B93 8LD

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 8FJ 67 m
B93 8LH 97 m
B93 8BW 108 m
B93 8BT 127 m
B93 8HA 129 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B93 8LD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B93
Postcode sector
B93 8
Latitude
52.372823
Longitude
-1.750640
British National Grid easting
417,073
British National Grid northing
275,003

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Solihull · E08000029
Parish or community
E43000265
Output area
E00051483
Lower layer super output area
Solihull 028F · E01010188
Middle layer super output area
Solihull 028 · E02002108

Postcode source versions

Explore B93

60 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Cavendish Court, 32, Flat 3, Avenue Road, Dorridge, Solihull, B93 8LD 30 March 2026 £340,000
Cavendish Court, 32, Flat 12, Avenue Road, Dorridge, Solihull, B93 8LD 11 March 2026 £375,000
Cavendish Court, 32, Flat 2, Avenue Road, Dorridge, Solihull, B93 8LD 19 January 2026 £330,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
15
Secondary
4
  1. Dorridge Primary School

    Academy converter

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

    Academy converter

    732 m
  3. Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
422
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 170
  • Vehicle crime 59
  • Criminal damage and arson 43
  • Shoplifting 38
  • Burglary 29

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
44

23 female, 21 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
1.7
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 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B93 8 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+
96.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
96.6%
Gigabit-capable
96.6%
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

3

within 5 km

  • DORRIDGE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M89010

    97 m

  • ARDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code M89030

    875 m

  • LAPWORTH SURGERY

    OLD WARWICK ROAD, LAPWORTH, SOLIHULL, B94 6LH

    ODS code M84620

    4.2 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

  • Dorridge Rail Station

    RSE · Dorridge

    0.1 miles
  • Dorridge Rail Station

    BCT · Dorridge

    0.1 miles
  • Dorridge Rail Station

    RSE · Dorridge

    0.1 miles
  • Dorridge Rail Station

    RLY · Dorridge

    0.1 miles
  • Near Dorridge Station

    BCT · Dorridge

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Solihull 028F, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

32,896 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 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.

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

Property market

The five-year median is £340,000 from 13 recorded sales in B93 8LD. 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

24 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 4 secondary schools. Dorridge Primary School is the nearest published school at 537 m.

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

Recorded crime

422 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 170 events.

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