Schools
102 open schools are in scope, including 71 primary and 16 secondary schools. George Salter Academy is the nearest published school at 373 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B70 0AB
Greets Green & Lyng · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- West Bromwich
- Ward
- Greets Green & Lyng
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich
- Postcode district
- B70
- Postcode sector
- B70 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B70 0AB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B70
- Postcode sector
- B70 0
- Latitude
- 52.527416
- Longitude
- -2.016961
- British National Grid easting
- 398,946
- British National Grid northing
- 292,170
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Sandwell · E08000028
- Electoral ward
- Greets Green & Lyng · E05016617
- Parish or community
- E43000182
- Westminster constituency
- West Bromwich · E14001574
- Output area
- E00050472
- Lower layer super output area
- Sandwell 018A · E01009981
- Middle layer super output area
- Sandwell 018 · E02002060
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 B70
Property
9 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 24, John Street, Swan Village, West Bromwich, B70 0AB | 3 November 2014 | £80,000 |
| 28, John Street, Swan Village, West Bromwich, B70 0AB | 15 July 2014 | £83,000 |
| 6, John Street, Swan Village, West Bromwich, B70 0AB | 11 August 2011 | £64,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 102
- Primary
- 71
- Secondary
- 16
- 373 m
George Salter Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 431 m
Ryders Green Primary School
Community school
- 920 m
Harvills Hawthorn Primary School
Foundation school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,493
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,489
- Vehicle crime 358
- Shoplifting 355
- Criminal damage and arson 247
- Other theft 219
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 55
- Postcode households
- 16
- Residents per household
- 3.4
- B70 0 residents
- 8,616
28 female, 27 male
Age bands in B70 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.3%
1,729 residents
1,000 residents
2,427 residents
1,866 residents
1,074 residents
This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B70 0 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
- 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
39
within 5 km
GREAT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE
18 THE GREAT BRIDGE CENTRE, CHARLES STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0BF
ODS code Y02701
733 m
DR GUDI PV & PARTNER
68 HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0PU
ODS code M88014
1.1 km
GREAT BRIDGE PSHIP FOR HEALTH
10 SLATER STREET, GREAT BRIDGE, TIPTON, DY4 7EY
ODS code M88616
1.1 km
NEW STREET SURGERY
NEW STREET, HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0HN
ODS code M88035
1.1 km
DR SINGH M
1 CAMBRIDGE STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 8HQ
ODS code M88628
1.7 km
DR ARORA RK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88619
1.8 km
DR DEWAN VK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88646
1.8 km
LINKWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LYNG CENTRE FOR HEALTH, FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88038
1.8 km
ST PAUL'S PARTNERSHIP - LYNG MEDICAL
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88625
1.8 km
OLDBURY HEALTH CENTRE
ALBERT STREET, OLDBURY, B69 4DE
ODS code M88018
2.6 km
JUBILEE HEALTH CENTRE
1 UPPER RUSSELL STREET, WEDNESBURY, WS10 7AR
ODS code M88022
2.7 km
DR UI HAQUE N
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88626
2.7 km
ST PAULS PARTNERS
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88639
2.7 km
THE VICTORIA SURGERY
VICTORIA ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 8SS
ODS code M88600
2.8 km
GLEBEFIELDS SURGERY
ST. MARKS ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 0SN
ODS code M88612
2.8 km
THE SPIRES HEALTH CENTRE
RICHARD NUGENT CENTRE, KINGSBURY CLOSE, WEDNESBURY, WS10 7DB
ODS code M88643
2.9 km
CLIFTON LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
CLIFTON LANE, WEST BROMWICH, B71 3AS
ODS code M88630
3.0 km
OAKESWELL HEALTH CENTRE
BRUNSWICK PARK ROAD, WEDNESBURY, WS10 9HP
ODS code M88007
3.0 km
STONE CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE
291 WALSALL ROAD, WEST BROMWICH, B71 3LN
ODS code M88008
3.1 km
SWANPOOL MEDICAL CENTRE
ST. MARKS ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 0SZ
ODS code M88010
3.1 km
Showing 20 of 39 matching practices.
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
- 0.0 miles
Phoenix Street
BCT · Swan Village
- 0.1 miles
Davey Road
BCT · Swan Village
- 0.2 miles
Ryder Street
BCT · Swan Village
- 0.3 miles
Claypit Lane
BCT · Guns Village
- 0.3 miles
Ryder Street
BCT · Swan Village
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 018A, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
4,466 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 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
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 14
- 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
Recorded crime
3,493 published events cover 12 months, averaging 291.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,489 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.