B78 2HA

Hurley and Wood End · North Warwickshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Warwickshire
Postcode district
B78
Postcode sector
B78 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B78 2EF 109 m
B78 2EB 163 m
B78 2EJ 181 m
B78 2EE 250 m
B78 2LB 560 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B78 2HA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B78
Postcode sector
B78 2
Latitude
52.573649
Longitude
-1.671581
British National Grid easting
422,354
British National Grid northing
297,363

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
North Warwickshire · E07000218
Parish or community
E04009644
Output area
E00168278
Lower layer super output area
North Warwickshire 002D · E01031031
Middle layer super output area
North Warwickshire 002 · E02006469

Postcode source versions

Explore B78

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. Kingsbury Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km
  2. Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km
  3. Wood End Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
173
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 61
  • Anti social behaviour 32
  • Criminal damage and arson 16
  • Public order 15
  • Vehicle crime 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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

1

within 5 km

  • PEAR TREE SURGERY

    28 MEADOW CLOSE, KINGSBURY, TAMWORTH, B78 2NR

    ODS code M84006

    1.2 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Perryman Drive

    BCT · Piccadilly

    0.5 miles
  • Perryman Drive

    BCT · Piccadilly

    0.5 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Piccadilly

    0.6 miles
  • Ralph Crescent

    BCT · Kingsbury

    0.6 miles
  • Barlow Court

    BCT · Kingsbury

    0.6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

18 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. Kingsbury Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

173 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 61 events.

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