B78 2FD

Hurley and Wood End · 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 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B78 2EP 105 m
B78 2ER 110 m
B78 2EL 117 m
B78 2EN 176 m
B78 2EX 517 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B78 2FD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2012
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B78
Postcode sector
B78 2
Latitude
52.578420
Longitude
-1.664270
British National Grid easting
422,847
British National Grid northing
297,896

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
North Warwickshire · E07000218
Parish or community
E04009644
Output area
E00158201
Lower layer super output area
North Warwickshire 002D · E01031031
Middle layer super output area
North Warwickshire 002 · E02006469

Postcode source versions

Explore B78

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Colonel Dibley Close, Piccadilly, Tamworth, B78 2FD 21 March 2025 £201,500
1, Colonel Dibley Close, Piccadilly, Tamworth, B78 2FD 29 March 2019 £179,950
17, Colonel Dibley Close, Piccadilly, Tamworth, B78 2FD 20 December 2017 £80,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
18
Secondary
4
  1. Wood End Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km
  2. Kingsbury Primary School

    Community school

    1.8 km
  3. Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
125
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 48
  • Anti social behaviour 24
  • Vehicle crime 15
  • Burglary 10
  • Public order 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
67

37 female, 30 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
3.7
B78 2 residents
4,562

Age bands in B78 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

747 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

512 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.3%

1,107 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.2%

1,454 residents

Age 65 and over
23.2%

1,152 residents

This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B78 2 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+
95.2%
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
95.2%
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

  • PEAR TREE SURGERY

    28 MEADOW CLOSE, KINGSBURY, TAMWORTH, B78 2NR

    ODS code M84006

    2.0 km

  • DORDON & POLESWORTH GROUP PRACTICE

    162 LONG STREET, DORDON, TAMWORTH, B78 1QA

    ODS code M84007

    4.4 km

  • DR KHARE'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code M83113

    4.5 km

  • HEATHVIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CALEDONIAN, TAMWORTH, B77 2ED

    ODS code M83110

    4.8 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

  • Post Office

    BCT · Piccadilly

    0.1 miles
  • Perryman Drive

    BCT · Piccadilly

    0.1 miles
  • Perryman Drive

    BCT · Piccadilly

    0.1 miles
  • Whateley Villas

    BCT · Wood End

    0.7 miles
  • Whateley Villas

    BCT · Wood End

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Warwickshire 002D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,157 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 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
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 £201,500 from 1 recorded sale in B78 2FD. 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

23 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 4 secondary schools. Wood End Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

125 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 48 events.

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