B postcode area
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| Postcode area | B |
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| Postcode area name | Birmingham |
| Post towns | 15 |
| Postcode districts | 78 |
| Postcode sectors | 267 |
| Postcodes (live) | 42,173 |
| Postcodes (total) | 55,850 |
| Statistics as at October 2006[1] | |
The B postcode area, also known as the Birmingham postcode area,[2] provides postcodes for the boroughs of Birmingham, Solihull and Sandwell (some parts of which will be merged with Birmingham City Council)[citation needed] and parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire in England.
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[edit] Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postal districts:
| Postal district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1-B4 | BIRMINGHAM | Birmingham City Centre and Ladywood | Birmingham |
| B5 | BIRMINGHAM | Digbeth | Birmingham |
| B6 | BIRMINGHAM | Aston | Birmingham |
| B7 | BIRMINGHAM | Nechells | Birmingham |
| B8 | BIRMINGHAM | Ward End, Saltley | Birmingham |
| B9 | BIRMINGHAM | Bordesley | Birmingham |
| B10 | BIRMINGHAM | Small Heath | Birmingham |
| B11 | BIRMINGHAM | Tyseley | Birmingham |
| B12 | BIRMINGHAM | Balsall Heath | Birmingham |
| B13 | BIRMINGHAM | Moseley, Kings Heath | Birmingham |
| B14 | BIRMINGHAM | Kings Heath | Birmingham |
| B15 | BIRMINGHAM | Edgbaston, Chad Valley | Birmingham |
| B16 | BIRMINGHAM | Ladywood | Birmingham |
| B17 | BIRMINGHAM | Harborne | Birmingham |
| B18 | BIRMINGHAM | Winson Green | Birmingham |
| B19 | BIRMINGHAM | Lozells, Newtown, Birchfield | Birmingham |
| B20 | BIRMINGHAM | Handsworth Wood | Birmingham |
| B21 | BIRMINGHAM | Handsworth | Birmingham |
| B22 | BIRMINGHAM | Birmingham | |
| B23 | BIRMINGHAM | Erdington, Short Heath | Birmingham |
| B24 | BIRMINGHAM | Erdington, Tyburn | Birmingham |
| B25 | BIRMINGHAM | Yardley | Birmingham |
| B26 | BIRMINGHAM | Sheldon, Yardley | Birmingham |
| B27 | BIRMINGHAM | Acocks Green | Birmingham |
| B28 | BIRMINGHAM | Hall Green | Birmingham |
| B29 | BIRMINGHAM | Selly Oak, Bournbrook | Birmingham |
| B30 | BIRMINGHAM | Bournville, Cotteridge, Stirchley | Birmingham |
| B31 | BIRMINGHAM | Northfield | Birmingham |
| B32 | BIRMINGHAM | Woodgate, Bartley Green, Quinton | Birmingham |
| B33 | BIRMINGHAM | Kitts Green | Birmingham |
| B34 | BIRMINGHAM | Shard End and Buckland End | Birmingham |
| B35 | BIRMINGHAM | Castle Vale | Birmingham |
| B36 | BIRMINGHAM | Castle Bromwich | Solihull |
| B37 | BIRMINGHAM | Chelmsley Wood, Marston Green | Solihull |
| B38 | BIRMINGHAM | Kings Norton | Birmingham |
| B40 | BIRMINGHAM | National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham International Airport | Solihull |
| B42 | BIRMINGHAM | Great Barr, Hamstead | Birmingham |
| B43 | BIRMINGHAM | Great Barr | Birmingham |
| B44 | BIRMINGHAM | Perry Barr, Kingstanding, Great Barr | Birmingham |
| B45 | BIRMINGHAM | Rednal, Rubery | Birmingham, Bromsgrove |
| B46 | BIRMINGHAM | Water Orton, Coleshill | North Warwickshire |
| B47 | BIRMINGHAM | Hollywood, Wythall | Birmingham, Bromsgrove |
| B48 | BIRMINGHAM | Alvechurch | Birmingham, Bromsgrove |
| B49-B50 | ALCESTER | Stratford | |
| B60-B61 | BROMSGROVE | Bromsgrove | |
| B62-B63 | HALESOWEN | Dudley/BROMSGROVE | |
| B64 | CRADLEY HEATH | Sandwell | |
| B65 | ROWLEY REGIS | Sandwell | |
| B66-B67 | SMETHWICK | Birmingham | |
| B68-B69 | OLDBURY | Sandwell/Birmingham | |
| B70-B71 | WEST BROMWICH | Sandwell/Birmingham | |
| B72 | SUTTON COLDFIELD | Town Centre, Maney, Wylde Green | Birmingham |
| B73 | SUTTON COLDFIELD | Boldmere, New Oscott, Wylde Green | Birmingham |
| B74 | SUTTON COLDFIELD | Four Oaks, Mere Green, Little Aston (Lichfield), Streetly (Walsall) | Birmingham/Lichfield/Walsall |
| B75 | SUTTON COLDFIELD | Sutton Trinity, Falcon Lodge, Rectory | Birmingham |
| B76 | SUTTON COLDFIELD | Walmley | Birmingham |
| B77-B79 | TAMWORTH | Tamworth, North Warwickshire | |
| B80 | STUDLEY | Stratford | |
| B90 | SOLIHULL | Shirley, Wythall, Majors Green, Dickens Heath | Solihull, Bromsgrove |
| B91-B94 | SOLIHULL | Olton, Solihull | Solihull |
| B95 | HENLEY-IN-ARDEN | Henley-in-Arden | Stratford |
| B96-B98 | REDDITCH | Redditch |
[edit] Notes
- B1 1AA is Birmingham Head Post office; this is no longer in the B1 area, but retains the B1 code.
- B1 1BB is Birmingham Council House
[edit] Adjacent areas
| The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - CV (Coventry) - WR (Worcester) - DY (Dudley) - WS (Walsall) - DE (Derby) . |
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[edit] Former scheme
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 and Birmingham 22A (now B43 and 44) and Smethwick was formerly Birmingham 40 and 41 (now B66 and 67 and a separate post town).
[edit] References
- ^ "National Statistics Postcode Directory". Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (November 2006). Office for National Statistics. November 2006. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf. Retrieved on 2009-05-29.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
