Schools
83 open schools are in scope, including 60 primary and 12 secondary schools. Timbertree Academy is the nearest published school at 584 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B63 2YJ
Cradley Heath & Old Hill · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B63 2YJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 2002
- Terminated
- 1 February 2003
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B63
- Postcode sector
- B63 2
- Latitude
- 52.463409
- Longitude
- -2.064697
- British National Grid easting
- 395,701
- British National Grid northing
- 285,052
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Sandwell · E08000028
- Electoral ward
- Cradley Heath & Old Hill · E05016613
- Parish or community
- E43000182
- Westminster constituency
- Halesowen · E14001261
- Output area
- E00050362
- Lower layer super output area
- Sandwell 038B · E01009954
- Middle layer super output area
- Sandwell 038 · E02002080
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 B63
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 83
- Primary
- 60
- Secondary
- 12
- 584 m
Timbertree Academy
Academy converter
- 928 m
Newfield Park Primary Academy
Academy converter
- 1.1 km
Temple Meadow Primary School
Foundation school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,398
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,185
- Criminal damage and arson 225
- Vehicle crime 201
- Other theft 140
- Public order 126
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B63 2 residents
- 12,459
Age bands in B63 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.8%
2,175 residents
1,348 residents
3,403 residents
3,072 residents
2,320 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
29
within 5 km straight-line
HADEN VALE SURGERY
50 BARRS ROAD, WARLEY, CRADLEY HEATH, B64 7HG
ODS code M88043
672 m
ALEXANDRA MEDICAL CENTRE
1 SHORT STREET, HALESOWEN, B63 3UH
ODS code M87623
1.0 km
OLD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
PRIEST HOUSE, PRIEST STREET, CRADLEY HEATH, B64 6JN
ODS code M88016
1.2 km
CHURCH VIEW SURGERY
239 HALESOWEN ROAD, WARLEY, CRADLEY HEATH, B64 6JE
ODS code M88030
1.3 km
REGIS MEDICAL CENTRE
DARBY STREET, WARLEY, ROWLEY REGIS, B65 0BA
ODS code M88004
1.9 km
STOURSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HALESOWEN HEALTH CENTRE, 14 BIRMINGHAM STREET, HALESOWEN, B63 3HN
ODS code Y01756
1.9 km
MEADOWBROOK SURGERY
4 MEADOWBROOK ROAD, HALESOWEN, B63 1AB
ODS code M87001
1.9 km
HALESOWEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 QUARRY LANE, HALESOWEN, B63 4WD
ODS code M87602
2.2 km
CLEMENT ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
4A CLEMENT ROAD, HALESOWEN, B62 9LR
ODS code M87034
2.3 km
DUDLEY WOOD SURGERY
10 QUARRY ROAD, DUDLEY WOOD, DUDLEY, DY2 0EF
ODS code Y02212
2.4 km
FELDON LANE PRACTICE
FELDON LANE, HALESOWEN, B62 9DR
ODS code M87020
2.5 km
QUARRY BANK MEDICAL CENTRE
165 HIGH STREET, QUARRY BANK, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 2AE
ODS code M87027
2.7 km
ANCHOR MEDICAL PRACTICE
HALESOWEN ROAD, NETHERTON, DUDLEY, DY2 9PU
ODS code M87028
2.9 km
LINKS MEDICAL PRACTICE
NETHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, HALESOWEN ROAD, NETHERTON, DUDLEY, DY2 9PU
ODS code M87617
2.9 km
THORNS ROAD SURGERY
43 THORNS ROAD, QUARRY BANK, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 2JS
ODS code M87638
3.2 km
LAPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
95 GOODREST AVENUE, HALESOWEN, B62 0HP
ODS code M87014
3.3 km
THE LIMES SURGERY MEDICAL CENTRE
172 HIGH STREET, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 8LL
ODS code M87019
3.4 km
CHAPEL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
87 CHAPEL STREET, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 8BT
ODS code M87628
3.5 km
PEDMORE MEDICAL PRACTICE
22 PEDMORE ROAD, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 8DJ
ODS code M87030
3.7 km
WARLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
AMBROSE HOUSE, KINGSWAY, OLDBURY, B68 0RT
ODS code M88003
4.0 km
Showing 20 of 29 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Mill Road
BCT · Haden Hill
- 0.2 miles
Mill Road
BCT · Haden Hill
- 0.3 miles
Hawne Lane
BCT · Hawne
- 0.3 miles
Hawne Lane
BCT · Hawne
- 0.3 miles
Haden Hill Park
BCT · Haden Hill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 038B, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
8,052 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,398 published events cover 12 months, averaging 199.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,185 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.