Schools
35 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 6 secondary schools. Erasmus Darwin Academy is the nearest published school at 178 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WS7 4XA
Hammerwich with Wall · Lichfield · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WS7 4XA
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 March 2003
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WS
- Postcode district
- WS7
- Postcode sector
- WS7 4
- Latitude
- 52.667182
- Longitude
- -1.934282
- British National Grid easting
- 404,541
- British National Grid northing
- 307,719
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Lichfield · E07000194
- Electoral ward
- Hammerwich with Wall · E05010662
- Parish or community
- E04008927
- Westminster constituency
- Lichfield · E14001335
- Output area
- E00150297
- Lower layer super output area
- Lichfield 006G · E01034104
- Middle layer super output area
- Lichfield 006 · E02006151
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 WS7
Property
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 3, Anglesey Close, Burntwood, WS7 4XA | 27 January 2012 | £365,000 |
| 5, Anglesey Close, Burntwood, WS7 4XA | 15 March 2006 | £203,000 |
| 1, Anglesey Close, Burntwood, WS7 4XA | 4 February 2005 | £382,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 35
- Primary
- 26
- Secondary
- 6
- 178 m
Erasmus Darwin Academy
Academy converter
- 446 m
Chasetown Community School
Community special school
- 827 m
Ridgeway Primary Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,203
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 528
- Shoplifting 148
- Anti social behaviour 126
- Criminal damage and arson 90
- Public order 78
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 10
- Postcode households
- 4
- Residents per household
- 2.5
- WS7 4 residents
- 7,277
5 female, 5 male
Age bands in WS7 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.8%
1,284 residents
753 residents
1,656 residents
1,833 residents
1,628 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WS7 4 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
14
within 5 km
SALTERS MEADOW HEALTH CTR
RUGELEY ROAD, CHASE TERRACE, BURNTWOOD, WS7 1AQ
ODS code M83072
1.7 km
HOLLAND PARK SURGERY
PARK VIEW CENTRE, CHESTER ROAD NORTH, BROWNHILLS, WALSALL, WS8 7JB
ODS code M91626
1.9 km
PARKSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
PARK VIEW CENTRE, CHESTER ROAD NORTH, BROWNHILLS, WALSALL, WS8 7JB
ODS code M91006
1.9 km
NEW ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
PARK VIEW CENTRE, CHESTER ROAD NORTH, BROWNHILLS, WALSALL, WS8 7JG
ODS code M91609
2.1 km
DARWIN MEDICAL PRACTICE
GREENWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, LICHFIELD ROAD, BURNTWOOD, WS7 0AQ
ODS code M83617
2.4 km
NORTON CANES HEALTH CENTRE
BROWNHILLS ROAD, NORTON CANES, CANNOCK, WS11 9SE
ODS code M83063
2.5 km
NORTON CANES PRACTICE
NORTON CANES CLINIC, BROWNHILLS ROAD, NORTON CANES, CANNOCK, WS11 9SE
ODS code M83727
2.5 km
NORTON CANES SURGERY
NORTON CANES CLINIC, BROWNHILLS ROAD, NORTON CANES, CANNOCK, WS11 9SE
ODS code M83717
2.5 km
STREETS CORNER SURGERY
79-81 LICHFIELD ROAD, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9NP
ODS code M91009
4.2 km
WALSALL WOOD HEALTH CENTRE
LICHFIELD ROAD, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9NP
ODS code M91639
4.2 km
HEATH HAYES HEALTH CENTRE
GORSEMOOR ROAD, HEATH HAYES, CANNOCK, WS12 3TG
ODS code M83129
4.5 km
ST JOHN'S MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGH STREET, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9LP
ODS code M91007
4.5 km
HIGH STREET SURGERY
HIGH STREET, PELSALL, WALSALL, WS3 4LX
ODS code M91654
4.8 km
CHAPEL STREET SURGERY
1 CHAPEL STREET, PELSALL, WALSALL, WS3 4LN
ODS code M91024
5.0 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
- 0.1 miles
King Street
BCT · Chasetown
- 0.1 miles
King Street
BCT · Chasetown
- 0.2 miles
Queen Street
BCT · Chasetown
- 0.2 miles
Davey Close
BCT · Chasetown
- 0.2 miles
Queen Street
BCT · Chasetown
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lichfield 006G, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
23,976 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
Recorded crime
1,203 published events cover 12 months, averaging 100.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 528 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.