B26 3HH

Sheldon · Birmingham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Birmingham
Ward
Sheldon
Local authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Yardley
Postcode district
B26
Postcode sector
B26 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B26 3HL 61 m
B26 3AR 69 m
B26 3BF 90 m
B26 3FF 90 m
B26 1NU 103 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B26 3HH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B26
Postcode sector
B26 3
Latitude
52.457578
Longitude
-1.795713
British National Grid easting
413,978
British National Grid northing
284,421

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Birmingham · E08000025
Electoral ward
Sheldon · E05011166
Parish or community
E43000250
Westminster constituency
Birmingham Yardley · E14001100
Output area
E00047286
Lower layer super output area
Birmingham 076D · E01009313
Middle layer super output area
Birmingham 076 · E02001902

Postcode source versions

Explore B26

37 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1942, Coventry Road, Sheldon, Birmingham, B26 3HH 26 September 2025 £235,000
1910, Coventry Road, Sheldon, Birmingham, B26 3HH 11 March 2025 £230,000
1920, Coventry Road, Sheldon, Birmingham, B26 3HH 4 November 2024 £220,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
142
Primary
86
Secondary
22
  1. Brays School

    Academy special converter

    205 m
  2. Lyndon Green Junior School

    Community school

    331 m
  3. Lyndon Green Infant School

    Community school

    360 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
4,738
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,699
  • Shoplifting 908
  • Vehicle crime 460
  • Criminal damage and arson 326
  • Other theft 254

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
89

39 female, 50 male

Postcode households
33
Residents per household
2.7
B26 3 residents
11,208

Age bands in B26 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.9%

2,028 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.6%

1,310 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.6%

3,133 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.3%

2,873 residents

Age 65 and over
17.6%

1,994 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B26 3 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

51

within 5 km

  • MANOR HOUSE LANE SURGERY

    1 MANOR HOUSE LANE, YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B26 1PD

    ODS code M89009

    625 m

  • ROWLANDS ROAD SURGERY

    15 ROWLANDS ROAD, SOUTH YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B26 1AT

    ODS code M85171

    952 m

  • CHURCH ROAD SURGERY

    90 CHURCH ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 3TP

    ODS code M85048

    1.0 km

  • CRANES PARK ROAD SURGERY

    25 CRANES PARK ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 3SE

    ODS code M85097

    1.1 km

  • RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE

    179 RICHMOND ROAD, SOLIHULL, B92 7SA

    ODS code M89007

    1.1 km

  • THE SHELDON MEDICAL CENTRE

    169 CHURCH ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 3TT

    ODS code M85770

    1.3 km

  • GARRETTS GREEN LANE SURGERY

    172 GARRETTS GREEN LANE, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 2SB

    ODS code M85694

    1.3 km

  • COVENTRY ROAD PRACTICE

    2314 COVENTRY ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 3JS

    ODS code M89021

    1.5 km

  • DOWNSFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    315 SHELDON HEATH ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 2TY

    ODS code M85717

    1.5 km

  • HOBS MOAT MEDICAL CENTRE

    ULLERIES ROAD, SOLIHULL, B92 8ED

    ODS code M89019

    1.6 km

  • THE SWAN MEDICAL CENTRE

    4 WILLARD RD, SOUTH YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B25 8AA

    ODS code M85011

    1.6 km

  • VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY

    21 VICTORIA ROAD, ACOCKS GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B27 7XZ

    ODS code M85105

    2.2 km

  • YARDLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    1222 COVENTRY ROAD, YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B25 8BY

    ODS code M85094

    2.3 km

  • ST. MARGARETS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 ST. MARGARETS ROAD, SOLIHULL, B92 7JS

    ODS code M89005

    2.3 km

  • ACOCKS GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    999 WARWICK ROAD, ACOCKS GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B27 6QJ

    ODS code M85736

    2.5 km

  • IRIDIUM MEDICAL PRACTICE

    299 BORDESLEY GREEN EAST, STECHFORD, BIRMINGHAM, B33 8TA

    ODS code Y02893

    2.7 km

  • MIRFIELD SURGERY

    287 KITTS GREEN ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, BIRMINGHAM, B33 9SA

    ODS code M85746

    3.0 km

  • SWANSWELL MEDICAL CENTRE

    370 GOSPEL LANE, ACOCKS GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B27 7AL

    ODS code M85177

    3.1 km

  • CHURCH LANE - KHAN

    111-113 CHURCH LANE, KITTS GREEN, STECHFORD, BIRMINGHAM, B33 9EJ

    ODS code M85013

    3.3 km

  • OMNIA PRACTICE

    73 YARDLEY GREEN ROAD, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5PU

    ODS code M85034

    3.6 km

Showing 20 of 51 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Brays Road

    BCT · Lyndon End

    0.0 miles
  • Brays Road

    BCT · Lyndon End

    0.1 miles
  • Marcot Road Hail+Ride

    BCT · Lyndon

    0.1 miles
  • Marcot Road Hail+Ride

    BCT · Lyndon

    0.1 miles
  • Gilbertstone Avenue

    BCT · Lyndon End

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 076D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,668 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 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
0
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

Property market

The five-year median is £232,500 from 4 recorded sales in B26 3HH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Birmingham is £234,150 in June 2026, up 2.2% year on year.

Schools

142 open schools are in scope, including 86 primary and 22 secondary schools. Brays School is the nearest published school at 205 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

4,738 published events cover 12 months, averaging 394.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,699 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.