B68 8HR maps, stats, and open data

B68 8HR lies on Vicarage Road in Oldbury. B68 8HR is located in the Bristnall electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Sandwell and the English Parliamentary constituency of Warley. 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.

B68 8HR maps

B68 8HR map - large scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)

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B68 8HR geodata

Easting	399957
Northing	287916
Latitude	52.489159
Longitude	-2.002062

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Where is B68 8HR?

Street	Vicarage Road
Town/City	Oldbury
Country	England
Postcode District	B68
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B68 8HR Elevation

Elevation or altitude of B68 8HR as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	170m	558ft

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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Politics

Ward	Bristnall
Constituency	Warley

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to B68 8HR

Jackson St (Vicarage Rd)	Langley Green	32m
Keanscott Drive (Brookfields Rd)	Langley Green	83m
Keanscott Drive (Brookfields Rd)	Langley Green	93m
Bloxcidge Street (Joinings Bank)	Langley Green	124m
Vicarage Rd (Crosswells Rd)	Langley Green	145m

Nearest railway stations to B68 8HR

Langley Green Station	0.6km
Smethwick Galton Bridge Station	2km
Sandwell & Dudley Station	2.3km

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Broadband

Broadband access in B68 8HR (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	91.7%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in B68 8HR (2019 data)

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Median download speed	75.3Mbps
Average download speed	82.1Mbps
Maximum download speed	200.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	10.0Mbps
Average upload speed	12.0Mbps
Maximum upload speed	19.53Mbps

Broadband limitations in B68 8HR (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%

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B68 8HR gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in B68 8HR by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	159,744
Meter count	12
Mean (kWh/meter)	13,312
Median (kWh/meter)	10,061

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	51,338
Meter count	13
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,949
Median (kWh/meter)	3,666

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in B68 8HR, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in B68 8HR.
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

80.9% of English postcodes are less deprived than B68 8HR:

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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to B68 8HR (metres)

Fatima Day Nursery

36 Vicarage Road

98m

El Marsh Care Home Ltd

12 Joinings Bank

104m

Ascot House Residential Care H

Ascot House 23 Joinings Bank

123m

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Nearest post box to B68 8HR

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Vicarage Road Post Office	17:15	12:00	68m
Crosswells Road / Vicarage Road	17:45	12:00	191m
Langley Road / New Henry St	17:45	12:00	435m

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B68 8HR ITL and B68 8HR 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 B68 8HR:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLG	West Midlands (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLG3	West Midlands
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLG37	Sandwell
LAU 1 Code	Name
E08000028	Sandwell

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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B68 8HR 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 B68 8HR:

	Code	Name
OA	E00050268
LSOA	E01009941	Sandwell 032D
MSOA	E02002074	Sandwell 032

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to B68 8HR

B68 8NX	Newlands Walk	52m
B68 9RQ	Defford Drive	81m
B68 8QG	Jackson Street	97m
B68 9QU	Heritage Close	101m
B68 8QJ	Joinings Bank	105m
B68 8QA	Jackson Close	117m
B68 8HF	Opal Gardens	118m
B68 8HL	Vicarage Road	122m
B68 9RE	Tudor Road	133m
B68 8HH	Crosswells Road	138m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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