Schools
65 open schools are in scope, including 43 primary and 14 secondary schools. The Brier School is the nearest published school at 147 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DY6 8YL
Kingswinford South · Dudley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Kingswinford South
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
- Postcode district
- DY6
- Postcode sector
- DY6 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DY6 8YL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1997
- Terminated
- 1 June 1998
- Postcode area
- DY
- Postcode district
- DY6
- Postcode sector
- DY6 8
- Latitude
- 52.491482
- Longitude
- -2.154034
- British National Grid easting
- 389,638
- British National Grid northing
- 288,184
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Dudley · E08000027
- Electoral ward
- Kingswinford South · E05015915
- Parish or community
- E43000181
- Westminster constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire · E14001316
- Output area
- E00049703
- Lower layer super output area
- Dudley 019D · E01009828
- Middle layer super output area
- Dudley 019 · E02002018
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore DY6
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 65
- Primary
- 43
- Secondary
- 14
- 147 m
The Brier School
Academy special converter
- 195 m
Bromley Hills Primary School
Community school
- 203 m
The Crestwood School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,802
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 739
- Shoplifting 250
- Vehicle crime 156
- Criminal damage and arson 139
- Burglary 114
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DY6 8 residents
- 10,832
Age bands in DY6 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 24.6%
1,515 residents
1,090 residents
2,254 residents
2,894 residents
2,534 residents
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.
GP practices
26
within 5 km straight-line
RANGEWAYS ROAD SURGERY
33 RANGEWAYS ROAD, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 8PN
ODS code M87041
550 m
KINGSWINFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE
KINGSWINFORD HEALTH CENTRE, STANDHILLS ROAD, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 8DN
ODS code M87008
859 m
THE SUMMERHILL SURGERY
SUMMERHILL, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 9JG
ODS code M87018
1.3 km
MOSS GROVE SURGERY
15 MOSS GROVE, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 9HS
ODS code M87003
1.3 km
WORDSLEY GREEN HEALTH CENTRE
WORDSLEY GREEN, WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 5PD
ODS code M87023
1.4 km
AW SURGERIES
ALBION HOUSE, ALBION STREET, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 3EE
ODS code M87009
2.4 km
HIGH OAK SURGERY
B/HILL H & S CARE CENTRE, VENTURE WAY, PENSNETT, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 1RU
ODS code Y02653
2.7 km
THE WATERFRONT SURGERY
BRIERLEY HILL HSCC, VENTURE WAY, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 1RU
ODS code M87010
2.7 km
THREE VILLAGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
SHSCC, JOHN CORBETT DRIVE, AMBLECOTE, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 4HZ
ODS code M87005
3.0 km
LOWER GORNAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
LOWER GORNAL HEALTH CENTRE, BULL STREET, GORNAL WOOD, DUDLEY, DY3 2NQ
ODS code M87015
3.1 km
QUINCY RISE SURGERY
30 SANDRINGHAM WAY, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 3JR
ODS code M87618
3.2 km
KEELINGE HOUSE
176 STOURBRIDGE ROAD, DUDLEY, DY1 2ER
ODS code M87601
3.3 km
LION HEALTH
2 LOWNDES ROAD, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 3SS
ODS code M87011
3.4 km
CASTLE MEADOWS SURGERY
100 MILKING BANK, DUDLEY, DY1 2TY
ODS code M87620
3.6 km
THORNS ROAD SURGERY
43 THORNS ROAD, QUARRY BANK, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 2JS
ODS code M87638
3.7 km
QUARRY BANK MEDICAL CENTRE
165 HIGH STREET, QUARRY BANK, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 2AE
ODS code M87027
4.1 km
DUDLEY WOOD SURGERY
10 QUARRY ROAD, DUDLEY WOOD, DUDLEY, DY2 0EF
ODS code Y02212
4.5 km
PEDMORE MEDICAL PRACTICE
22 PEDMORE ROAD, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 8DJ
ODS code M87030
4.5 km
EVE HILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
29-53 HIMLEY ROAD, DUDLEY, DY1 2QD
ODS code M87006
4.6 km
ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE1
MALTHOUSE DRIVE, DUDLEY, DY1 2BY
ODS code M87612
4.6 km
Showing 20 of 26 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Bromley Hill Schools
BCT · Bromley
- 0.2 miles
The Portway
BCT · Kingswinford
- 0.2 miles
Bromley Hill Schools
BCT · Bromley
- 0.2 miles
Rowan Rise
BCT · Kingswinford
- 0.2 miles
The Portway
BCT · Kingswinford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dudley 019D, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
16,694 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 5 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,802 published events cover 12 months, averaging 150.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 739 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.