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B78 3PY

Fazeley · Lichfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Tamworth
Ward
Fazeley
Local authority
Lichfield
Constituency
Tamworth
Postcode district
B78
Postcode sector
B78 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B78 3NF 50 m
B78 3PB 101 m
B78 3PR 119 m
B78 3NH 140 m
B78 3PA 164 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B78 3PY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2004
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B78
Postcode sector
B78 3
Latitude
52.619533
Longitude
-1.728447
British National Grid easting
418,481
British National Grid northing
302,451

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Lichfield · E07000194
Electoral ward
Fazeley · E05010661
Parish or community
E04008925
Westminster constituency
Tamworth · E14001538
Output area
E00150323
Lower layer super output area
Lichfield 012B · E01029502
Middle layer super output area
Lichfield 012 · E02006157

Postcode source versions

Explore B78

Property

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17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
16, Heathcote Drive, Mile Oak, Tamworth, B78 3PY 1 September 2023 £495,000
2, Heathcote Drive, Mile Oak, Tamworth, B78 3PY 24 January 2022 £510,000
4, Heathcote Drive, Mile Oak, Tamworth, B78 3PY 17 September 2021 £413,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
27
Secondary
5

  1. Longwood Primary School

    Foundation school

    169 m

  2. Dunstall Park Primary School

    Free schools

    1.5 km

  3. Millfield Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
396
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 203
  • Anti social behaviour 47
  • Public order 32
  • Vehicle crime 31
  • Other theft 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
45

26 female, 19 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.6
B78 3 residents
9,847

Age bands in B78 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%

1,588 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

1,063 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.6%

2,383 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

2,969 residents

Age 65 and over
20.8%

2,096 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B78 3 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+
47.1%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
47.1%
Gigabit-capable
47.1%
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

8

within 5 km

  • RIVERSIDE SURGERY

    41-42 BALFOUR, TAMWORTH, B79 7BH

    ODS code M83111

    2.4 km

  • THE PEEL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    DOCTORS SURGERY, THE PEEL PRACTICE, 2 ALDERGATE, TAMWORTH, B79 7DJ

    ODS code M83148

    2.7 km

  • CROWN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    TAMWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, UPPER GUNGATE, TAMWORTH, B79 7EA

    ODS code M83117

    3.0 km

  • HOLLIES PRACTICE

    TAMWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, UPPER GUNGATE, TAMWORTH, B79 7EA

    ODS code M83088

    3.0 km

  • LAUREL HOUSE SURGERY

    12 ALBERT ROAD, TAMWORTH, B79 7JN

    ODS code M83062

    3.1 km

  • THE ALDERGATE MED.PRACT.

    THE MOUNT, 10 SALTERS LANE, TAMWORTH, B79 8BH

    ODS code M83032

    3.1 km

  • HEATHVIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CALEDONIAN, TAMWORTH, B77 2ED

    ODS code M83110

    4.4 km

  • TRI-LINKS MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83693

    4.7 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

  • Oak Drive

    BCT · Mile Oak

    0.0 miles

  • Oak Drive

    BCT · Mile Oak

    0.1 miles

  • French Avenue

    BCT · Mile Oak

    0.1 miles

  • French Avenue

    BCT · Mile Oak

    0.1 miles

  • Affleck Avenue

    BCT · Mile Oak

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lichfield 012B, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,728 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
9 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

Property market

The five-year median is £495,000 from 3 recorded sales in B78 3PY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Lichfield is £337,052 in June 2026, up 3.9% year on year.

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 5 secondary schools. Longwood Primary School is the nearest published school at 169 m.

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

Recorded crime

396 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 203 events.

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