B68 9RU maps, stats, and open data

B68 9RU lies on Birch Street in Oldbury. B68 9RU 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 9RU maps

B68 9RU map - large scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)

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B68 9RU geodata

Easting	400287
Northing	288469
Latitude	52.494130
Longitude	-1.997202

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is B68 9RU?

Street	Birch Street
Town/City	Oldbury
Country	England
Postcode District	B68
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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B68 9RU Elevation

Elevation or altitude of B68 9RU 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	St Pauls
Constituency	Warley

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to B68 9RU

Birch St (St Johns Rd)	Rood End	96m
Birch St (St Johns Rd)	Rood End	106m
Tat Bank Crossroads (Vicarage Rd)	Rood End	180m
Tat Bank Rd (Rood End Rd)	Rood End	200m
Tat Bank Crossroads (Tat Bank Rd)	Rood End	232m

Nearest railway stations to B68 9RU

Langley Green Station	0.5km
Smethwick Galton Bridge Station	1.4km
Smethwick Rolfe Street Station	1.8km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

Broadband access in B68 9RU (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	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

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

Broadband speed in B68 9RU (2019 data)

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Median download speed	79.9Mbps
Average download speed	87.5Mbps
Maximum download speed	200.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	14.5Mbps
Average upload speed	12.7Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in B68 9RU (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 9RU gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in B68 9RU by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	597,526
Meter count	39
Mean (kWh/meter)	15,321
Median (kWh/meter)	16,094

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	150,817
Meter count	35
Mean (kWh/meter)	4,309
Median (kWh/meter)	3,292

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in B68 9RU, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in B68 9RU.
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

77.7% of English postcodes are less deprived than B68 9RU:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to B68 9RU (metres)

Angella Caribbean Takeaway

151 Vicarage Road

167m

Acorn Lodge

137-149 Vicarage Road

169m

Buy and Save

1 Rood End Road

174m

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Nearest post box to B68 9RU

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Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Priory Drive / Vicarage Road	17:15	12:00	138m
Basons Lane / Darby Road	17:30	12:00	356m
Rood End Post Office	17:15	12:00	384m

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Source: Dracos
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B68 9RU ITL and B68 9RU 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 9RU:

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 9RU 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 9RU:

	Code	Name
OA	E00050677
LSOA	E01010020	Sandwell 024C
MSOA	E02002066	Sandwell 024

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to B68 9RU

B68 9RY	Warley Road	67m
B68 9RR	Birch Street	88m
B68 9RX	St Johns Road	114m
B68 9RZ	Warley Road	116m
B68 9UG	Barker Street	130m
B68 9SA	St Johns Road	156m
B68 8JB	Vicarage Road	169m
B68 8HZ	Priory Drive	172m
B68 9RT	Apollo Road	182m
B68 9UQ	Barker Street	197m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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