B49 5HX

Alcester East · Stratford-on-Avon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Alcester
Local authority
Stratford-on-Avon
Constituency
Stratford-on-Avon
Postcode district
B49
Postcode sector
B49 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B49 5HU 437 m
B49 5HS 468 m
B49 5HZ 508 m
B49 5JA 535 m
B49 5HT 547 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B49 5HX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B49
Postcode sector
B49 5
Latitude
52.246474
Longitude
-1.886143
British National Grid easting
407,870
British National Grid northing
260,926

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Stratford-on-Avon · E07000221
Parish or community
E04012354
Westminster constituency
Stratford-on-Avon · E14001526
Output area
E00159133
Lower layer super output area
Stratford-on-Avon 001A · E01031213
Middle layer super output area
Stratford-on-Avon 001 · E02006504

Postcode source versions

Explore B49

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
42, Coughton Hill, Coughton, Alcester, B49 5HX 20 January 2021 £760,000
Pool House, Coughton Hill, Coughton, Alcester, B49 5HX 30 October 2020 £580,000
36 - 37, Coughton Hill, Coughton, Alcester, B49 5HX 5 August 2019 £496,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
10
Secondary
6
  1. Coughton CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    675 m
  2. Studley St Mary's CofE Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    2.5 km
  3. Studley High School

    Academy converter

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Other crime 1
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
27

15 female, 12 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.5
B49 5 residents
4,105

Age bands in B49 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.1%

514 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

342 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.1%

768 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.3%

1,327 residents

Age 65 and over
30.3%

1,285 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B49 5 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
16.7%

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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • POOL MEDICAL CENTRE

    POOL ROAD, STUDLEY, B80 7QU

    ODS code M84002

    2.8 km

  • ALCESTER HEALTH CENTRE

    FIELDS PARK DRIVE, ALCESTER, B49 6QR

    ODS code M84049

    3.5 km

  • THE ARROW SURGERY

    FIELDS PARK DRIVE, ALCESTER, B49 6QR

    ODS code M84060

    3.5 km

  • THE RIDGEWAY SURGERY

    6-8 FECKENHAM ROAD, ASTWOOD BANK, REDDITCH, B96 6DS

    ODS code M81077

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Throckmorton Arms

    BCT · Coughton

    0.0 miles
  • Throckmorton Arms

    BCT · Coughton

    0.1 miles
  • Coughton Court

    BCT · Coughton

    0.4 miles
  • Coughton Court

    BCT · Coughton

    0.4 miles
  • Spernal Ash Garage

    BCT · Studley

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stratford-on-Avon 001A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,077 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
4 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
2
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

18 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 6 secondary schools. Coughton CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 675 m.

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

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