B79 9AL

Spital · Tamworth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Tamworth
Ward
Spital
Local authority
Tamworth
Constituency
Tamworth
Postcode district
B79
Postcode sector
B79 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B79 8UJ 131 m
B79 8RP 138 m
B79 8TF 163 m
B79 8RR 165 m
B79 8SJ 166 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B79 9AL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B79
Postcode sector
B79 9
Latitude
52.650655
Longitude
-1.691493
British National Grid easting
420,968
British National Grid northing
305,923

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Tamworth · E07000199
Electoral ward
Spital · E05007072
Parish or community
E43000133
Westminster constituency
Tamworth · E14001538
Output area
E00152113
Lower layer super output area
Tamworth 001D · E01029852
Middle layer super output area
Tamworth 001 · E02006217

Postcode source versions

Explore B79

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Orchards, 117, Wigginton Road, Tamworth, B79 9AL 4 June 2019 £245,000
166, Wigginton Road, Tamworth, B79 9AL 31 March 2016 £325,000
166, Wigginton Road, Tamworth, B79 9AL 28 August 2015 £325,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
28
Secondary
4
  1. Ashcroft Infants' School

    Community school

    495 m
  2. Flax Hill Junior Academy

    Academy converter

    551 m
  3. St Leonard's CofE (A) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    573 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
904
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 455
  • Anti social behaviour 108
  • Public order 73
  • Vehicle crime 63
  • Other theft 49

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

6 female, 5 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.6
B79 9 residents
2,240

Age bands in B79 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

303 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

196 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.6%

406 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.3%

706 residents

Age 65 and over
26.4%

577 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B79 9 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

  • THE ALDERGATE MED.PRACT.

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

    ODS code M83032

    1.3 km

  • CROWN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83117

    1.6 km

  • HOLLIES PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83088

    1.6 km

  • LAUREL HOUSE SURGERY

    12 ALBERT ROAD, TAMWORTH, B79 7JN

    ODS code M83062

    1.6 km

  • THE PEEL MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83148

    1.8 km

  • RIVERSIDE SURGERY

    41-42 BALFOUR, TAMWORTH, B79 7BH

    ODS code M83111

    2.1 km

  • TRI-LINKS MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83693

    2.6 km

  • HEATHVIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CALEDONIAN, TAMWORTH, B77 2ED

    ODS code M83110

    3.7 km

  • DR KHARE'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code M83113

    4.6 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

  • Lyneham Close

    BCT · Perry Crofts

    0.1 miles
  • Hill Top Avenue

    BCT · Perry Crofts

    0.1 miles
  • Wigginton Road

    BCT · Gillway

    0.1 miles
  • Hill Top Avenue

    BCT · Perry Crofts

    0.2 miles
  • Hawthorne Avenue

    BCT · Gillway

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tamworth 001D, 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

13,785 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 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
8 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

37 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 4 secondary schools. Ashcroft Infants' School is the nearest published school at 495 m.

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

Recorded crime

904 published events cover 12 months, averaging 75.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 455 events.

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