Schools
33 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 5 secondary schools. Erasmus Darwin Academy is the nearest published school at 351 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WS7 8FB
Hammerwich with Wall · Lichfield · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Hammerwich with Wall
- Local authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Lichfield
- Postcode district
- WS7
- Postcode sector
- WS7 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WS7 8FB
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1996
- Terminated
- 1 March 2003
- Postcode area
- WS
- Postcode district
- WS7
- Postcode sector
- WS7 8
- Latitude
- 52.669608
- Longitude
- -1.931395
- British National Grid easting
- 404,736
- British National Grid northing
- 307,989
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 33
- Primary
- 25
- Secondary
- 5
- 351 m
Erasmus Darwin Academy
Academy converter
- 452 m
Chasetown Community School
Community special school
- 529 m
Ridgeway Primary Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,318
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 569
- Shoplifting 171
- Anti social behaviour 146
- Public order 93
- Criminal damage and arson 86
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- Postcode sector residents
- Not available
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 not available.
GP practices
12
within 5 km straight-line
SALTERS MEADOW HEALTH CTR
RUGELEY ROAD, CHASE TERRACE, BURNTWOOD, WS7 1AQ
ODS code M83072
1.4 km
DARWIN MEDICAL PRACTICE
GREENWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, LICHFIELD ROAD, BURNTWOOD, WS7 0AQ
ODS code M83617
2.1 km
HOLLAND PARK SURGERY
PARK VIEW CENTRE, CHESTER ROAD NORTH, BROWNHILLS, WALSALL, WS8 7JB
ODS code M91626
2.2 km
PARKSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
PARK VIEW CENTRE, CHESTER ROAD NORTH, BROWNHILLS, WALSALL, WS8 7JB
ODS code M91006
2.2 km
NEW ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
PARK VIEW CENTRE, CHESTER ROAD NORTH, BROWNHILLS, WALSALL, WS8 7JG
ODS code M91609
2.4 km
NORTON CANES HEALTH CENTRE
BROWNHILLS ROAD, NORTON CANES, CANNOCK, WS11 9SE
ODS code M83063
2.7 km
NORTON CANES PRACTICE
NORTON CANES CLINIC, BROWNHILLS ROAD, NORTON CANES, CANNOCK, WS11 9SE
ODS code M83727
2.7 km
NORTON CANES SURGERY
NORTON CANES CLINIC, BROWNHILLS ROAD, NORTON CANES, CANNOCK, WS11 9SE
ODS code M83717
2.7 km
STREETS CORNER SURGERY
79-81 LICHFIELD ROAD, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9NP
ODS code M91009
4.5 km
WALSALL WOOD HEALTH CENTRE
LICHFIELD ROAD, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9NP
ODS code M91639
4.5 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
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Davey Close
BCT · Chasetown
- 0.1 miles
King Street
BCT · Chasetown
- 0.1 miles
King Street
BCT · Chasetown
- 0.1 miles
Burntwood Town Council
BCT · Chasetown
- 0.1 miles
Burntwood Town Council
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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,318 published events cover 12 months, averaging 109.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 569 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.