Schools
155 open schools are in scope, including 90 primary and 25 secondary schools. The Oval School is the nearest published school at 328 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B26 2BJ
Yardley East · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeLocation overview
Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
- Post town
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Yardley East
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Yardley
- Postcode district
- B26
- Postcode sector
- B26 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B26 2BJ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B26
- Postcode sector
- B26 2
- Latitude
- 52.477348
- Longitude
- -1.796682
- British National Grid easting
- 413,906
- British National Grid northing
- 286,620
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Yardley East · E05011185
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Yardley · E14001100
- Output area
- E00048137
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 062B · E01009514
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 062 · E02001888
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore B26
Property
9 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 216, Queens Road, Yardley, Birmingham, B26 2BJ | 25 June 2019 | £176,000 |
| 212, Queens Road, Yardley, Birmingham, B26 2BJ | 30 October 2015 | £145,000 |
| 201, Queens Road, Yardley, Birmingham, B26 2BJ | 12 April 2011 | £135,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 155
- Primary
- 90
- Secondary
- 25
- 328 m
The Oval School
Academy converter
- 964 m
Lift Lea Forest
Academy sponsor led
- 977 m
Cockshut Hill School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,523
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,574
- Criminal damage and arson 546
- Vehicle crime 501
- Public order 348
- Shoplifting 267
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 32
- Postcode households
- 8
- Residents per household
- 4.0
- B26 2 residents
- 12,471
14 female, 18 male
Age bands in B26 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 15.1%
2,555 residents
1,573 residents
3,164 residents
2,903 residents
1,807 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B26 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
58
within 5 km
CHURCH LANE - KHAN
111-113 CHURCH LANE, KITTS GREEN, STECHFORD, BIRMINGHAM, B33 9EJ
ODS code M85013
1.1 km
GARRETTS GREEN LANE SURGERY
172 GARRETTS GREEN LANE, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 2SB
ODS code M85694
1.1 km
MIRFIELD SURGERY
287 KITTS GREEN ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, BIRMINGHAM, B33 9SA
ODS code M85746
1.2 km
IRIDIUM MEDICAL PRACTICE
299 BORDESLEY GREEN EAST, STECHFORD, BIRMINGHAM, B33 8TA
ODS code Y02893
1.4 km
DOWNSFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
315 SHELDON HEATH ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 2TY
ODS code M85717
1.6 km
ROWLANDS ROAD SURGERY
15 ROWLANDS ROAD, SOUTH YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B26 1AT
ODS code M85171
1.7 km
MANOR HOUSE LANE SURGERY
1 MANOR HOUSE LANE, YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B26 1PD
ODS code M89009
1.7 km
THE SWAN MEDICAL CENTRE
4 WILLARD RD, SOUTH YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B25 8AA
ODS code M85011
2.2 km
THE SHELDON MEDICAL CENTRE
169 CHURCH ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 3TT
ODS code M85770
2.3 km
BUCKLANDS END LANE SURGERY
36 BUCKLANDS END LANE, BIRMINGHAM, B34 6BP
ODS code M85113
2.3 km
CHURCH ROAD SURGERY
90 CHURCH ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 3TP
ODS code M85048
2.3 km
COTTERILS LANE SURGERY
75-77 COTTERILLS LANE, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3RZ
ODS code M85680
2.4 km
SCHOOLACRE ROAD SURGERY
2 SCHOOLACRE ROAD, SHARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B34 6RB
ODS code M85141
2.4 km
THE HARLEQUIN SURGERY
160 SHARD END CRESCENT, BIRMINGHAM, B34 7BP
ODS code M85031
2.4 km
CRANES PARK ROAD SURGERY
25 CRANES PARK ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 3SE
ODS code M85097
2.6 km
YARDLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
1222 COVENTRY ROAD, YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B25 8BY
ODS code M85094
2.7 km
WARD END MEDICAL CENTRE
794A WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, WARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B8 2JN
ODS code M85066
2.7 km
HODGE HILL FAMILY PRACTICE
1ST FLOOR HODGE HILL PCC, ROUGHLEA AVENUE, HODGE HILL, BIRMINGHAM, B36 8GH
ODS code Y02567
2.9 km
OMNIA PRACTICE
73 YARDLEY GREEN ROAD, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5PU
ODS code M85034
2.9 km
YARDLEY GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE
77 YARDLEY GREEN ROAD, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5PU
ODS code M85061
2.9 km
Showing 20 of 58 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Broadstone Road
BCT · Lea Hall
- 0.0 miles
Queens Road
BCT · Lea Hall
- 0.0 miles
Broadstone Road
BCT · Lea Hall
- 0.1 miles
Queens Road
BCT · Lea Hall
- 0.1 miles
Kelynmead Road
BCT · Lea Hall
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 062B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
1 of 10
Overall England rank
2,875 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 1
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
5,523 published events cover 12 months, averaging 460.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,574 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.