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Birmingham
B is located in the United Kingdom
B
B
Coordinates: 52°27′47″N 1°53′20″W / 52.463°N 1.889°W / 52.463; -1.889
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
B
Postcode area name
Birmingham
Post towns15
Postcode districts79
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] provides postcodes for the boroughs of Birmingham, Solihull and Sandwell and parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire in England.

Coverage

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The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postal district Post town Coverage Local authority
B1–B4 BIRMINGHAM Birmingham City Centre, Ladywood Birmingham
B5 BIRMINGHAM Digbeth Birmingham
B6 BIRMINGHAM Aston Birmingham
B7 BIRMINGHAM Nechells Birmingham
B8 BIRMINGHAM Washwood Heath, Ward End, Saltley Birmingham
B9 BIRMINGHAM Bordesley Green Birmingham
B10 BIRMINGHAM Small Heath Birmingham
B11 BIRMINGHAM Sparkhill, Tyseley Birmingham
B12 BIRMINGHAM Balsall Heath, Sparkbrook Birmingham
B13 BIRMINGHAM Moseley, Billesley Birmingham
B14 BIRMINGHAM Kings Heath, Yardley Wood, Brandwood, Druids Heath, Warstock Birmingham
B15 BIRMINGHAM Edgbaston, Chad Valley Birmingham
B16 BIRMINGHAM Edgbaston, Ladywood Birmingham
B17 BIRMINGHAM Harborne Birmingham
B18 BIRMINGHAM Winson Green Birmingham
B19 BIRMINGHAM Lozells, Newtown, Birchfield Birmingham
B20 BIRMINGHAM Birchfield, 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, Buckland End Birmingham
B35 BIRMINGHAM Castle Vale Birmingham
B36 BIRMINGHAM Hodge Hill, Castle Bromwich Birmingham, Solihull
B37 BIRMINGHAM Chelmsley Wood, Marston Green Solihull
B38 BIRMINGHAM Kings Norton Birmingham
B40 BIRMINGHAM National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham International Airport Solihull
B42 BIRMINGHAM Perry Barr, 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 Alcester Stratford-on-Avon
B60–B61 BROMSGROVE Bromsgrove Bromsgrove
B62–B63 HALESOWEN Halesowen Dudley, Bromsgrove
B64 CRADLEY HEATH Cradley Heath Sandwell
B65 ROWLEY REGIS Rowley Regis Sandwell
B66–B67 SMETHWICK Smethwick Sandwell
B68–B69 OLDBURY Oldbury Sandwell
B70–B71 WEST BROMWICH West Bromwich Sandwell
B72 SUTTON COLDFIELD 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, Streetly Birmingham, Lichfield, Walsall
B75 SUTTON COLDFIELD Sutton Trinity, Falcon Lodge, Rectory Birmingham
B76 SUTTON COLDFIELD Walmley Birmingham
B77–B79 TAMWORTH Tamworth Tamworth, North Warwickshire
B80 STUDLEY Studley Stratford-on-Avon
B90 SOLIHULL Shirley, Wythall, Majors Green, Dickens Heath Solihull, Bromsgrove
B91–B94 SOLIHULL Olton, Solihull Solihull
B95 HENLEY-IN-ARDEN Henley-in-Arden Stratford-on-Avon
B96–B98 REDDITCH Redditch Redditch

Notes

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  • 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[3]

Adjacent areas

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Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: CV (Coventry), WR (Worcester), DY (Dudley), WS (Walsall), DE (Derby).

Former scheme

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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 and Birmingham 22A (now B43 and 44) and Smethwick was formerly Birmingham 40 and 41 (now B66 and 67 and a separate post town).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 Jun 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. ^ "Contact Us". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 2009-08-04.

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