Schools
49 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 6 secondary schools. Woodrush High School is the nearest published school at 400 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B47 5WL
Drakes Cross · Bromsgrove · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Drakes Cross
- Local authority
- Bromsgrove
- Constituency
- Bromsgrove
- Postcode district
- B47
- Postcode sector
- B47 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B47 5WL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 November 2002
- Terminated
- 1 February 2004
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B47
- Postcode sector
- B47 5
- Latitude
- 52.385425
- Longitude
- -1.874914
- British National Grid easting
- 408,610
- British National Grid northing
- 276,383
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Bromsgrove · E07000234
- Electoral ward
- Drakes Cross · E05009834
- Parish or community
- E04010276
- Westminster constituency
- Bromsgrove · E14001138
- Output area
- E00163902
- Lower layer super output area
- Bromsgrove 004B · E01032135
- Middle layer super output area
- Bromsgrove 004 · E02006699
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 B47
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 49
- Primary
- 34
- Secondary
- 6
- 400 m
Woodrush High School
Academy converter
- 517 m
Coppice Primary School
Academy converter
- 1.3 km
Meadow Green Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 564
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 168
- Shoplifting 127
- Anti social behaviour 53
- Vehicle crime 47
- Other theft 41
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B47 5 residents
- 6,586
Age bands in B47 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 26.9%
1,130 residents
556 residents
1,315 residents
1,800 residents
1,764 residents
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.
GP practices
14
within 5 km straight-line
HOLLYWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
BEAUDESERT ROAD, HOLLYWOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B47 5DP
ODS code M81064
676 m
HOLLYOAKS MEDICAL CENTRE
229 STATION ROAD, WYTHALL, BIRMINGHAM, B47 6ET
ODS code M81083
918 m
GRAFTON ROAD SURGERY
11 GRAFTON ROAD, SHIRLEY, SOLIHULL, B90 1NG
ODS code M89024
2.5 km
DRUIDS HEATH SURGERY
27 POUND ROAD, DRUIDS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 5SB
ODS code M85136
2.7 km
MAYPOLE HEALTH SURGERY Y
10 SLADEPOOL FARM ROAD, KINGS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 5DJ
ODS code M85179
2.8 km
GPS HEALTHCARE
198 TANWORTH LANE, SHIRLEY, SOLIHULL, B90 4DD
ODS code M89003
3.5 km
BALDWINS LANE SURGERY
265 BALDWINS LANE, HALL GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B28 0RF
ODS code M85118
3.8 km
YARDLEY WOOD HEALTH CENTRE
401 HIGHFIELD ROAD, YARDLEY WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B14 4DU
ODS code M85018
3.9 km
REA VALLEY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
66 REDDITCH ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 8QS
ODS code M85600
4.4 km
HAWKESLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
375 SHANNON ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 9TJ
ODS code M85043
4.4 km
GREEN RIDGE SURGERY
671 YARDLEY WOOD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B13 0HN
ODS code M85006
4.8 km
FEATHERSTONE MEDICAL CENTRE
158 ALCESTER ROAD SOUTH, KINGS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 6AA
ODS code M85693
4.8 km
KINGSFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
146 ALCESTER ROAD SOUTH, KINGS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 6AA
ODS code M85037
4.8 km
WYCHALL LANE SURGERY
11 WYCHALL LANE, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 8TE
ODS code M85071
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Simms Lane
BCT · Hollywood
- 0.3 miles
Woodrush School
BCT · Drakes Cross
- 0.3 miles
Falstaff Avenue
BCT · Drakes Cross
- 0.3 miles
Houndsfield Lane
BCT · Wythall
- 0.3 miles
Alder Close
BCT · Truemans Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bromsgrove 004B, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
33,159 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
564 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 168 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.