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WV8 1RB

Brewood, Coven & Blymhill · South Staffordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Brewood, Coven & Blymhill
Local authority
South Staffordshire
Constituency
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
Postcode district
WV8
Postcode sector
WV8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV8 1RE 440 m
WV8 1RA 981 m
WV8 1RD 1.1 km
WV9 5BH 1.6 km
WV9 5BG 1.6 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV8 1RB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV8
Postcode sector
WV8 1
Latitude
52.662194
Longitude
-2.205320
British National Grid easting
386,210
British National Grid northing
307,182

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
South Staffordshire · E07000196
Electoral ward
Brewood, Coven & Blymhill · E05015055
Parish or community
E04008958
Westminster constituency
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge · E14001523
Output area
E00150919
Lower layer super output area
South Staffordshire 003A · E01029617
Middle layer super output area
South Staffordshire 003 · E02006176

Postcode source versions

Explore WV8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
15
Primary
7
Secondary
4

  1. Brewood Middle CofE Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    2.4 km

  2. St Mary and St Chad CofE First School

    Academy converter

    2.5 km

  3. St Mary's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.5 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

3 female, 4 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.8
WV8 1 residents
11,885

Age bands in WV8 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18%

2,112 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

1,159 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.8%

2,794 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.6%

3,129 residents

Age 65 and over
21.8%

2,563 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WV8 1 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
40%
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

3

within 5 km

  • BREWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KIDDEMORE GREEN ROAD, BREWOOD, STAFFORD, ST19 9BQ

    ODS code M83009

    2.0 km

  • RUSSELL HOUSE SURGERY

    BUSINESS HUB, WOLVERHAMPTON ROAD, CODSALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1PE

    ODS code M83031

    4.3 km

  • BILBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    BROOKFIELD ROAD, BILBROOK, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1DX

    ODS code M83097

    4.5 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

  • Oakley Farm

    BCT · Kiddemore Green

    1.0 miles

  • Oakley Farm

    BCT · Kiddemore Green

    1.0 miles

  • Hockerhill Farm

    BCT · Brewood

    1.3 miles

  • Cross Guns Inn PH

    BCT · Codsall Wood

    1.6 miles

  • Cross Guns Inn PH

    BCT · Codsall Wood

    1.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Staffordshire 003A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,202 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
3 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

15 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 4 secondary schools. Brewood Middle CofE Academy is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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