B48 7EA

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
B48
Postcode sector
B48 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B48 7EB 195 m
B48 7EH 298 m
B48 7JN 361 m
B48 7DZ 397 m
B48 7ED 444 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B48 7EA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B48
Postcode sector
B48 7
Latitude
52.364612
Longitude
-1.914580
British National Grid easting
405,913
British National Grid northing
274,064

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
E00163845
Lower layer super output area
Bromsgrove 009A · E01032122
Middle layer super output area
Bromsgrove 009 · E02006704

Postcode source versions

Explore B48

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Chestnuts, Weatheroak Hill, Alvechurch, Birmingham, B48 7EA 14 November 2025 £715,000
Dolphin Barn, Weatheroak Hill, Alvechurch, Birmingham, B48 7EA 11 March 2022 £598,500
Dolphin Barn, Weatheroak Hill, Alvechurch, Birmingham, B48 7EA 30 March 2012 £350,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
17
Secondary
2
  1. Graduately Developing Futures

    Other independent special school

    2.2 km
  2. Meadow Green Primary School

    Community school

    2.5 km
  3. Alvechurch CofE Middle School

    Academy converter

    3.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
19
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Vehicle crime 4
  • Other theft 3
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
64

21 female, 43 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
4.9
B48 7 residents
6,055

Age bands in B48 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.8%

1,030 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

528 residents

Age 25 to 44
21%

1,286 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

1,703 residents

Age 65 and over
25.8%

1,579 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B48 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+
92.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
92.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
92.3%
Gigabit-capable
92.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
92.3%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
30.8%

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

6

within 5 km

  • HOLLYOAKS MEDICAL CENTRE

    229 STATION ROAD, WYTHALL, BIRMINGHAM, B47 6ET

    ODS code M81083

    3.4 km

  • HOLLYWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    BEAUDESERT ROAD, HOLLYWOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B47 5DP

    ODS code M81064

    3.5 km

  • HAWKESLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M85043

    3.8 km

  • REA VALLEY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code M85600

    4.6 km

  • DRUIDS HEATH SURGERY

    27 POUND ROAD, DRUIDS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 5SB

    ODS code M85136

    4.7 km

  • COFTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 ROBINSFIELD DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, B31 4TU

    ODS code M85086

    4.7 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

  • Church

    BCT · Wythall

    1.0 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Wythall

    1.0 miles
  • Barkers Lane

    BCT · Inkford

    1.1 miles
  • Watery Lane

    BCT · Inkford Brook

    1.1 miles
  • Barkers Lane

    BCT · Inkford

    1.1 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

Property market

The five-year median is £656,750 from 2 recorded sales in B48 7EA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Bromsgrove is £339,163 in June 2026, up 2.0% year on year.

Schools

22 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 2 secondary schools. Graduately Developing Futures is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

19 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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