midlands (including Birmingham, West Bromwich, Sutton Coldfield, Smethwick, Solihull, Halesowen, Cradley Heath, Oldbury and Rowley Regis), plus northeast Worcestershire (including Bromsgrove and Redditch), north and west Warwickshire (including Alcester, Studley and Henley-in-Arden), and part of southeast Staffordshire (including Tamworth) and a very small part of Leicestershire. It is the most populated postcode area in the United Kingdom, with a population of over 1.9 million.
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
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B1 | BIRMINGHAM | Birmingham City Centre, Broad Street (east) | Birmingham |
B2 | BIRMINGHAM | Birmingham City Centre, New Street | Birmingham |
B3 | BIRMINGHAM | Birmingham City Centre, Newhall Street | Birmingham |
B4 | BIRMINGHAM | Birmingham City Centre, Corporation Street (north) | Birmingham |
B5 | BIRMINGHAM | Digbeth, Highgate, Lee Bank, Edgbaston | Birmingham |
B6 | BIRMINGHAM | Aston, Birchfield , Witton | Birmingham |
B7 | BIRMINGHAM | Nechells, Vauxhall | Birmingham |
B8 | BIRMINGHAM | Washwood Heath, Ward End, Saltley, Alum Rock | Birmingham |
B9 | BIRMINGHAM | Bordesley Green, Bordesley | Birmingham |
B10 | BIRMINGHAM | Small Heath | Birmingham |
B11 | BIRMINGHAM | Sparkhill, Sparkbrook, Tyseley | Birmingham |
B12 | BIRMINGHAM | Balsall Heath, Sparkbrook, Highgate | Birmingham |
B13 | BIRMINGHAM | Moseley, Billesley | Birmingham |
B14 | BIRMINGHAM | Kings Heath, Yardley Wood, Druids Heath, Highter's Heath, Warstock | Birmingham |
B15 | BIRMINGHAM | Edgbaston | Birmingham |
B16 | BIRMINGHAM | Ladywood, Edgbaston | Birmingham |
B17 | BIRMINGHAM | Harborne, Edgbaston | Birmingham |
B18 | BIRMINGHAM | Winson Green, Hockley | Birmingham |
B19 | BIRMINGHAM | Lozells, Newtown, Birchfield | Birmingham |
B20 | BIRMINGHAM | Handsworth Wood, Handsworth, Birchfield | Birmingham |
B21 | BIRMINGHAM | Handsworth | Birmingham |
B23 | BIRMINGHAM | Erdington, Stockland Green, Short Heath, Perry Common | Birmingham |
B24 | BIRMINGHAM | Erdington, Wylde Green, Tyburn | Birmingham |
B25 | BIRMINGHAM | Yardley, Hay Mills | Birmingham |
B26 | BIRMINGHAM | Sheldon, Yardley, Birmingham International Airport | Birmingham, Solihull |
B27 | BIRMINGHAM | Acocks Green | Birmingham |
B28 | BIRMINGHAM | Hall Green | Birmingham |
B29 | BIRMINGHAM | Selly Oak, Bournbrook, Selly Park, Weoley Castle, California (part of) | Birmingham |
B30 | BIRMINGHAM | Bournville, Cotteridge, Stirchley, Kings Norton (North) | Birmingham |
B31 | BIRMINGHAM | Northfield, Longbridge, West Heath | Birmingham |
B32 | BIRMINGHAM | Woodgate, Bartley Green, Quinton, California (part of) | Birmingham |
B33 | BIRMINGHAM | Kitts Green, Stechford | Birmingham |
B34 | BIRMINGHAM | Shard End, Buckland End | Birmingham |
B35 | BIRMINGHAM | Castle Vale | Birmingham |
B36 | BIRMINGHAM | Castle Bromwich, Smith's Wood, Bromford, Hodge Hill | Birmingham, Solihull |
B37 | BIRMINGHAM | Chelmsley Wood, Marston Green, Kingshurst, Fordbridge | Solihull |
B38 | BIRMINGHAM | Kings Norton (South), | Birmingham |
B40 | BIRMINGHAM | National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham International Airport, Marston Green, Bickenhill | Solihull |
B42 | BIRMINGHAM | Perry Barr, Great Barr, Hamstead | Birmingham |
B43 | BIRMINGHAM | Great Barr, Hamstead | Birmingham, Sandwell, Walsall |
B44 | BIRMINGHAM | Perry Barr, Kingstanding, Great Barr | Birmingham |
B45 | BIRMINGHAM | Rednal, New Frankley, Rubery, Cofton Hackett, Barnt Green, Lickey, Longbridge, Northfield (part) | Birmingham, Bromsgrove |
B46 | BIRMINGHAM | Coleshill, Water Orton, Shustoke, Nether Whitacre | North Warwickshire |
B47 | BIRMINGHAM | Hollywood, Wythall | Bromsgrove |
B48 | BIRMINGHAM | Alvechurch | Bromsgrove |
B49 | ALCESTER | Alcester | Stratford-on-Avon |
B50 | ALCESTER | Bidford-on-Avon | Stratford-on-Avon |
B60 | BROMSGROVE | Bromsgrove (east) | Bromsgrove |
B61 | BROMSGROVE | Bromsgrove (west) | Bromsgrove |
B62 | HALESOWEN | Halesowen (east), Romsley, Hunnington, Quinton (part) | Dudley, Bromsgrove, Birmingham |
B63 | HALESOWEN | Halesowen (west and town centre), Hayley Green, Hasbury | Dudley, Bromsgrove |
B64 | CRADLEY HEATH | Cradley Heath, Old Hill | Sandwell |
B65 | ROWLEY REGIS | Rowley Regis, Blackheath | Sandwell |
B66 | SMETHWICK | Smethwick (east and north), Bearwood (east) | Sandwell |
B67 | SMETHWICK | Smethwick (west), Bearwood (west), Londonderry | Sandwell |
B68 | OLDBURY | Langley, Brandhall, Quinton (part of) | Sandwell |
B69 | OLDBURY | Oldbury, Tividale | Sandwell |
B70 | WEST BROMWICH | West Bromwich (south, west and town centre) | Sandwell |
B71 | WEST BROMWICH | West Bromwich (north) | Sandwell |
B72 | SUTTON COLDFIELD | Sutton Coldfield town centre, Maney, Wylde Green | Birmingham |
B73 | SUTTON COLDFIELD | Boldmere, New Oscott, Wylde Green (part) | Birmingham |
B74 | SUTTON COLDFIELD | Four Oaks, Little Aston, Streetly | Birmingham, Lichfield, Walsall |
B75 | SUTTON COLDFIELD | Mere Green, Roughley, Moor Hall, Whitehouse Common, Falcon Lodge | Birmingham |
B76 | SUTTON COLDFIELD | Walmley, Minworth, Curdworth, Lea Marston | Birmingham, North Warwickshire |
B77 | TAMWORTH | Tamworth, Wilnecote, Amington | Tamworth, North Warwickshire |
B78 | TAMWORTH | Tamworth, Fazeley, Kingsbury, Polesworth | Tamworth, North Warwickshire |
B79 | TAMWORTH | Tamworth, Warton | Tamworth, North Warwickshire, North West Leicestershire |
B80 | STUDLEY | Studley | Stratford-on-Avon |
B90 | SOLIHULL | Shirley, Solihull Lodge, Major's Green, Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green | Solihull, Bromsgrove |
B91 | SOLIHULL | Solihull | Solihull |
B92 | SOLIHULL | Olton, Elmdon, Bickenhill, Hampton-in-Arden | Solihull |
B93 | SOLIHULL | Baddesley Clinton , Bentley Heath, Dorridge, Knowle, Tilehouse Green | Solihull |
B94 | SOLIHULL | Hockley Heath, Earlswood | Solihull, Warwick |
B95 | HENLEY-IN-ARDEN | Henley-in-Arden, Wooton Wawen, Beaudesert | Stratford-on-Avon |
B96 | REDDITCH | Feckenham, Astwood Bank, Bradley Green | Redditch |
B97 | REDDITCH | Redditch (west), Callow Hill, Webheath | Redditch |
B98 | REDDITCH | Redditch (east), Beoley | Redditch |
B99 | BIRMINGHAM | non-geographic |
Before the introduction of postcodes in the 1960s, Birmingham along with other major cities were divided into numbered postal districts. With a few exceptions these were directly incorporated into the outcode (the first part of the postcode).
For example, Great Barr was formerly Birmingham 22 (now B43 and 44) and Smethwick was formerly Smethwick 40 and 41 (now B66 and 67).
The RM postcode area, also known as the Romford postcode area, is a group of twenty postcode districts in south-east England, within nine post towns. These cover parts of eastern Greater London and south-west Essex. Inward mail for the area is sorted, along with mail for the E and IG postcode areas, at the Romford Mail Centre.
The CV postcode area, also known as the Coventry postcode area, is a group of 24 postcode districts in central England, within eleven post towns. These cover the eastern part of the West Midlands county, most of Warwickshire, a part of west Leicestershire and a very small part of Northamptonshire.
The GU postcode area, also known as the Guildford postcode area, is a group of 38 postcode districts in South East England, within 24 post towns. These cover west Surrey, north-east Hampshire, northwestern West Sussex and a small part of south-east Berkshire.
The M postcode area, also known as the Manchester postcode area, is a group of postcode districts in the North West of England.
The DE postcode area, also known as the Derby postcode area, is a group of 23 postcode districts in central England, within 11 post towns. These cover south and central Derbyshire, parts of east Staffordshire and north-west Leicestershire, and very small parts of Nottinghamshire.
The DY postcode area, also known as the Dudley postcode area, is a group of fourteen postcode districts in England, within eight post towns. These cover the south-western part of the West Midlands and north Worcestershire, plus the south-westernmost part of Staffordshire and a small part of south-east Shropshire.
The MK postcode area, also known as the Milton Keynes postcode area, is a group of 26 postcode districts in England, within five post towns. These cover north Buckinghamshire, west and north Bedfordshire and very small parts of Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
The S postcode area, also known as the Sheffield postcode area, is a group of postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of eight post towns. These cover most of South Yorkshire, parts of north Derbyshire and north-west Nottinghamshire, plus a small part of West Yorkshire. The S postcode area is one of six with a population above 1 million.
The SG postcode area, also known as the Stevenage postcode area, is a group of nineteen postcode districts in England, within fifteen post towns. These cover north Hertfordshire and east Bedfordshire, plus a small part of south-west Cambridgeshire and a very small part of Essex.
The RG postcode area, also known as the Reading postcode area, is a group of thirty postcode districts in England, within twelve post towns. These cover west and central Berkshire and north Hampshire, plus a small part of south-east Oxfordshire, and very small parts of Buckinghamshire, Wiltshire and the Vale of White Horse.
The BA postcode area, also known as the Bath postcode area, is a group of nineteen postcode districts in South West England, within sixteen post towns. These cover east Somerset and west Wiltshire, plus very small parts of north-west Dorset and south Gloucestershire.
The SK postcode area, also known as the Stockport postcode area, is a group of nineteen postcode districts in England, within eleven post towns. These cover south-east Greater Manchester, parts of east Cheshire, north-west Derbyshire and a small part of north Staffordshire.
The CA postcode area, also known as the Carlisle postcode area, is a group of 28 postcode districts in north-west England, within 22 post towns. These cover northern Cumbria, including Carlisle, Penrith, Workington, Whitehaven, Maryport, Cockermouth, Egremont, Alston, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Beckermet, Brampton, Cleator, Cleator Moor, Frizington, Holmrook, Keswick, Kirkby Stephen, Moor Row, Ravenglass, Seascale, St Bees and Wigton, plus a very small part of Northumberland.
The LA postcode area, also known as the Lancaster postcode area, is a group of 23 postcode districts in north-west England, within 17 post towns. These cover north Lancashire and southern Cumbria, and a small part of North Yorkshire.
The BD postcode area, also known as the Bradford postcode area, is a group of 24 postcode districts in England, within seven post towns. These cover northwestern West Yorkshire and southwestern North Yorkshire, plus very small parts of Lancashire.
The TR postcode area, also known as the Truro postcode area, is a group of 27 postcode districts in South West England, within 15 post towns. These cover west Cornwall, including Truro, Penzance, Camborne, Falmouth, Hayle, Helston, Marazion, Newquay, Penryn, Perranporth, Redruth, St Agnes, St Columb and St Ives, plus the Isles of Scilly.
The PL postcode area, also known as the Plymouth postcode area, is a group of 35 postcode districts in South West England, within 25 post towns. These cover west Devon and east Cornwall.
The SN postcode area, also known as the Swindon postcode area, is a group of eighteen postcode districts in England, within ten post towns. These cover north Wiltshire, plus a small part of south-west Oxfordshire and a very small part of Gloucestershire.
The WS postcode area, also known as the Walsall postcode area, is a group of fifteen postcode districts in England, within six post towns. These cover the northern part of the West Midlands and much of south-east Staffordshire.
The BB postcode area, also known as the Blackburn postcode area, is a group of thirteen postcode districts in north-west England, within nine post towns. These cover east Lancashire, including Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, Barnoldswick, Clitheroe, Colne, Darwen, Nelson and Rossendale.
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