B49 6LE

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 6LF 58 m
B49 6PH 101 m
B49 6LQ 177 m
B49 6LG 208 m
B49 6PG 359 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B49 6LE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B49
Postcode sector
B49 6
Latitude
52.210471
Longitude
-1.864034
British National Grid easting
409,387
British National Grid northing
256,924

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

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Bridge House, Oversley Green, Alcester, B49 6LE 23 July 2010 £637,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
8
Secondary
3
  1. St Benedict's Catholic High School

    Academy converter

    809 m
  2. Fortitude School

    Other independent special school

    829 m
  3. Alcester Grammar School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
563
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 249
  • Anti social behaviour 91
  • Shoplifting 45
  • Criminal damage and arson 42
  • Public order 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

2 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
3.0
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% 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+
100%
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

3

within 5 km

  • ALCESTER HEALTH CENTRE

    FIELDS PARK DRIVE, ALCESTER, B49 6QR

    ODS code M84049

    914 m

  • THE ARROW SURGERY

    FIELDS PARK DRIVE, ALCESTER, B49 6QR

    ODS code M84060

    914 m

  • BIDFORD HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code M84018

    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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Elm Drive

    BCT · Oversley Green

    0.3 miles
  • Elm Drive

    BCT · Oversley Green

    0.3 miles
  • Gas House Lane

    BCT · Alcester

    0.3 miles
  • Gas House Lane

    BCT · Alcester

    0.3 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Alcester

    0.4 miles

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

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Benedict's Catholic High School is the nearest published school at 809 m.

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

Recorded crime

563 published events cover 12 months, averaging 46.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 249 events.

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