Schools
61 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 12 secondary schools. Smestow Academy is the nearest published school at 489 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WV6 8BL
Tettenhall Wightwick · Wolverhampton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Wolverhampton
- Ward
- Tettenhall Wightwick
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West
- Postcode district
- WV6
- Postcode sector
- WV6 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WV6 8BL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WV
- Postcode district
- WV6
- Postcode sector
- WV6 8
- Latitude
- 52.583215
- Longitude
- -2.191386
- British National Grid easting
- 387,129
- British National Grid northing
- 298,394
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Wolverhampton · E08000031
- Electoral ward
- Tettenhall Wightwick · E05014855
- Parish or community
- E43000185
- Westminster constituency
- Wolverhampton West · E14001596
- Output area
- E00053271
- Lower layer super output area
- Wolverhampton 019B · E01010550
- Middle layer super output area
- Wolverhampton 019 · E02002167
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 WV6
Property
19 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 244, Bridgnorth Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 8BL | 4 December 2020 | £312,500 |
| 254, Bridgnorth Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 8BL | 29 November 2019 | £254,000 |
| 248, Bridgnorth Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 8BL | 26 July 2019 | £246,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 61
- Primary
- 33
- Secondary
- 12
- 489 m
Smestow Academy
Academy converter
- 718 m
Wightwick Hall School
Academy special converter
- 740 m
Castlecroft Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 882
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 373
- Shoplifting 174
- Vehicle crime 59
- Other theft 55
- Criminal damage and arson 53
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 23
- Postcode households
- 12
- Residents per household
- 1.9
- WV6 8 residents
- 10,659
12 female, 11 male
Age bands in WV6 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27%
- Age 65 and over
- 29.8%
1,560 residents
914 residents
2,289 residents
2,973 residents
3,281 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WV6 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
14
within 5 km
CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE
CASTLECROFT AVENUE, CASTLECROFT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 8JN
ODS code M92008
504 m
TAMAR MEDICAL CENTRE
SEVERN DRIVE, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7QU
ODS code M83668
1.4 km
LAKESIDE
LAKESIDE MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7PD
ODS code M83132
1.6 km
COALWAY ROAD SURGERY
WARSTONES HEALTH CENTRE, PINFOLD GROVE, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 4PS
ODS code M92006
2.2 km
NEWBRIDGE SURGERY
255 TETTENHALL ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0DE
ODS code M92029
2.7 km
TETTENHALL MEDICAL PRACTICE
LOWER STREET, TETTENHALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 9LL
ODS code M92010
2.9 km
PENN SURGERY
2A COALWAY ROAD, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 7LX
ODS code M92043
3.4 km
WHITMORE REANS MEDICAL PRACTICE
LOWE STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0QL
ODS code M92607
3.6 km
PENNFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE
UPPER ZOAR STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 0JH
ODS code Y02636
3.7 km
RWT PRACTICES PENN MANOR MEDICAL CENTRE
MANOR ROAD, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 5PY
ODS code M92011
3.9 km
THORNLEY STREET SURGERY
40-44 THORNLEY STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV1 1JP
ODS code M92028
4.5 km
DUNCAN STREET PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
DUNCAN STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV2 3AN
ODS code M92012
4.5 km
RUSSELL HOUSE SURGERY
BUSINESS HUB, WOLVERHAMPTON ROAD, CODSALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1PE
ODS code M83031
4.6 km
BILBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
BROOKFIELD ROAD, BILBROOK, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1DX
ODS code M83097
4.7 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
Wightwick Bank
BCT · Wightwick
- 0.1 miles
Wightwick Bank
BCT · Wightwick
- 0.2 miles
Torvale Road
BCT · Tettenhall Wood
- 0.2 miles
Torvale Road
BCT · Tettenhall Wood
- 0.3 miles
Smestow Comp School
BCT · Castlecroft
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wolverhampton 019B, 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
31,942 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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
- 1
- Low risk addresses
- 3
- 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
882 published events cover 12 months, averaging 73.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 373 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.