Schools
104 open schools are in scope, including 68 primary and 21 secondary schools. Q3 Academy Great Barr is the nearest published school at 531 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B43 7SR
Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birmingham
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich
- Postcode district
- B43
- Postcode sector
- B43 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B43 7SR
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B43
- Postcode sector
- B43 7
- Latitude
- 52.552825
- Longitude
- -1.937609
- British National Grid easting
- 404,327
- British National Grid northing
- 294,998
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Sandwell · E08000028
- Electoral ward
- Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree · E05016615
- Parish or community
- E43000182
- Westminster constituency
- West Bromwich · E14001574
- Output area
- E00050424
- Lower layer super output area
- Sandwell 006C · E01009974
- Middle layer super output area
- Sandwell 006 · E02002048
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 B43
Property
8 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 8, Waltdene Close, Birmingham, B43 7SR | 6 April 2020 | £250,000 |
| 4, Waltdene Close, Birmingham, B43 7SR | 28 September 2018 | £226,500 |
| 8, Waltdene Close, Birmingham, B43 7SR | 31 January 2014 | £156,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 104
- Primary
- 68
- Secondary
- 21
- 531 m
Q3 Academy Great Barr
Academy sponsor led
- 572 m
St Margaret's CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 678 m
Holy Name Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,176
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 530
- Vehicle crime 191
- Criminal damage and arson 100
- Other theft 68
- Public order 58
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 14
- Postcode households
- 6
- Residents per household
- 2.3
- B43 7 residents
- 12,172
8 female, 6 male
Age bands in B43 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.5%
2,012 residents
1,209 residents
2,980 residents
2,981 residents
2,231 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B43 7 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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- 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
28
within 5 km
SCOTT ARMS MEDICAL CENTRE
WHITECREST, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 6EE
ODS code M88021
1.1 km
GREAT BARR PRACTICE
379 QUESLETT ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7HB
ODS code M88015
1.6 km
COLLINGWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE
COLLINGWOOD CENTRE, COLLINGWOOD DRIVE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7NF
ODS code M91032
2.4 km
QUESLETT MEDICAL CENTRE
522 QUESLETT ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7DY
ODS code M91642
2.7 km
THE OAKS MEDICAL CENTRE
199 SHADY LANE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 9ER
ODS code M85060
2.8 km
APOLLO SURGERY
619 KINGS ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 9HW
ODS code M85158
3.0 km
TOWER HILL PARTNERSHIP
433 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1BT
ODS code M85019
3.1 km
COTMORE SURGERY
169 OLD OSCOTT LANE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 8TU
ODS code M85792
3.1 km
BROADWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
213 BROADWAY, WALSALL, WS1 3HD
ODS code M91619
3.2 km
STONE CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE
291 WALSALL ROAD, WEST BROMWICH, B71 3LN
ODS code M88008
3.2 km
CLIFTON LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
CLIFTON LANE, WEST BROMWICH, B71 3AS
ODS code M88630
3.2 km
TAME VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
FRIAR PARK ROAD, WEDNESBURY, WS10 0JS
ODS code M88023
3.4 km
THE SLIEVE SURGERY
2 THE SLIEVE, HANDSWORTH WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2NR
ODS code M85145
3.7 km
LITTLE LONDON SURGERY
LITTLE LONDON, CALDMORE, WALSALL, WS1 3EP
ODS code M91008
3.8 km
PERRY PARK SURGERY
291-293 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1TY
ODS code M85624
3.8 km
KINGSTANDING CIRCLE SURGERY
26 ROUGH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0UY
ODS code M85155
3.8 km
THE VILLAGE MEDICAL CENTRE
158A CRANKHALL LANE, WEDNESBURY, WS10 0EB
ODS code M88001
4.0 km
BRACE STREET HC- KUMAR
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91628
4.1 km
BRACE STREET HC- MAHBUB (M91659)
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91659
4.1 km
BRACE STREET HEALTH CENTRE
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91014
4.1 km
Showing 20 of 28 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
- 0.1 miles
Lochranza Croft
BCT · Gorse Farm
- 0.2 miles
Arran Close
BCT · Gorse Farm
- 0.2 miles
Peak House Road
BCT · Grove Vale
- 0.2 miles
Scott Road
BCT · Gorse Farm
- 0.2 miles
Peak House Road
BCT · Grove Vale
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 006C, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
18,333 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
- 1
- 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
1,176 published events cover 12 months, averaging 98 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 530 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.