Schools
107 open schools are in scope, including 72 primary and 18 secondary schools. George Salter Academy is the nearest published school at 665 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B70 0BW
Great Bridge · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Great Bridge
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich
- Postcode district
- B70
- Postcode sector
- B70 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B70 0BW
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 2000
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B70
- Postcode sector
- B70 0
- Latitude
- 52.527811
- Longitude
- -2.021398
- British National Grid easting
- 398,645
- British National Grid northing
- 292,214
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Sandwell · E08000028
- Electoral ward
- Great Bridge · E05016616
- 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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 107
- Primary
- 72
- Secondary
- 18
- 665 m
George Salter Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 671 m
Ryders Green Primary School
Community school
- 791 m
Harvills Hawthorn Primary School
Foundation school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,176
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,338
- Shoplifting 356
- Vehicle crime 337
- Criminal damage and arson 216
- Other theft 200
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B70 0 residents
- 8,616
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
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
39
within 5 km
GREAT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE
18 THE GREAT BRIDGE CENTRE, CHARLES STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0BF
ODS code Y02701
431 m
GREAT BRIDGE PSHIP FOR HEALTH
10 SLATER STREET, GREAT BRIDGE, TIPTON, DY4 7EY
ODS code M88616
768 m
DR GUDI PV & PARTNER
68 HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0PU
ODS code M88014
1.2 km
NEW STREET SURGERY
NEW STREET, HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0HN
ODS code M88035
1.2 km
DR SINGH M
1 CAMBRIDGE STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 8HQ
ODS code M88628
1.9 km
DR ARORA RK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88619
2.1 km
DR DEWAN VK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88646
2.1 km
LINKWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LYNG CENTRE FOR HEALTH, FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88038
2.1 km
ST PAUL'S PARTNERSHIP - LYNG MEDICAL
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88625
2.1 km
THE VICTORIA SURGERY
VICTORIA ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 8SS
ODS code M88600
2.5 km
GLEBEFIELDS SURGERY
ST. MARKS ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 0SN
ODS code M88612
2.6 km
JUBILEE HEALTH CENTRE
1 UPPER RUSSELL STREET, WEDNESBURY, WS10 7AR
ODS code M88022
2.7 km
OLDBURY HEALTH CENTRE
ALBERT STREET, OLDBURY, B69 4DE
ODS code M88018
2.7 km
SWANPOOL MEDICAL CENTRE
ST. MARKS ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 0SZ
ODS code M88010
2.8 km
THE SPIRES HEALTH CENTRE
RICHARD NUGENT CENTRE, KINGSBURY CLOSE, WEDNESBURY, WS10 7DB
ODS code M88643
2.9 km
OAKESWELL HEALTH CENTRE
BRUNSWICK PARK ROAD, WEDNESBURY, WS10 9HP
ODS code M88007
3.0 km
DR UI HAQUE N
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88626
3.0 km
ST PAULS PARTNERS
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88639
3.0 km
WALFORD STREET, TIVIDALE
19 WALFORD STREET, TIVIDALE, OLDBURY, B69 2LD
ODS code M88618
3.1 km
CLIFTON LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
CLIFTON LANE, WEST BROMWICH, B71 3AS
ODS code M88630
3.2 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
Ryder Street
BCT · Swan Village
- 0.1 miles
Ryder Street
BCT · Swan Village
- 0.2 miles
Phoenix Street
BCT · Swan Village
- 0.2 miles
Richmond Street South
BCT · Great Bridge
- 0.2 miles
Richmond Street South
BCT · Great Bridge
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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,176 published events cover 12 months, averaging 264.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,338 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.