B78 1FF

Polesworth West · 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 1AB 109 m
B78 1AU 115 m
B78 1QN 125 m
B78 1QT 125 m
B78 1JY 143 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B78 1FF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B78
Postcode sector
B78 1
Latitude
52.612045
Longitude
-1.620623
British National Grid easting
425,785
British National Grid northing
301,651

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
North Warwickshire · E07000218
Parish or community
E04009654
Output area
E00158248
Lower layer super output area
North Warwickshire 001E · E01031039
Middle layer super output area
North Warwickshire 001 · E02006468

Postcode source versions

Explore B78

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Poplar Drive, Dordon, Tamworth, B78 1FF 8 October 2025 £300,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
25
Secondary
4
  1. The Polesworth School

    Academy converter

    165 m
  2. Birchwood Primary School

    Academy converter

    245 m
  3. Dordon Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    929 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
628
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 245
  • Anti social behaviour 124
  • Vehicle crime 48
  • Public order 43
  • Other theft 42

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

    993 m

  • DR KHARE'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code M83113

    2.2 km

  • HEATHVIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CALEDONIAN, TAMWORTH, B77 2ED

    ODS code M83110

    3.1 km

  • TRI-LINKS MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83693

    3.9 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

  • Polesworth School

    BCT · Dordon

    0.1 miles
  • Dexter Way

    BCT · Dordon

    0.1 miles
  • Fairfields Hill

    BCT · Dordon

    0.1 miles
  • Dexter Way

    BCT · Dordon

    0.1 miles
  • Birchwood Primary School

    BCT · Dordon

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Warwickshire 001E, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,102 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
7 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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £300,000 from 1 recorded sale in B78 1FF. 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

32 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 4 secondary schools. The Polesworth School is the nearest published school at 165 m.

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

Recorded crime

628 published events cover 12 months, averaging 52.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 245 events.

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