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B79 7YF

Castle · Tamworth · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Castle
Local authority
Tamworth
Constituency
Tamworth
Postcode district
B79
Postcode sector
B79 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B79 7YL 37 m
B79 7YE 49 m
B79 7YG 79 m
B79 7YB 114 m
B79 7SE 120 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B79 7YF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1999
Terminated
1 January 2006
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B79
Postcode sector
B79 7
Latitude
52.638570
Longitude
-1.719492
British National Grid easting
419,079
British National Grid northing
304,571

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Tamworth · E07000199
Electoral ward
Castle · E05007069
Parish or community
E43000133
Westminster constituency
Tamworth · E14001538
Output area
E00180691
Lower layer super output area
Tamworth 002B · E01029836
Middle layer super output area
Tamworth 002 · E02006218

Postcode source versions

Explore B79

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
27
Secondary
4

  1. Dunstall Park Primary School

    Free schools

    774 m

  2. Coton Green Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

  3. Thomas Barnes Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,232
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 564
  • Public order 120
  • Anti social behaviour 105
  • Shoplifting 86
  • Vehicle crime 82

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.

GP practices

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • RIVERSIDE SURGERY

    41-42 BALFOUR, TAMWORTH, B79 7BH

    ODS code M83111

    1.5 km

  • THE PEEL MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83148

    1.6 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

  • LAUREL HOUSE SURGERY

    12 ALBERT ROAD, TAMWORTH, B79 7JN

    ODS code M83062

    1.8 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

    4.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Buckingham Road

    BCT · Coton

    0.1 miles

  • Buckingham Road

    BCT · Coton

    0.1 miles

  • Downing Drive

    BCT · Coton

    0.2 miles

  • Oxbridge Way path

    BCT · Coton

    0.2 miles

  • Buckingham Road

    BCT · Coton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tamworth 002B, 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

16,199 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 4 secondary schools. Dunstall Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 774 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,232 published events cover 12 months, averaging 102.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 564 events.

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