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WV3 7LJ

Merry Hill · Wolverhampton · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Merry Hill
Local authority
Wolverhampton
Constituency
Wolverhampton West
Postcode district
WV3
Postcode sector
WV3 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV4 4YQ 21 m
WV4 4YT 23 m
WV4 4YG 62 m
WV4 4YY 62 m
WV4 4YU 100 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV3 7LJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 May 1994
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV3
Postcode sector
WV3 7
Latitude
52.570710
Longitude
-2.174054
British National Grid easting
388,300
British National Grid northing
297,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Wolverhampton · E08000031
Electoral ward
Merry Hill · E05014849
Parish or community
E43000185
Westminster constituency
Wolverhampton West · E14001596
Output area
E00052978
Lower layer super output area
Wolverhampton 028A · E01010489
Middle layer super output area
Wolverhampton 028 · E02002176

Postcode source versions

Explore WV3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
79
Primary
46
Secondary
11

  1. St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery

    Academy converter

    442 m

  2. Penn Fields School

    Community special school

    575 m

  3. Highfields School

    Academy converter

    604 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,279
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 571
  • Vehicle crime 123
  • Criminal damage and arson 111
  • Shoplifting 90
  • Other theft 88

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WV3 7 residents
7,454

Age bands in WV3 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

1,229 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

735 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.4%

1,838 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

1,991 residents

Age 65 and over
19.9%

1,443 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

16

within 5 km straight-line

  • COALWAY ROAD SURGERY

    WARSTONES HEALTH CENTRE, PINFOLD GROVE, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 4PS

    ODS code M92006

    450 m

  • CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CASTLECROFT AVENUE, CASTLECROFT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 8JN

    ODS code M92008

    1.4 km

  • PENN SURGERY

    2A COALWAY ROAD, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 7LX

    ODS code M92043

    1.9 km

  • RWT PRACTICES PENN MANOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    MANOR ROAD, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 5PY

    ODS code M92011

    2.1 km

  • PENNFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    UPPER ZOAR STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 0JH

    ODS code Y02636

    2.6 km

  • NEWBRIDGE SURGERY

    255 TETTENHALL ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0DE

    ODS code M92029

    2.9 km

  • TAMAR MEDICAL CENTRE

    SEVERN DRIVE, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7QU

    ODS code M83668

    3.2 km

  • DUNCAN STREET PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    DUNCAN STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV2 3AN

    ODS code M92012

    3.2 km

  • LAKESIDE

    LAKESIDE MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7PD

    ODS code M83132

    3.4 km

  • TETTENHALL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LOWER STREET, TETTENHALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 9LL

    ODS code M92010

    3.5 km

  • WHITMORE REANS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LOWE STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0QL

    ODS code M92607

    3.5 km

  • THORNLEY STREET SURGERY

    40-44 THORNLEY STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV1 1JP

    ODS code M92028

    3.8 km

  • NORTHWAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    7-8 ALDERWOOD PRECINCT, SEDGLEY, DUDLEY, DY3 3QY

    ODS code M87037

    3.9 km

  • HEALTH AND BEYOND

    175 STEELHOUSE LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV2 2AU

    ODS code M92612

    4.0 km

  • GRAVEL HILL SURGERY

    GRAVEL HILL, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 9HA

    ODS code M83018

    4.2 km

  • DALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PLANKS LANE, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 8DX

    ODS code M83093

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Fareham Crescent

    BCT · Merry Hill

    0.1 miles

  • Five Ways

    BCT · Merry Hill

    0.1 miles

  • Five Ways

    BCT · Merry Hill

    0.2 miles

  • Warstone House

    BCT · Merry Hill

    0.2 miles

  • Pinfold Grove

    BCT · Merry Hill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wolverhampton 028A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,885 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
4 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

Schools

79 open schools are in scope, including 46 primary and 11 secondary schools. St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery is the nearest published school at 442 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,279 published events cover 12 months, averaging 106.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 571 events.

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