B93 8AW

Dorridge & Hockley Heath · Solihull · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Solihull
Local authority
Solihull
Postcode district
B93
Postcode sector
B93 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B93 8AN 49 m
B93 8NA 78 m
B93 8AS 86 m
B93 8AJ 127 m
B93 8AR 138 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B93 8AW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B93
Postcode sector
B93 8
Latitude
52.381333
Longitude
-1.761641
British National Grid easting
416,321
British National Grid northing
275,947

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Solihull · E08000029
Parish or community
E43000265
Output area
E00051467
Lower layer super output area
Solihull 028B · E01010184
Middle layer super output area
Solihull 028 · E02002108

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Property

At this postcode

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49 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
20, Packwood Close, Bentley Heath, Solihull, B93 8AW 14 November 2025 £420,000
44, Packwood Close, Bentley Heath, Solihull, B93 8AW 28 June 2024 £200,000
46, Packwood Close, Bentley Heath, Solihull, B93 8AW 18 October 2022 £187,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
21
Secondary
4
  1. Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    541 m
  2. St George and St Teresa Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    845 m
  3. Dorridge Primary School

    Academy converter

    851 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
452
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 177
  • Vehicle crime 65
  • Criminal damage and arson 44
  • Shoplifting 38
  • Burglary 37

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
71

34 female, 37 male

Postcode households
33
Residents per household
2.2
B93 8 residents
8,095

Age bands in B93 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.1%

1,502 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

801 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.9%

1,486 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

2,276 residents

Age 65 and over
23.1%

1,818 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B93 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • DORRIDGE SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, 3 AVENUE ROAD, DORRIDGE, SOLIHULL, B93 8LH

    ODS code M89010

    1.2 km

  • ARDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    DOWNING CLOSE, STATION ROAD, KNOWLE, SOLIHULL, B93 0QA

    ODS code M89030

    1.2 km

  • SOLIHULL HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIP

    GROVE SURGERY, 3 GROVE ROAD, SOLIHULL, B91 2AG

    ODS code M89017

    4.4 km

  • GPS HEALTHCARE

    198 TANWORTH LANE, SHIRLEY, SOLIHULL, B90 4DD

    ODS code M89003

    4.6 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

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

Nearby transport

  • Packwood Close

    BCT · Bentley Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Packwood Close

    BCT · Bentley Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Hurst Green Road

    BCT · Bentley Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Hurst Green Road

    BCT · Bentley Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Mill Lane

    BCT · Bentley Heath

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Solihull 028B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,249 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
9 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
2
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £200,000 from 5 recorded sales in B93 8AW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Solihull is £334,966 in June 2026, up 4.2% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

31 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 4 secondary schools. Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 541 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

452 published events cover 12 months, averaging 37.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 177 events.

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