B45 8BL

Barnt Green & Hopwood · Bromsgrove · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Birmingham
Local authority
Bromsgrove
Constituency
Bromsgrove
Postcode district
B45
Postcode sector
B45 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B45 8BJ 53 m
B45 8BN 255 m
B45 8BP 451 m
B45 8BW 563 m
B48 7BN 571 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B45 8BL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1996
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B45
Postcode sector
B45 8
Latitude
52.367976
Longitude
-1.971323
British National Grid easting
402,049
British National Grid northing
274,435

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Bromsgrove · E07000234
Parish or community
E04010263
Westminster constituency
Bromsgrove · E14001138
Output area
E00163844
Lower layer super output area
Bromsgrove 009A · E01032122
Middle layer super output area
Bromsgrove 009 · E02006704

Postcode source versions

Explore B45

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Bittell Farm Cottages, Cottage 1, Bittell Farm Road, Barnt Green, Birmingham, B45 8BL 29 January 2007 £240,000
Bittell Farm Cottages, Cottage 1, Bittell Farm Road, Barnt Green, Birmingham, B45 8BL 25 February 2000 £84,000
Bittell Farm Cottages, Cottage 1, Bittell Farm Road, Barnt Green, Birmingham, B45 8BL 6 November 1996 £66,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
21
Secondary
6
  1. St Andrew's CofE First School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km
  2. Alvechurch CofE Middle School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km
  3. Crown Meadow First School & Nursery

    Community school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
239
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 68
  • Other theft 34
  • Vehicle crime 29
  • Criminal damage and arson 20
  • Burglary 18

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

3 female, 5 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
4.0
B45 8 residents
12,377

Age bands in B45 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

2,158 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

1,121 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

3,038 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.9%

3,159 residents

Age 65 and over
19.4%

2,280 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B45 8 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+
0%
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

11

within 5 km

  • BARNT GREEN SURGERY

    82 HEWELL ROAD, BARNT GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B45 8NF

    ODS code M81078

    1.6 km

  • COFTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 ROBINSFIELD DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, B31 4TU

    ODS code M85086

    2.8 km

  • WEST HEATH SURGERY

    196 WEST HEATH ROAD, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 3HB

    ODS code M85007

    3.8 km

  • HAWKESLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    375 SHANNON ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 9TJ

    ODS code M85043

    3.8 km

  • LEACH HEATH MEDICAL CENTRE

    32 LEACH HEATH LANE, RUBERY, REDNAL, BIRMINGHAM, B45 9BU

    ODS code M85027

    3.9 km

  • NEW ROAD SURGERY

    104-106 NEW ROAD, RUBERY, RUBERY, REDNAL, BIRMINGHAM, B45 9HY

    ODS code M81025

    4.4 km

  • GREAT PARK MEDICAL GROUP

    MANOR PARK GROVE, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 5ER

    ODS code M85076

    4.4 km

  • CORNHILL SURGERY

    65 NEW ROAD, RUBERY, REDNAL, BIRMINGHAM, B45 9JT

    ODS code M81055

    4.5 km

  • WOODLAND ROAD SURGERY

    57 WOODLAND ROAD, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 2HZ

    ODS code M85047

    4.7 km

  • REA VALLEY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

    66 REDDITCH ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 8QS

    ODS code M85600

    4.9 km

  • ST HELIERS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    15 ST. HELIERS ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 1QT

    ODS code M85030

    5.0 km

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

  • Roberts Corner

    BCT · Bittell Croft

    0.5 miles
  • Pestilence Lane

    BCT · Arrowfield Top

    0.5 miles
  • Pestilence Lane

    BCT · Arrowfield Top

    0.5 miles
  • Waterside Orchard Park

    BCT · Hopwood

    0.6 miles
  • Roberts Corner

    BCT · Bittell Croft

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bromsgrove 009A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,518 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
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

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Andrew's CofE First School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

239 published events cover 12 months, averaging 19.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 68 events.

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