B79 0BU

Mease Valley · Lichfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Lichfield
Constituency
Tamworth
Postcode district
B79
Postcode sector
B79 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B79 0BT 475 m
B79 0AE 551 m
B79 0BS 805 m
B79 0AD 832 m
B79 0EJ 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B79 0BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B79
Postcode sector
B79 0
Latitude
52.657187
Longitude
-1.648160
British National Grid easting
423,896
British National Grid northing
306,663

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Lichfield · E07000194
Parish or community
E04008938
Westminster constituency
Tamworth · E14001538
Output area
E00150393
Lower layer super output area
Lichfield 008A · E01029516
Middle layer super output area
Lichfield 008 · E02006153

Postcode source versions

Explore B79

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
25
Secondary
4
  1. Landau Forte Academy Greenacres

    Academy sponsor led

    2.2 km
  2. Anker Valley Primary Academy

    Free schools

    2.5 km
  3. Florendine Primary School

    Community school

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 2
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

4 female, 2 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.0
B79 0 residents
4,457

Age bands in B79 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.4%

803 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

445 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.3%

1,168 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.7%

1,282 residents

Age 65 and over
20%

925 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B79 0 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

9

within 5 km

  • TRI-LINKS MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83693

    2.7 km

  • THE ALDERGATE MED.PRACT.

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

    ODS code M83032

    3.8 km

  • LAUREL HOUSE SURGERY

    12 ALBERT ROAD, TAMWORTH, B79 7JN

    ODS code M83062

    3.8 km

  • CROWN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83117

    3.9 km

  • HOLLIES PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83088

    3.9 km

  • HEATHVIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CALEDONIAN, TAMWORTH, B77 2ED

    ODS code M83110

    4.1 km

  • THE PEEL MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83148

    4.2 km

  • DR KHARE'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code M83113

    4.4 km

  • RIVERSIDE SURGERY

    41-42 BALFOUR, TAMWORTH, B79 7BH

    ODS code M83111

    4.4 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

  • Statfold Barn Farm

    BCT · Amington

    0.0 miles
  • Statfold Barn Farm

    BCT · Amington

    0.0 miles
  • Shuttington Road

    BCT · Alvecote

    1.1 miles
  • Shuttington Road

    BCT · Alvecote

    1.1 miles
  • The Pretty Pigs PH

    BCT · Amington

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lichfield 008A, 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

17,936 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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

Schools

34 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 4 secondary schools. Landau Forte Academy Greenacres is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 2 events.

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