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B postcode area

B postcode area

Postcode area within the United Kingdom

The B postcode area, also known as the Birmingham postcode area,[2] is a group of 79 postcode districts in central England, within 15 post towns. These cover the central portion of the West Midlands (including Birmingham, West Bromwich, Sutton Coldfield, Smethwick, Solihull, Halesowen, Cradley Heath, Oldbury and Rowley Regis), plus northeast Worcestershire (including Bromsgrove and Redditch), north and west Warwickshire (including Alcester, Studley and Henley-in-Arden), and part of southeast Staffordshire (including Tamworth) and a very small part of Leicestershire. It is the most populated postcode area in the United Kingdom, with a population of over 1.9 million.

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

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Notes

  • The B postcode area as a whole, is the largest by population.[3]
  • B1 1AA is Birmingham Head Post office; this is no longer in the B1 area, but retains the B1 code.
  • B1 1BB is Birmingham Council House[4]

Maps

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B postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CV, DE, DY, ST, WR, WS and WV postcode areas.
Detailed map of postcode districts in central Birmingham

Former scheme

Street name signs on Birdbrook Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, showing old "Birmingham 22" (top) and modern "B44" postcodes.

Before the introduction of postcodes in the 1960s, Birmingham along with other major cities were divided into numbered postal districts. With a few exceptions these were directly incorporated into the outcode (the first part of the postcode).

For example, Great Barr was formerly Birmingham 22 (now B43 and 44) and Smethwick was formerly Smethwick 40 and 41 (now B66 and 67).

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. [2]
    Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. [3]
    "FOI request: Population for every postcode district in England and Wales". The National Archives. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. [4]
    "Contact Us". Birmingham City Council. Archived from the original on 9 September 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
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