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B70 9BE

Great Bridge · Sandwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
West Bromwich
Ward
Great Bridge
Local authority
Sandwell
Constituency
West Bromwich
Postcode district
B70
Postcode sector
B70 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B70 9BD 72 m
B70 9EA 85 m
B70 9DR 120 m
B70 9AZ 122 m
B70 9AN 131 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B70 9BE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B70
Postcode sector
B70 9
Latitude
52.518676
Longitude
-2.024989
British National Grid easting
398,401
British National Grid northing
291,198

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
E00050479
Lower layer super output area
Sandwell 018A · E01009981
Middle layer super output area
Sandwell 018 · E02002060

Postcode source versions

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Property

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4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Vernon Street, West Bromwich, B70 9BE 20 April 2012 £95,000
24, Vernon Street, West Bromwich, B70 9BE 1 November 2007 £134,000
22, Vernon Street, West Bromwich, B70 9BE 23 September 2005 £82,950

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
116
Primary
81
Secondary
17

  1. Newtown Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    457 m

  2. The Meadows School

    Community special school

    865 m

  3. Ryders Green Primary School

    Community school

    989 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,335
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,367
  • Shoplifting 365
  • Vehicle crime 287
  • Public order 267
  • Criminal damage and arson 259

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
59

19 female, 40 male

Postcode households
38
Residents per household
1.6
B70 9 residents
8,092

Age bands in B70 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
24.1%

1,931 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.7%

1,017 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.2%

2,417 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.8%

1,742 residents

Age 65 and over
11.3%

902 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B70 9 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

44

within 5 km

  • GREAT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y02701

    1.0 km

  • GREAT BRIDGE PSHIP FOR HEALTH

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

    ODS code M88616

    1.3 km

  • DR SINGH M

    1 CAMBRIDGE STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 8HQ

    ODS code M88628

    1.6 km

  • OLDBURY HEALTH CENTRE

    ALBERT STREET, OLDBURY, B69 4DE

    ODS code M88018

    1.8 km

  • DR ARORA RK

    FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88619

    1.9 km

  • DR DEWAN VK

    FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88646

    1.9 km

  • LINKWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M88038

    1.9 km

  • ST PAUL'S PARTNERSHIP - LYNG MEDICAL

    FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88625

    1.9 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

  • THE VICTORIA SURGERY

    VICTORIA ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 8SS

    ODS code M88600

    2.2 km

  • PORTWAY FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M88026

    2.4 km

  • WALFORD STREET, TIVIDALE

    19 WALFORD STREET, TIVIDALE, OLDBURY, B69 2LD

    ODS code M88618

    2.4 km

  • DR UI HAQUE N

    6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX

    ODS code M88626

    2.8 km

  • ST PAULS PARTNERS

    6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX

    ODS code M88639

    2.8 km

  • GLEBEFIELDS SURGERY

    ST. MARKS ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 0SN

    ODS code M88612

    3.1 km

  • ST PAUL'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    222 ST. PAULS ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 1HB

    ODS code M88040

    3.2 km

  • ROOD END MEDICAL PRACTICE

    182-184 VICARAGE ROAD, OLDBURY, B68 8JB

    ODS code M88647

    3.2 km

  • SWANPOOL MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. MARKS ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 0SZ

    ODS code M88010

    3.3 km

  • BLACK COUNTRY FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M88013

    3.3 km

Showing 20 of 44 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Jolly Sailor

    BCT · Albion

    0.1 miles

  • The Jolly Sailor

    BCT · Albion

    0.1 miles

  • Union Road

    BCT · Albion

    0.1 miles

  • Union Road

    BCT · Albion

    0.2 miles

  • Greets Green Road

    BCT · Greets Green

    0.2 miles

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
1
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

116 open schools are in scope, including 81 primary and 17 secondary schools. Newtown Primary School is the nearest published school at 457 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,335 published events cover 12 months, averaging 277.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,367 events.

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