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WS2 8BS lies on Bloxwich Road in Walsall. WS2 8BS is located in the Birchills Leamore electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Walsall and the English Parliamentary constituency of Walsall North. 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.

WS2 8BS maps

WS2 8BS map - large scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)
WS2 8BS map - small scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)

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WS2 8BS geodata

Easting400952
Northing299847
Latitude52.596432
Longitude-1.987373

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Where is WS2 8BS?

StreetBloxwich Road
Town/CityWalsall
CountryEngland
Postcode DistrictWS2

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WS2 8BS Elevation

Elevation or altitude of WS2 8BS as distance above sea level:

MetresFeet
Elevation130m427ft

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

WardBirchills Leamore
ConstituencyWalsall North

Transport

Nearest bus stops to WS2 8BS

Northcote St (Bloxwich Road)Birchills37m
Northcote St (Bloxwich Road)Birchills87m
Derby St (Bloxwich Road)Birchills91m
Derby St (Bloxwich Road)Birchills158m
Hospital St (Bloxwich Road)Birchills186m

Nearest railway stations to WS2 8BS

Walsall Station1.3km
Bloxwich Station2.9km
Bescot Stadium Station3.7km

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Broadband

Broadband access in WS2 8BS (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband87.5%

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

Broadband speed in WS2 8BS (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed39.1Mbps
Average download speed54.9Mbps
Maximum download speed200.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed8.4Mbps
Average upload speed8.4Mbps
Maximum upload speed20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in WS2 8BS (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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WS2 8BS gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in WS2 8BS by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)304,055
Meter count21
Mean (kWh/meter)14,479
Median (kWh/meter)12,003

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)54,250
Meter count13
Mean (kWh/meter)4,173
Median (kWh/meter)2,742

Deprivation

91.3% of English postcodes are less deprived than WS2 8BS:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to WS2 8BS (metres)

Yummy
Food Hygiene Rating: 3 (Generally Satisfactory)
129 Bloxwich Road
4m
Premier
Food Hygiene Rating: 2 (Improvement Necessary)
133-135 Bloxwich Road
4m
Crispy Cod
Food Hygiene Rating: 3 (Generally Satisfactory)
127 Bloxwich Road
4m

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Nearest post box to WS2 8BS

 Last Collection 
LocationMon-FriSatDistance
North Walsall17:1512:0054m
Coalpool Lane16:0011:30625m
Dartmouth Avenue16:3011:30688m

WS2 8BS ITL and WS2 8BS 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 WS2 8BS:

ITL 1 CodeName
TLGWest Midlands (England)
ITL 2 CodeName
TLG3West Midlands
ITL 3 CodeName
TLG38Walsall
LAU 1 CodeName
E08000030Walsall

WS2 8BS 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 WS2 8BS:

CodeName
OAE00168244
LSOAE01010375Walsall 018E
MSOAE02002127Walsall 018

Nearest postcodes to WS2 8BS

WS2 8BUBloxwich Road32m
WS2 8BQNorthcote Street74m
WS2 8BPBloxwich Road132m
WS2 8BXLeckie Road138m
WS2 8DBBloxwich Road145m
WS2 7BHDerby Street155m
WS2 7ATKent Street159m
WS2 8BLGladstone Street162m
WS2 8JDSouthmead Way197m
WS2 8BFBloxwich Road206m