B78 1DD

Polesworth East · North Warwickshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Tamworth
Local authority
North Warwickshire
Postcode district
B78
Postcode sector
B78 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B78 1BW 63 m
B78 1BL 70 m
B78 1EL 81 m
B78 1DP 108 m
B78 1EQ 134 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B78 1DD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B78
Postcode sector
B78 1
Latitude
52.621493
Longitude
-1.614928
British National Grid easting
426,165
British National Grid northing
302,704

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
North Warwickshire · E07000218
Parish or community
E04009654
Output area
E00158235
Lower layer super output area
North Warwickshire 001D · E01031038
Middle layer super output area
North Warwickshire 001 · E02006468

Postcode source versions

Explore B78

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
10, The Gables, Polesworth, Tamworth, B78 1DD 25 April 2025 £380,000
7, The Gables, Polesworth, Tamworth, B78 1DD 6 May 2022 £300,000
9, The Gables, Polesworth, Tamworth, B78 1DD 30 September 2021 £215,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
23
Secondary
4
  1. The Nethersole CofE Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    580 m
  2. The Polesworth School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km
  3. Birchwood Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
361
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 129
  • Anti social behaviour 90
  • Other theft 31
  • Burglary 25
  • Public order 25

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
28

14 female, 14 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.8
B78 1 residents
10,390

Age bands in B78 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.8%

1,755 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

1,106 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.4%

2,658 residents

Age 45 to 64
27%

2,825 residents

Age 65 and over
20.3%

2,126 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B78 1 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

4

within 5 km

  • DORDON & POLESWORTH GROUP PRACTICE

    162 LONG STREET, DORDON, TAMWORTH, B78 1QA

    ODS code M84007

    1.9 km

  • DR KHARE'S SURGERY

    STONEYDELPH MEDICAL CTR, ELLERBECK, STONYDELPH, TAMWORTH, B77 4JA

    ODS code M83113

    2.5 km

  • HEATHVIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CALEDONIAN, TAMWORTH, B77 2ED

    ODS code M83110

    3.3 km

  • TRI-LINKS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    TRI-LINKS, 130 TAMWORTH ROAD, AMINGTON, TAMWORTH, B77 3BZ

    ODS code M83693

    3.6 km

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

  • Elizabeth Avenue

    BCT · Polesworth

    0.1 miles
  • Elizabeth Avenue

    BCT · Polesworth

    0.1 miles
  • Goodere Drive

    BCT · Polesworth

    0.1 miles
  • Polesworth Fish Bar

    BCT · Polesworth

    0.1 miles
  • Ankerside

    BCT · Polesworth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Warwickshire 001D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,528 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 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
0
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

Property market

The five-year median is £300,000 from 3 recorded sales in B78 1DD. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Warwickshire is £270,450 in June 2026, up 2.7% year on year.

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 4 secondary schools. The Nethersole CofE Academy is the nearest published school at 580 m.

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

Recorded crime

361 published events cover 12 months, averaging 30.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 129 events.

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