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B70 0HJ

Great Bridge · Sandwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Great Bridge
Local authority
Sandwell
Constituency
Tipton and Wednesbury
Postcode district
B70
Postcode sector
B70 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DY4 7JP 71 m
DY4 7JR 90 m
DY4 7AQ 118 m
DY4 7JN 137 m
B70 0HQ 149 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B70 0HJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 1982
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B70
Postcode sector
B70 0
Latitude
52.524699
Longitude
-2.029768
British National Grid easting
398,077
British National Grid northing
291,868

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
E00050475
Lower layer super output area
Sandwell 016C · E01009979
Middle layer super output area
Sandwell 016 · E02002058

Postcode source versions

Explore B70

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
117
Primary
79
Secondary
17

  1. Newtown Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    447 m

  2. Ryders Green Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km

  3. Great Bridge Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,821
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,145
  • Shoplifting 364
  • Vehicle crime 326
  • Other theft 194
  • Criminal damage and arson 188

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
34

18 female, 16 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.0
B70 0 residents
8,616

Age bands in B70 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.4%

1,729 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.4%

1,000 residents

Age 25 to 44
30%

2,427 residents

Age 45 to 64
23%

1,866 residents

Age 65 and over
13.3%

1,074 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% 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

45

within 5 km straight-line

  • GREAT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE

    18 THE GREAT BRIDGE CENTRE, CHARLES STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0BF

    ODS code Y02701

    370 m

  • GREAT BRIDGE PSHIP FOR HEALTH

    10 SLATER STREET, GREAT BRIDGE, TIPTON, DY4 7EY

    ODS code M88616

    507 m

  • NEW STREET SURGERY

    NEW STREET, HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0HN

    ODS code M88035

    1.8 km

  • DR GUDI PV & PARTNER

    68 HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0PU

    ODS code M88014

    1.8 km

  • THE VICTORIA SURGERY

    VICTORIA ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 8SS

    ODS code M88600

    1.9 km

  • DR SINGH M

    1 CAMBRIDGE STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 8HQ

    ODS code M88628

    2.2 km

  • DR ARORA RK

    FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88619

    2.4 km

  • DR DEWAN VK

    FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88646

    2.4 km

  • LINKWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LYNG CENTRE FOR HEALTH, FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88038

    2.4 km

  • ST PAUL'S PARTNERSHIP - LYNG MEDICAL

    FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88625

    2.4 km

  • GLEBEFIELDS SURGERY

    ST. MARKS ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 0SN

    ODS code M88612

    2.4 km

  • WALFORD STREET, TIVIDALE

    19 WALFORD STREET, TIVIDALE, OLDBURY, B69 2LD

    ODS code M88618

    2.4 km

  • OLDBURY HEALTH CENTRE

    ALBERT STREET, OLDBURY, B69 4DE

    ODS code M88018

    2.6 km

  • SWANPOOL MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. MARKS ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 0SZ

    ODS code M88010

    2.6 km

  • BLACK COUNTRY FAMILY PRACTICE

    NEPTUNE HEALTH PARK, SEDGLEY ROAD WEST, TIPTON, DY4 8PX

    ODS code M88013

    2.8 km

  • PORTWAY FAMILY PRACTICE

    PORTWAY LIFESTYLE CENTRE, NEWBURY LANE, OLDBURY, B69 1HE

    ODS code M88026

    3.0 km

  • JUBILEE HEALTH CENTRE

    1 UPPER RUSSELL STREET, WEDNESBURY, WS10 7AR

    ODS code M88022

    3.1 km

  • THE SPIRES HEALTH CENTRE

    RICHARD NUGENT CENTRE, KINGSBURY CLOSE, WEDNESBURY, WS10 7DB

    ODS code M88643

    3.2 km

  • DR UI HAQUE N

    6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX

    ODS code M88626

    3.4 km

  • ST PAULS PARTNERS

    6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX

    ODS code M88639

    3.4 km

Showing 20 of 45 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Farley Park

    BCT · Greets Green

    0.1 miles

  • Farley Street

    BCT · Great Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Farley Park

    BCT · Greets Green

    0.1 miles

  • Farley Street

    BCT · Great Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Sheepwash Lane

    BCT · Great Bridge

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 016C, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

1,391 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
12
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

117 open schools are in scope, including 79 primary and 17 secondary schools. Newtown Primary School is the nearest published school at 447 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,821 published events cover 12 months, averaging 235.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,145 events.

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