Schools
75 open schools are in scope, including 43 primary and 11 secondary schools. Westacre Infant School is the nearest published school at 408 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WV3 8EY
Merry Hill · Wolverhampton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Wolverhampton
- Ward
- Merry Hill
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West
- Postcode district
- WV3
- Postcode sector
- WV3 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WV3 8EY
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WV
- Postcode district
- WV3
- Postcode sector
- WV3 8
- Latitude
- 52.578271
- Longitude
- -2.173892
- British National Grid easting
- 388,313
- British National Grid northing
- 297,841
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
- E00052962
- Lower layer super output area
- Wolverhampton 028E · E01010494
- Middle layer super output area
- Wolverhampton 028 · E02002176
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 WV3
Property
14 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 129, Finchfield Lane, Wolverhampton, WV3 8EY | 22 November 2019 | £308,000 |
| 123, Finchfield Lane, Wolverhampton, WV3 8EY | 22 September 2017 | £300,000 |
| 127, Finchfield Lane, Wolverhampton, WV3 8EY | 23 June 2017 | £295,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 75
- Primary
- 43
- Secondary
- 11
- 408 m
Westacre Infant School
Academy converter
- 469 m
Uplands Junior School
Academy converter
- 616 m
Castlecroft Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,491
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 614
- Shoplifting 219
- Criminal damage and arson 123
- Vehicle crime 115
- Other theft 102
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 28
- Postcode households
- 9
- Residents per household
- 3.1
- WV3 8 residents
- 6,895
17 female, 11 male
Age bands in WV3 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.2%
1,106 residents
676 residents
1,505 residents
1,832 residents
1,378 residents
This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WV3 8 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
16
within 5 km
CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE
CASTLECROFT AVENUE, CASTLECROFT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 8JN
ODS code M92008
1.1 km
COALWAY ROAD SURGERY
WARSTONES HEALTH CENTRE, PINFOLD GROVE, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 4PS
ODS code M92006
1.1 km
PENN SURGERY
2A COALWAY ROAD, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 7LX
ODS code M92043
2.1 km
NEWBRIDGE SURGERY
255 TETTENHALL ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0DE
ODS code M92029
2.1 km
PENNFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE
UPPER ZOAR STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 0JH
ODS code Y02636
2.5 km
TAMAR MEDICAL CENTRE
SEVERN DRIVE, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7QU
ODS code M83668
2.6 km
RWT PRACTICES PENN MANOR MEDICAL CENTRE
MANOR ROAD, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 5PY
ODS code M92011
2.7 km
TETTENHALL MEDICAL PRACTICE
LOWER STREET, TETTENHALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 9LL
ODS code M92010
2.7 km
LAKESIDE
LAKESIDE MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7PD
ODS code M83132
2.8 km
WHITMORE REANS MEDICAL PRACTICE
LOWE STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0QL
ODS code M92607
2.9 km
DUNCAN STREET PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
DUNCAN STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV2 3AN
ODS code M92012
3.3 km
THORNLEY STREET SURGERY
40-44 THORNLEY STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV1 1JP
ODS code M92028
3.5 km
HEALTH AND BEYOND
175 STEELHOUSE LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV2 2AU
ODS code M92612
4.0 km
NORTHWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
7-8 ALDERWOOD PRECINCT, SEDGLEY, DUDLEY, DY3 3QY
ODS code M87037
4.4 km
DR SINHA & TAHIR
WODEN ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 0BD
ODS code M92013
4.6 km
GRAVEL HILL SURGERY
GRAVEL HILL, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 9HA
ODS code M83018
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
Castlecroft Road
BCT · Finchfield
- 0.1 miles
Brantley Avenue
BCT · Finchfield
- 0.1 miles
Brantley Avenue
BCT · Finchfield
- 0.2 miles
Castlecroft Gardens
BCT · Finchfield
- 0.2 miles
Castlecroft Gardens
BCT · Finchfield
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wolverhampton 028E, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
30,538 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 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.
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
1,491 published events cover 12 months, averaging 124.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 614 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.