B79 9EY

Whittington & Streethay · Lichfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Tamworth
Local authority
Lichfield
Constituency
Tamworth
Postcode district
B79
Postcode sector
B79 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B79 9DZ 213 m
B79 9EA 242 m
B79 9AL 256 m
B79 8PN 308 m
B79 8TF 353 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B79 9EY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B79
Postcode sector
B79 9
Latitude
52.652956
Longitude
-1.691580
British National Grid easting
420,961
British National Grid northing
306,179

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Lichfield · E07000194
Parish or community
E04008942
Westminster constituency
Tamworth · E14001538
Output area
E00180671
Lower layer super output area
Lichfield 008B · E01029517
Middle layer super output area
Lichfield 008 · E02006153

Postcode source versions

Explore B79

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Sill Green, Wigginton, Tamworth, B79 9EY 7 February 2025 £199,950
6, Sill Green, Wigginton, Tamworth, B79 9EY 30 June 2021 £195,000
6, Sill Green, Wigginton, Tamworth, B79 9EY 17 August 2015 £166,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
28
Secondary
4
  1. St Leonard's CofE (A) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    318 m
  2. Ashcroft Infants' School

    Community school

    739 m
  3. Flax Hill Junior Academy

    Academy converter

    793 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
755
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 394
  • Anti social behaviour 96
  • Public order 61
  • Vehicle crime 50
  • Other theft 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

7 female, 9 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
1.8
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 0.7% 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

    1.6 km

  • CROWN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83117

    1.8 km

  • HOLLIES PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83088

    1.8 km

  • LAUREL HOUSE SURGERY

    12 ALBERT ROAD, TAMWORTH, B79 7JN

    ODS code M83062

    1.8 km

  • THE PEEL MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83148

    2.1 km

  • RIVERSIDE SURGERY

    41-42 BALFOUR, TAMWORTH, B79 7BH

    ODS code M83111

    2.4 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

    3.9 km

  • DR KHARE'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code M83113

    4.8 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

    0.2 miles
  • Hill Top Avenue

    BCT · Perry Crofts

    0.3 miles
  • Wigginton Road

    BCT · Gillway

    0.3 miles
  • Hawthorne Avenue

    BCT · Gillway

    0.3 miles
  • Hill Top Avenue

    BCT · Perry Crofts

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lichfield 008B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,436 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
5 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
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 £199,950 from 1 recorded sale in B79 9EY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Lichfield is £337,052 in June 2026, up 3.9% year on year.

Schools

37 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Leonard's CofE (A) Primary School is the nearest published school at 318 m.

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

Recorded crime

755 published events cover 12 months, averaging 62.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 394 events.

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