Schools
117 open schools are in scope, including 79 primary and 18 secondary schools. Newtown Primary School is the nearest published school at 28 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B70 0ET
Great Bridge · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Great Bridge
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- Postcode district
- B70
- Postcode sector
- B70 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B70 0ET
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 March 1998
- Terminated
- 1 September 2000
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B70
- Postcode sector
- B70 0
- Latitude
- 52.520491
- Longitude
- -2.030900
- British National Grid easting
- 398,000
- British National Grid northing
- 291,400
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
- Tipton and Wednesbury · E14001547
- Output area
- E00050477
- 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
- 117
- Primary
- 79
- Secondary
- 18
- 28 m
Newtown Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 1.0 km
The Meadows School
Community special school
- 1.2 km
Ryders Green Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,618
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,048
- Shoplifting 330
- Vehicle crime 308
- Criminal damage and arson 180
- Other theft 173
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
44
within 5 km straight-line
GREAT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE
18 THE GREAT BRIDGE CENTRE, CHARLES STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0BF
ODS code Y02701
840 m
GREAT BRIDGE PSHIP FOR HEALTH
10 SLATER STREET, GREAT BRIDGE, TIPTON, DY4 7EY
ODS code M88616
945 m
THE VICTORIA SURGERY
VICTORIA ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 8SS
ODS code M88600
1.8 km
DR SINGH M
1 CAMBRIDGE STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 8HQ
ODS code M88628
2.1 km
WALFORD STREET, TIVIDALE
19 WALFORD STREET, TIVIDALE, OLDBURY, B69 2LD
ODS code M88618
2.1 km
OLDBURY HEALTH CENTRE
ALBERT STREET, OLDBURY, B69 4DE
ODS code M88018
2.2 km
DR GUDI PV & PARTNER
68 HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0PU
ODS code M88014
2.2 km
NEW STREET SURGERY
NEW STREET, HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0HN
ODS code M88035
2.2 km
DR ARORA RK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88619
2.3 km
DR DEWAN VK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88646
2.3 km
LINKWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LYNG CENTRE FOR HEALTH, FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88038
2.3 km
ST PAUL'S PARTNERSHIP - LYNG MEDICAL
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88625
2.3 km
PORTWAY FAMILY PRACTICE
PORTWAY LIFESTYLE CENTRE, NEWBURY LANE, OLDBURY, B69 1HE
ODS code M88026
2.5 km
GLEBEFIELDS SURGERY
ST. MARKS ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 0SN
ODS code M88612
2.7 km
SWANPOOL MEDICAL CENTRE
ST. MARKS ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 0SZ
ODS code M88010
2.9 km
BLACK COUNTRY FAMILY PRACTICE
NEPTUNE HEALTH PARK, SEDGLEY ROAD WEST, TIPTON, DY4 8PX
ODS code M88013
2.9 km
DR UI HAQUE N
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88626
3.3 km
ST PAULS PARTNERS
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88639
3.3 km
CENTRAL CLINIC
HALL STREET, DUDLEY, DY2 7BX
ODS code M87605
3.3 km
BEAN MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 BEAN ROAD, DUDLEY, DY2 8TH
ODS code M87036
3.5 km
Showing 20 of 44 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Farley Park
BCT · Greets Green
- 0.2 miles
Whitgreave Street
BCT · Greets Green
- 0.3 miles
Whitgreave Street
BCT · Greets Green
- 0.3 miles
Greets Green Road
BCT · Greets Green
- 0.3 miles
Farley Park
BCT · Greets Green
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
2,618 published events cover 12 months, averaging 218.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,048 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.