CV8 1NW

Balsall & Berkswell · Solihull · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Kenilworth
Local authority
Solihull
Postcode district
CV8
Postcode sector
CV8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CV8 1NU 368 m
CV8 1RS 556 m
CV8 1NS 798 m
CV7 7AN 1.1 km
CV7 7AW 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CV8 1NW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CV
Postcode district
CV8
Postcode sector
CV8 1
Latitude
52.379557
Longitude
-1.679455
British National Grid easting
421,916
British National Grid northing
275,771

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Solihull · E08000029
Parish or community
E04012316
Output area
E00051399
Lower layer super output area
Solihull 017D · E01010167
Middle layer super output area
Solihull 017 · E02002097

Postcode source versions

Explore CV8

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Gate Farm Cottage, Fen End Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1NW 29 March 2012 £200,000
Barracks Cottage, Fen End Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1NW 28 March 2008 £891,000
Barracks Cottage, Fen End Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1NW 11 October 2005 £705,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
7
Secondary
2
  1. Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  2. Springfield House Community Special School

    Community special school

    1.8 km
  3. Balsall Common Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
27
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 8
  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Public order 2
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

10 female, 8 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.3
CV8 1 residents
11,384

Age bands in CV8 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

1,831 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

1,171 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.7%

2,477 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

3,291 residents

Age 65 and over
26.6%

3,172 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CV8 1 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+
50%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • BALSALL COMMON & MERIDEN GROUP PRACTICE

    1 ASHLEY DRIVE, BALSALL COMMON, COVENTRY, CV7 7RW

    ODS code M89016

    3.0 km

  • ARDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code M89030

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Fernhill Lane

    BCT · Fen End

    0.2 miles
  • Fernhill Lane

    BCT · Fen End

    0.2 miles
  • Balsall Street

    BCT · Temple Balsall

    0.7 miles
  • Balsall Street

    BCT · Temple Balsall

    0.7 miles
  • Needlers End Lane

    BCT · Needlers End

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Solihull 017D, 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

17,779 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 2 secondary schools. Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

27 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 8 events.

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