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B68 8HU lies on Vicarage Road in Oldbury. B68 8HU is located in the St Pauls 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 8HU maps

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

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B68 8HU geodata

Easting400096
Northing288248
Latitude52.492144
Longitude-2.000015

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Where is B68 8HU?

StreetVicarage Road
Town/CityOldbury
CountryEngland
Postcode DistrictB68

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➜ Where is Oldbury?

B68 8HU Elevation

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

MetresFeet
Elevation170m558ft

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

WardSt Pauls
ConstituencyWarley

Transport

Nearest bus stops to B68 8HU

Richmond Hill (Vicarage Rd)Rood End17m
Richmond Hill (Vicarage Rd)Rood End52m
The Merrivale (Vicarage Rd)Rood End142m
Tat Bank Crossroads (Vicarage Rd)Rood End192m
The Merrivale (Dog Kennel Lane)Langley Green207m

Nearest railway stations to B68 8HU

Langley Green Station0.4km
Smethwick Galton Bridge Station1.7km
Sandwell & Dudley Station2km

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Broadband

Broadband access in B68 8HU (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband96.8%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband0.0%

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

Broadband speed in B68 8HU (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed70.0Mbps
Average download speed78.3Mbps
Maximum download speed350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed13.2Mbps
Average upload speed11.8Mbps
Maximum upload speed20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in B68 8HU (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps0.0%

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B68 8HU gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)450,172
Meter count31
Mean (kWh/meter)14,522
Median (kWh/meter)12,557

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)191,458
Meter count35
Mean (kWh/meter)5,470
Median (kWh/meter)3,785

Deprivation

88.1% of English postcodes are less deprived than B68 8HU:

Food Standards Agency

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

KHP Poultry
Food Hygiene Rating: 5 (Very Good)
156 Vicarage Road
170m
Acorn Lodge
Food Hygiene Rating: 5 (Very Good)
137-149 Vicarage Road
172m
Costcutter
Food Hygiene Rating: 3 (Generally Satisfactory)
158-160 Vicarage Road
178m

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Nearest post box to B68 8HU

 Last Collection 
LocationMon-FriSatDistance
Crosswells Road / Vicarage Road17:4512:00172m
Priory Drive / Vicarage Road17:1512:00238m
Basons Lane / Darby Road17:3012:00328m

B68 8HU ITL and B68 8HU 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 8HU:

ITL 1 CodeName
TLGWest Midlands (England)
ITL 2 CodeName
TLG3West Midlands
ITL 3 CodeName
TLG37Sandwell
LAU 1 CodeName
E08000028Sandwell

B68 8HU 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 8HU:

CodeName
OAE00050679
LSOAE01010021Sandwell 024D
MSOAE02002066Sandwell 024

Nearest postcodes to B68 8HU

B68 9TJRichmond Hill43m
B68 8HJRectory Gardens72m
B68 8HYVicarage Road103m
B68 8HTVicarage Road110m
B68 8HZPriory Drive120m
B68 9LXThornwood Close131m
B68 9RPSt Johns Road138m
B68 8JLMushroom Hall Road152m
B68 9THRichmond Hill154m
B68 8JPMushroom Hall Road175m