Map of B79 8RA postcode No longer in use

General information
Postcode B79 8RA
Post Town Tamworth
Nearest station Tamworth (1 km)
Bus stops
Comberford Road (S)
Landau Forte Academy (N)
Landau Forte Academy (S)
Kensington Drive (S)
Old School Walk (E)
Old School Walk (W)
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 52.642347
Longitude -1.694041
Easting 420800
Northing 305000
Grid reference SK207050
UTM reference 30U 588363 5833286
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Plus code 9C4WJ8R4+W9
Altitude 87 metres (285 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:27
Sunset (today) 18:08
Distance away
Distance to sea 101.4 KMs (63 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishTamworth, unparished areaE43000133
Ward Spital E05007072
Local Authority District Tamworth E07000199
County Electoral Division Perrycrofts E58001380
Local Authority Staffordshire E10000028
County Staffordshire E10000028
Constituency (2024) Tamworth E14001538
MPSarah EdwardsLabour
Police forceStaffordshire
NUTS/ITL 3 Staffordshire CC
NUTS/ITL 2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
NUTS/ITL 1 West Midlands
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced April 1986
Date usage ended December 1990
Last updated February 2025
User type Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
16,955 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£43,800
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban city and town
Built up area (2024)TamworthE63009752
Census output area (2021)E00152119
Census output area (2011)E00152119
Lower layer super output area (2021)Tamworth 001EE01029853
Lower layer super output area (2011)Tamworth 001EE01029853
Middle layer super output area (2021)Coton Farm & Perry CroftsE02006217
Middle layer super output area (2011)Coton Farm & Perry CroftsE02006217
Travel to work areaBirminghamE30000169
Property sales
Average property price in Birmingham £249,032
Annual change -0.2%
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