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B49 6DH

Alcester West · 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B49 6DD 638 m
B49 6DJ 673 m
B49 6EA 841 m
B49 6DY 855 m
B49 6EB 859 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B49 6DH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B49
Postcode sector
B49 6
Latitude
52.196589
Longitude
-1.863066
British National Grid easting
409,456
British National Grid northing
255,380

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Stratford-on-Avon · E07000221
Parish or community
E04012351
Westminster constituency
Stratford-on-Avon · E14001526
Output area
E00159097
Lower layer super output area
Stratford-on-Avon 007C · E01031208
Middle layer super output area
Stratford-on-Avon 007 · E02006510

Postcode source versions

Explore B49

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Oversley Castle, The Fold Yard, Church Lane, Wixford, Alcester, B49 6DH 13 January 2023 £1,200,000
Oversley Castle, The Greenhouse, Church Lane, Wixford, Alcester, B49 6DH 21 October 2022 £610,000
Oversley Castle, The Walled Garden, Wixford, Alcester, B49 6DH 9 December 2020 £500,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
8
Secondary
3
  1. Fortitude School

    Other independent special school

    2.1 km
  2. St Benedict's Catholic High School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km
  3. Alcester Grammar School

    Academy converter

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
13
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Drugs 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Other crime 1
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18
9 female, 9 male
Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.0
B49 6 residents
6,181

Age bands in B49 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.9%
919 residents
Age 15 to 24
8%
490 residents
Age 25 to 44
18.7%
1,151 residents
Age 45 to 64
27.8%
1,715 residents
Age 65 and over
30.6%
1,887 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B49 6 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+
83.3%
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • ALCESTER HEALTH CENTRE

    FIELDS PARK DRIVE, ALCESTER, B49 6QR

    ODS code M84049

    2.4 km

  • THE ARROW SURGERY

    FIELDS PARK DRIVE, ALCESTER, B49 6QR

    ODS code M84060

    2.4 km

  • BIDFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    STRATFORD ROAD, BIDFORD-ON-AVON, ALCESTER, B50 4LX

    ODS code M84018

    3.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Church

    BCT · Exhall

    787 m
  • Church

    BCT · Exhall

    801 m
  • Three Horseshoes

    BCT · Wixford

    970 m
  • Three Horseshoes

    BCT · Wixford

    971 m
  • Fish Inn

    BCT · Wixford

    1.1 km

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stratford-on-Avon 007C, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,887 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
5 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 £905,000 from 2 recorded sales in B49 6DH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Stratford-on-Avon is £392,574 in June 2026, up 1.4% year on year.

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 3 secondary schools. Fortitude School is the nearest published school at 2.1 km.

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

Recorded crime

13 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 event 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.