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B79 8DY

Mercian · Tamworth · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Mercian
Local authority
Tamworth
Constituency
Tamworth
Postcode district
B79
Postcode sector
B79 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B79 8JG 88 m
B79 8JQ 119 m
B79 8PF 120 m
B79 8HZ 133 m
B79 8PE 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B79 8DY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
1 January 2001
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B79
Postcode sector
B79 8
Latitude
52.645327
Longitude
-1.699777
British National Grid easting
420,410
British National Grid northing
305,328

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
E00152095
Lower layer super output area
Tamworth 002C · E01029849
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
38
Primary
29
Secondary
4

  1. Flax Hill Junior Academy

    Academy converter

    366 m

  2. Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy

    Academy converter

    429 m

  3. St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    517 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,949
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 882
  • Public order 193
  • Anti social behaviour 189
  • Vehicle crime 150
  • Other theft 112

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
B79 8 residents
11,352

Age bands in B79 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.9%

2,002 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

1,163 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.6%

2,750 residents

Age 45 to 64
25%

2,796 residents

Age 65 and over
22%

2,455 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

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE ALDERGATE MED.PRACT.

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

    ODS code M83032

    748 m

  • CROWN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83117

    996 m

  • HOLLIES PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83088

    996 m

  • LAUREL HOUSE SURGERY

    12 ALBERT ROAD, TAMWORTH, B79 7JN

    ODS code M83062

    1.1 km

  • THE PEEL MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83148

    1.2 km

  • RIVERSIDE SURGERY

    41-42 BALFOUR, TAMWORTH, B79 7BH

    ODS code M83111

    1.4 km

  • TRI-LINKS MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83693

    2.7 km

  • HEATHVIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CALEDONIAN, TAMWORTH, B77 2ED

    ODS code M83110

    3.6 km

  • DR KHARE'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code M83113

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Laburnum Avenue

    BCT · Gillway

    0.1 miles

  • Milton Avenue

    BCT · Leyfields

    0.1 miles

  • No. 98

    BCT · Gillway

    0.1 miles

  • Milton Avenue

    BCT · Leyfields

    0.1 miles

  • Eliot Close

    BCT · Leyfields

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tamworth 002C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

6,902 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
6 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

38 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 4 secondary schools. Flax Hill Junior Academy is the nearest published school at 366 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,949 published events cover 12 months, averaging 162.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 882 events.

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