B79 7XE

Mercian · Tamworth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Tamworth
Ward
Mercian
Local authority
Tamworth
Constituency
Tamworth
Postcode district
B79
Postcode sector
B79 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B79 7XF 95 m
B79 8LZ 116 m
B79 7UL 121 m
B79 8LY 159 m
B79 7XH 185 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B79 7XE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 1991
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B79
Postcode sector
B79 7
Latitude
52.644686
Longitude
-1.717074
British National Grid easting
419,240
British National Grid northing
305,252

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Tamworth · E07000199
Electoral ward
Mercian · E05007071
Parish or community
E43000133
Westminster constituency
Tamworth · E14001538
Output area
E00152086
Lower layer super output area
Tamworth 001C · E01029848
Middle layer super output area
Tamworth 001 · E02006217

Postcode source versions

Explore B79

18 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
57, Kepler, Tamworth, B79 7XE 5 June 2026 £235,000
Unit, 48, Kepler, Tamworth, B79 7XE 5 March 2024 £213,000
49, Kepler, Tamworth, B79 7XE 5 March 2024 £217,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
26
Secondary
4
  1. Coton Green Primary School

    Academy converter

    553 m
  2. Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy

    Academy converter

    846 m
  3. St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    858 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,030
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 522
  • Anti social behaviour 102
  • Public order 95
  • Other theft 66
  • Vehicle crime 64

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
B79 7 residents
6,347

Age bands in B79 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.9%

752 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

591 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.1%

1,578 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

1,771 residents

Age 65 and over
25.5%

1,602 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+
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

8

within 5 km

  • THE ALDERGATE MED.PRACT.

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

    ODS code M83032

    1.6 km

  • CROWN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83117

    1.7 km

  • HOLLIES PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83088

    1.7 km

  • THE PEEL MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83148

    1.7 km

  • RIVERSIDE SURGERY

    41-42 BALFOUR, TAMWORTH, B79 7BH

    ODS code M83111

    1.8 km

  • LAUREL HOUSE SURGERY

    12 ALBERT ROAD, TAMWORTH, B79 7JN

    ODS code M83062

    1.9 km

  • TRI-LINKS MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83693

    3.8 km

  • HEATHVIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CALEDONIAN, TAMWORTH, B77 2ED

    ODS code M83110

    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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Scimitar Close

    BCT · Coton Green

    0.1 miles
  • Scimitar Close

    BCT · Coton Green

    0.1 miles
  • Cromwell Road

    BCT · Coton Green

    0.1 miles
  • Cromwell Road

    BCT · Coton Green

    0.2 miles
  • Roman Way

    BCT · Coton Green

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tamworth 001C, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,684 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 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
22
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 £226,000 from 6 recorded sales in B79 7XE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Tamworth is £230,478 in June 2026, up 1.9% year on year.

Schools

35 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 4 secondary schools. Coton Green Primary School is the nearest published school at 553 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,030 published events cover 12 months, averaging 85.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 522 events.

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