CV8 1QA

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
CV7 7GX 473 m
CV8 1QL 744 m
CV7 7GZ 828 m
CV8 1QB 882 m
CV7 7GY 909 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CV8 1QA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CV
Postcode district
CV8
Postcode sector
CV8 1
Latitude
52.377089
Longitude
-1.622959
British National Grid easting
425,763
British National Grid northing
275,515

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Solihull · E08000029
Parish or community
E04000147
Output area
E00051409
Lower layer super output area
Solihull 025A · E01010166
Middle layer super output area
Solihull 025 · E02002105

Postcode source versions

Explore CV8

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
High Ridge, Hob Lane, Burton Green, Kenilworth, CV8 1QA 4 April 2012 £750,000
Lottery Cottage, Hob Lane, Burton Green, Kenilworth, CV8 1QA 21 June 2007 £499,950
Lottery Cottage, Hob Lane, Burton Green, Kenilworth, CV8 1QA 7 November 2003 £390,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
13
Secondary
5
  1. Burton Green Church of England Academy

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    978 m
  2. Heart of England School

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    2.0 km
  3. Balsall Common Primary School

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    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
48
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 17
  • Vehicle crime 10
  • Burglary 6
  • Other crime 4
  • Anti social behaviour 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

3 female, 4 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
1.2
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 0.1% 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+
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

5

within 5 km

  • BALSALL COMMON & MERIDEN GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M89016

    2.4 km

  • WOODSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    JARDINE CRESCENT, COVENTRY, CV4 9PL

    ODS code M86034

    4.5 km

  • LIMBRICK WOOD SURGERY

    TILE HILL HEALTH CENTRE, JARDINE CRESCENT, COVENTRY, CV4 9PN

    ODS code M86605

    4.5 km

  • FORREST MEDICAL CENTRE

    6 PRIOR DERAM WALK, COVENTRY, CV4 8FT

    ODS code M86010

    4.7 km

  • ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    42 STATION ROAD, KENILWORTH, CV8 1JD

    ODS code M84036

    4.9 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Little Beanit Farm

    BCT · Carol Green

    0.6 miles
  • Little Beanit Farm

    BCT · Carol Green

    0.6 miles
  • Red Lane

    BCT · Carol Green

    0.7 miles
  • Red Lane

    BCT · Burton Green

    0.7 miles
  • Catchems Corner

    BCT · Balsall Common

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Solihull 025A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,175 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
4 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
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

Schools

22 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 5 secondary schools. Burton Green Church of England Academy is the nearest published school at 978 m.

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

Recorded crime

48 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 17 events.

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