Schools
124 open schools are in scope, including 88 primary and 20 secondary schools. Lodge Primary School is the nearest published school at 384 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B70 8HH
Greets Green & Lyng · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Greets Green & Lyng
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich
- Postcode district
- B70
- Postcode sector
- B70 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B70 8HH
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- 1 June 1996
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B70
- Postcode sector
- B70 8
- Latitude
- 52.514202
- Longitude
- -2.004371
- British National Grid easting
- 399,800
- British National Grid northing
- 290,700
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
- E00050519
- Lower layer super output area
- Sandwell 019C · E01009989
- Middle layer super output area
- Sandwell 019 · E02002061
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
- 124
- Primary
- 88
- Secondary
- 20
- 384 m
Lodge Primary School
Community school
- 418 m
Lyng Primary School
Community school
- 532 m
West Bromwich Collegiate Academy
Free schools
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,560
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,318
- Shoplifting 621
- Public order 444
- Criminal damage and arson 409
- Vehicle crime 383
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B70 8 residents
- 5,405
Age bands in B70 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 15.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.1%
1,149 residents
854 residents
1,562 residents
1,217 residents
724 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
47
within 5 km straight-line
DR SINGH M
1 CAMBRIDGE STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 8HQ
ODS code M88628
179 m
DR ARORA RK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88619
479 m
DR DEWAN VK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88646
479 m
LINKWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LYNG CENTRE FOR HEALTH, FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88038
479 m
ST PAUL'S PARTNERSHIP - LYNG MEDICAL
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88625
479 m
OLDBURY HEALTH CENTRE
ALBERT STREET, OLDBURY, B69 4DE
ODS code M88018
1.3 km
DR UI HAQUE N
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88626
1.4 km
ST PAULS PARTNERS
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88639
1.4 km
ST PAUL'S MEDICAL PRACTICE
222 ST. PAULS ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 1HB
ODS code M88040
1.8 km
LODGE ROAD SURGERY
LODGE ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 7LU
ODS code M88633
2.1 km
GREAT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE
18 THE GREAT BRIDGE CENTRE, CHARLES STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0BF
ODS code Y02701
2.2 km
ROOD END MEDICAL PRACTICE
182-184 VICARAGE ROAD, OLDBURY, B68 8JB
ODS code M88647
2.3 km
DR GUDI PV & PARTNER
68 HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0PU
ODS code M88014
2.5 km
GREAT BRIDGE PSHIP FOR HEALTH
10 SLATER STREET, GREAT BRIDGE, TIPTON, DY4 7EY
ODS code M88616
2.5 km
PORTWAY FAMILY PRACTICE
PORTWAY LIFESTYLE CENTRE, NEWBURY LANE, OLDBURY, B69 1HE
ODS code M88026
2.6 km
NEW STREET SURGERY
NEW STREET, HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0HN
ODS code M88035
2.6 km
WARLEY ROAD SURGERY
118 WARLEY ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9SZ
ODS code M88640
2.8 km
DOG KENNEL LANE SURGERY
64 DOG KENNEL LANE, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9LZ
ODS code M88635
2.8 km
HAWTHORNS MEDICAL CENTRE
94 LEWISHAM ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 2DD
ODS code M88041
2.9 km
THE SMETHWICK MEDICAL CENTRE
REGENT STREET, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 3BQ
ODS code M88002
3.3 km
Showing 20 of 47 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Margaret Street
BCT · Lamberts End
- 0.1 miles
Margaret Street
BCT · Lamberts End
- 0.1 miles
Bromford Lane
BCT · Lamberts End
- 0.1 miles
Cambridge Street
BCT · Lamberts End
- 0.1 miles
Bromford Lane
BCT · Lamberts End
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 019C, 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
6,174 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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
5,560 published events cover 12 months, averaging 463.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,318 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.