WS8 6LT

Brownhills · Walsall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Walsall
Local authority
Walsall
Constituency
Aldridge-Brownhills
Postcode district
WS8
Postcode sector
WS8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WS8 6LS 179 m
WS8 6LP 187 m
WS8 6LU 215 m
WS8 6LL 319 m
WS8 6LW 344 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WS8 6LT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WS
Postcode district
WS8
Postcode sector
WS8 6
Latitude
52.655012
Longitude
-1.910175
British National Grid easting
406,173
British National Grid northing
306,367

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Walsall · E08000030
Parish or community
E43000184
Westminster constituency
Aldridge-Brownhills · E14001064
Output area
E00052077
Lower layer super output area
Walsall 002A · E01010302
Middle layer super output area
Walsall 002 · E02002111

Postcode source versions

Explore WS8

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Meadow Farm, Barracks Lane, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 6LT 10 July 2019 £425,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
22
Secondary
6
  1. St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.4 km
  2. Brownhills Ormiston Academy

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  3. Millfield Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
464
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 234
  • Criminal damage and arson 69
  • Vehicle crime 37
  • Anti social behaviour 29
  • Burglary 19

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

2 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
4.0
WS8 6 residents
6,726

Age bands in WS8 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.6%

1,348 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.2%

767 residents

Age 25 to 44
25%

1,721 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.7%

1,838 residents

Age 65 and over
17.5%

1,203 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WS8 6 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.

GP practices

13

within 5 km

  • HOLLAND PARK SURGERY

    PARK VIEW CENTRE, CHESTER ROAD NORTH, BROWNHILLS, WALSALL, WS8 7JB

    ODS code M91626

    1.8 km

  • PARKSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PARK VIEW CENTRE, CHESTER ROAD NORTH, BROWNHILLS, WALSALL, WS8 7JB

    ODS code M91006

    1.8 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

  • STREETS CORNER SURGERY

    79-81 LICHFIELD ROAD, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9NP

    ODS code M91009

    3.1 km

  • WALSALL WOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    LICHFIELD ROAD, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9NP

    ODS code M91639

    3.1 km

  • SALTERS MEADOW HEALTH CTR

    RUGELEY ROAD, CHASE TERRACE, BURNTWOOD, WS7 1AQ

    ODS code M83072

    3.4 km

  • ST JOHN'S MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGH STREET, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9LP

    ODS code M91007

    3.5 km

  • NORTON CANES HEALTH CENTRE

    BROWNHILLS ROAD, NORTON CANES, CANNOCK, WS11 9SE

    ODS code M83063

    4.6 km

  • NORTON CANES PRACTICE

    NORTON CANES CLINIC, BROWNHILLS ROAD, NORTON CANES, CANNOCK, WS11 9SE

    ODS code M83727

    4.6 km

  • NORTON CANES SURGERY

    NORTON CANES CLINIC, BROWNHILLS ROAD, NORTON CANES, CANNOCK, WS11 9SE

    ODS code M83717

    4.6 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Sandfield Farm

    BCT · Ogley Hay

    0.2 miles
  • Lichfield Road

    BCT · Ogley Hay

    0.5 miles
  • Lichfield Road

    BCT · Ogley Hay

    0.5 miles
  • Newtown Bridge

    BCT · Ogley Hay

    0.5 miles
  • Newtown Bridge

    BCT · Ogley Hay

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Walsall 002A, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,906 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
5 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

32 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

464 published events cover 12 months, averaging 38.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 234 events.

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