B postcode area

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Birmingham
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Coordinates: 52°27′47″N1°53′20″W / 52.463°N 1.889°W / 52.463; -1.889
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
B
Postcode area name
Birmingham
Post towns 15
Postcode districts 79
Postcode sectors268
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.

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town CoverageLocal authority area(s)
B1BIRMINGHAM Birmingham City Centre, Broad Street (east) Birmingham
B2BIRMINGHAMBirmingham City Centre, New Street Birmingham
B3BIRMINGHAMBirmingham City Centre, Newhall Street Birmingham
B4BIRMINGHAMBirmingham City Centre, Corporation Street (north)Birmingham
B5BIRMINGHAM Digbeth, Highgate, Lee Bank, Edgbaston Birmingham
B6BIRMINGHAM Aston, Birchfield , Witton Birmingham
B7BIRMINGHAM Nechells, VauxhallBirmingham
B8BIRMINGHAM Washwood Heath, Ward End, Saltley, Alum Rock Birmingham
B9BIRMINGHAM Bordesley Green, Bordesley Birmingham
B10BIRMINGHAM Small Heath Birmingham
B11BIRMINGHAM Sparkhill, Sparkbrook, Tyseley Birmingham
B12BIRMINGHAM Balsall Heath, Sparkbrook, Highgate Birmingham
B13BIRMINGHAM Moseley, Billesley Birmingham
B14BIRMINGHAM Kings Heath, Yardley Wood, Druids Heath, Highter's Heath, Warstock Birmingham
B15BIRMINGHAM Edgbaston Birmingham
B16BIRMINGHAM Ladywood, Edgbaston Birmingham
B17BIRMINGHAM Harborne, Edgbaston Birmingham
B18BIRMINGHAM Winson Green, Hockley Birmingham
B19BIRMINGHAM Lozells, Newtown, Birchfield Birmingham
B20BIRMINGHAM Handsworth Wood, Handsworth, Birchfield Birmingham
B21BIRMINGHAM Handsworth Birmingham
B23BIRMINGHAM Erdington, Stockland Green, Short Heath, Perry Common Birmingham
B24BIRMINGHAM Erdington, Wylde Green, Tyburn Birmingham
B25BIRMINGHAM Yardley, Hay Mills Birmingham
B26BIRMINGHAM Sheldon, Yardley, Birmingham International Airport Birmingham, Solihull
B27BIRMINGHAM Acocks Green Birmingham
B28BIRMINGHAM Hall Green Birmingham
B29BIRMINGHAM Selly Oak, Bournbrook, Selly Park, Weoley Castle, California (part of)Birmingham
B30BIRMINGHAM Bournville, Cotteridge, Stirchley, Kings Norton (North)Birmingham
B31BIRMINGHAM Northfield, Longbridge, West Heath Birmingham
B32BIRMINGHAM Woodgate, Bartley Green, Quinton, California (part of)Birmingham
B33BIRMINGHAM Kitts Green, Stechford Birmingham
B34BIRMINGHAM Shard End, Buckland End Birmingham
B35BIRMINGHAM Castle Vale Birmingham
B36BIRMINGHAM Castle Bromwich, Smith's Wood, Bromford, Hodge Hill Birmingham, Solihull
B37BIRMINGHAM Chelmsley Wood, Marston Green, Kingshurst, Fordbridge Solihull
B38BIRMINGHAMKings Norton (South),Birmingham
B40BIRMINGHAM National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham International Airport, Marston Green, Bickenhill Solihull
B42BIRMINGHAM Perry Barr, Great Barr, Hamstead Birmingham
B43BIRMINGHAMGreat Barr, HamsteadBirmingham, Sandwell, Walsall
B44BIRMINGHAMPerry Barr, Kingstanding, Great BarrBirmingham
B45BIRMINGHAM Rednal, New Frankley, Rubery, Cofton Hackett, Barnt Green, Lickey, Longbridge, Northfield (part)Birmingham, Bromsgrove
B46BIRMINGHAM Coleshill, Water Orton, Shustoke, Nether Whitacre North Warwickshire
B47BIRMINGHAM Hollywood, Wythall Bromsgrove
B48BIRMINGHAM Alvechurch Bromsgrove
B49ALCESTER Alcester Stratford-on-Avon
B50ALCESTER Bidford-on-Avon Stratford-on-Avon
B60BROMSGROVE Bromsgrove (east)Bromsgrove
B61BROMSGROVEBromsgrove (west)Bromsgrove
B62HALESOWEN Halesowen (east), Romsley, Hunnington, Quinton (part) Dudley, Bromsgrove, Birmingham
B63HALESOWENHalesowen (west and town centre), Hayley Green, Hasbury Dudley, Bromsgrove
B64CRADLEY HEATH Cradley Heath, Old Hill Sandwell
B65ROWLEY REGIS Rowley Regis, Blackheath Sandwell
B66SMETHWICK Smethwick (east and north), Bearwood (east)Sandwell
B67SMETHWICKSmethwick (west), Bearwood (west), Londonderry Sandwell
B68OLDBURY Langley, Brandhall, Quinton (part of)Sandwell
B69OLDBURY Oldbury, Tividale Sandwell
B70WEST BROMWICH West Bromwich (south, west and town centre)Sandwell
B71WEST BROMWICHWest Bromwich (north)Sandwell
B72SUTTON COLDFIELD Sutton Coldfield town centre, Maney, Wylde Green Birmingham
B73SUTTON COLDFIELD Boldmere, New Oscott, Wylde Green (part)Birmingham
B74SUTTON COLDFIELD Four Oaks, Little Aston, Streetly Birmingham, Lichfield, Walsall
B75SUTTON COLDFIELD Mere Green, Roughley, Moor Hall, Whitehouse Common, Falcon Lodge Birmingham
B76SUTTON COLDFIELD Walmley, Minworth, Curdworth, Lea Marston Birmingham, North Warwickshire
B77TAMWORTH Tamworth, Wilnecote, Amington Tamworth, North Warwickshire
B78TAMWORTHTamworth, Fazeley, Kingsbury, Polesworth Tamworth, North Warwickshire
B79TAMWORTHTamworth, Warton Tamworth, North Warwickshire, North West Leicestershire
B80STUDLEY Studley Stratford-on-Avon
B90SOLIHULL Shirley, Solihull Lodge, Major's Green, Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green Solihull, Bromsgrove
B91SOLIHULL Solihull Solihull
B92SOLIHULL Olton, Elmdon, Bickenhill, Hampton-in-Arden Solihull
B93SOLIHULL Baddesley Clinton , Bentley Heath, Dorridge, Knowle, Tilehouse GreenSolihull
B94SOLIHULL Hockley Heath, Earlswood Solihull, Warwick
B95HENLEY-IN-ARDEN Henley-in-Arden, Wooton Wawen, Beaudesert Stratford-on-Avon
B96REDDITCH Feckenham, Astwood Bank, Bradley Green Redditch
B97REDDITCH Redditch (west), Callow Hill, Webheath Redditch
B98REDDITCHRedditch (east), Beoley Redditch
B99BIRMINGHAMnon-geographic

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Maps

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B postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CV, DE, DY, ST, WR, WS and WV postcode areas. B postcode area map.svg
B postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CV, DE, DY, ST, WR, WS and WV postcode areas.
Detailed map of postcode districts in central Birmingham B postcode area inset map.svg
Detailed map of postcode districts in central Birmingham

Former scheme

Street name signs on Birdbrook Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, showing old "Birmingham 22" (top) and modern "B44" postcodes. BirdbrookRoadSigns.jpg
Street name signs on Birdbrook Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, showing old "Birmingham 22" (top) and modern "B44" postcodes.

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).

See also

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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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