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B68 8SL lies on Rood End Road in Oldbury. B68 8SL 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 8SL maps

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

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B68 8SL geodata

Easting400164
Northing288751
Latitude52.496666
Longitude-1.999014

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Where is B68 8SL?

StreetRood End Road
Town/CityOldbury
CountryEngland
Postcode DistrictB68

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B68 8SL Elevation

Elevation or altitude of B68 8SL 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 8SL

Vernon Rd (Rood End Rd)Rood End101m
Vernon Rd (Rood End Rd)Rood End116m
Apollo Rd (Victoria Rd)Rood End192m
Apollo Rd (Victoria Rd)Rood End206m
Tat Bank Rd (Rood End Rd)Rood End220m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to B68 8SL

Kenrick Park (Midland Metro Stop) (Roebuck Lane)West Bromwich1,739m

Nearest railway stations to B68 8SL

Langley Green Station0.5km
Smethwick Galton Bridge Station1.4km
Sandwell & Dudley Station1.6km

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Broadband

Broadband access in B68 8SL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband97.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband0.0%

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

Broadband speed in B68 8SL (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed79.1Mbps
Average download speed69.3Mbps
Maximum download speed200.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed1.1Mbps
Average upload speed7.5Mbps
Maximum upload speed20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in B68 8SL (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 8SL gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)446,379
Meter count31
Mean (kWh/meter)14,399
Median (kWh/meter)12,739

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)80,747
Meter count26
Mean (kWh/meter)3,106
Median (kWh/meter)2,683

Deprivation

88.8% of English postcodes are less deprived than B68 8SL:

Food Standards Agency

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

Lin's Kitchen
Food Hygiene Rating: 5 (Very Good)
42 Rood End Road
46m
Rood End News Limited
Food Hygiene Rating: 4 (Good)
125 Rood End Road
105m
Coach House
Food Hygiene Rating: 4 (Good)
Bell Inn 127 Rood End Road
121m

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Nearest post box to B68 8SL

 Last Collection 
LocationMon-FriSatDistance
Rood End Post Office17:1512:00124m
Priory Drive / Vicarage Road17:1512:00271m
Basons Lane / Darby Road17:3012:00664m

B68 8SL ITL and B68 8SL 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 8SL:

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

B68 8SL 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 8SL:

CodeName
OAE00050672
LSOAE01010019Sandwell 024B
MSOAE02002066Sandwell 024

Nearest postcodes to B68 8SL

B68 8SGRood End Road54m
B68 9UFBarker Street82m
B68 8SEVernon Road104m
B68 9UQBarker Street118m
B69 4HTRood End Road119m
B68 8SDShirley Road124m
B68 9RSApollo Road135m
B68 8SAWellesley Road143m
B68 8SJRood End Road153m
B68 9UEBell Fold153m