B Postcode Area for the Birmingham Region

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This section of the site is all about the B Postcode area, also known as the Birmingham Postal Area. Explore links to the next level to learn more about specific postcode districts such as B1.

Map of the B Postcode for Birmingham

Map of The B Postcode Area
Terrain Map of the B - Birmingham Postcode.
Detailed map of B Birmingham Postcode Area
Detailed map showing districts and posttowns in the B Area
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Map of the B Birmingham Postcode Area

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Quick Facts about the B Postcode

B Area Statistics
Width from East to West 24.99 mi
Height from North to South 41.32 mi
Area of B 501.59 mi²
Maximum Width 41.97 mi
Perimeter of Postcode Area 165.71 mi
Number of Postcode Districts 78
Number of Postcode Sectors 263
Number of Post Towns 15
Number of Postcodes 41,633
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The B postcode area represents a group of 77 postal districts in the Birmingham area of the United Kingdom. The area code stands for the letters b in Birmingham. The area has a population of 1,904,658 and covers an area of 1,299,128 hectares. Fun fact: 2.93% of the population of Great Britain lives in this area.

The postcode area falls within the following counties: West Midlands (81.34%), Worcestershire (9.26%), Warwickshire (5.09%), Staffordshire (4.30%), Leicestershire (0.00%).

Post Towns and Postcode Districts

BIRMINGHAM
B1 West MidlandsB2 West MidlandsB3 West MidlandsB4 West MidlandsB5 West MidlandsB6 West MidlandsB7 West MidlandsB8 West MidlandsB9 West MidlandsB10 West MidlandsB11 West MidlandsB12 West MidlandsB13 West MidlandsB14 West MidlandsB15 West MidlandsB16 West MidlandsB17 West MidlandsB18 West MidlandsB19 West MidlandsB20 West MidlandsB21 West MidlandsB23 West MidlandsB24 West MidlandsB25 West MidlandsB26 West MidlandsB27 West MidlandsB28 West MidlandsB29 West MidlandsB30 West MidlandsB31 West MidlandsB32 West Midlands (98%), Worcestershire (1%)B33 West MidlandsB34 West MidlandsB35 West MidlandsB36 West MidlandsB37 West MidlandsB38 West Midlands (89%), Worcestershire (10%)B40 West MidlandsB42 West MidlandsB43 West MidlandsB44 West MidlandsB45 West Midlands (54%), Worcestershire (45%)B46 WarwickshireB47 West Midlands (10%), Worcestershire (89%)B48 West Midlands (7%), Worcestershire (91%)B99
ALCESTER
B49 Warwickshire (95%), Worcestershire (4%)B50 Warwickshire (98%), Worcestershire (1%)
BROMSGROVE
B60 WorcestershireB61 Worcestershire
HALESOWEN
B62 West Midlands (88%), Worcestershire (11%)B63 West Midlands
CRADLEY HEATH
B64 West Midlands
ROWLEY REGIS
B65 West Midlands
SMETHWICK
B66 West MidlandsB67 West Midlands
OLDBURY
B68 West MidlandsB69 West Midlands
WEST BROMWICH
B70 West MidlandsB71 West Midlands
SUTTON COLDFIELD
B72 West MidlandsB73 West MidlandsB74 Staffordshire (8%), West Midlands (91%)B75 Staffordshire (2%), Warwickshire (1%), West Midlands (96%)B76 Warwickshire (16%), West Midlands (83%)
TAMWORTH
B77 Staffordshire (98%), Warwickshire (1%)B78 Staffordshire (46%), Warwickshire (53%)B79 Staffordshire (87%), Warwickshire (11%)
STUDLEY
B80 Warwickshire (87%), Worcestershire (12%)
SOLIHULL
B90 West Midlands (96%), Worcestershire (3%)B91 West MidlandsB92 West MidlandsB93 Warwickshire (2%), West Midlands (97%)B94 Warwickshire (63%), West Midlands (36%)
HENLEY-IN-ARDEN
B95 Warwickshire
REDDITCH
B96 Warwickshire (8%), Worcestershire (91%)B97 WorcestershireB98 Worcestershire

Where is the B Postcode Area?

The Birmingham B Postcode is in the West Midlands region of England.. The postal area borders the following neighbouring postal areas: DE - Derby, CV - Coventry, WR - Worcester, WS - Walsall and DY - Dudley, and is located inland.


Map Showing Location of the postcode area
Where is the postcode area?
A word cloud for the postcode area
A word cloud for the area

How built up is the Postcode Area?

I've calculated the total area covered by building footprints within the postcode area.
By analyzing this against the total area, I've determined the percentage of the area that's developed, this will give you an idea of how urban or rural the postcode region is.
The higher the percentage the more urban the area is. For example the least urban district is B95 and the most urban is B2.

Building Area Summary
Postcode District Total Area (m²) Footprint Area (m²) Built Percentage %
B95 64,189,498 554,241 0.86%
B49 79,904,352 838,534 1.05%
B96 43,378,719 506,779 1.17%
B94 58,070,537 745,418 1.28%
B48 31,054,879 444,084 1.43%
B79 88,925,557 1,571,222 1.77%
B50 20,594,230 392,075 1.90%
B80 23,274,464 467,276 2.01%
B46 61,605,753 1,564,282 2.54%
B78 68,999,444 1,983,519 2.87%
B61 44,166,327 1,341,287 3.04%
B60 53,945,083 1,708,736 3.17%
B93 29,159,318 1,126,154 3.86%
B76 34,905,610 1,613,376 4.62%
B97 34,357,403 1,673,941 4.87%
B75 24,899,604 1,310,476 5.26%
B62 25,756,900 1,382,723 5.37%
B38 13,801,730 767,724 5.56%
B47 9,526,819 536,593 5.63%
B45 21,201,933 1,295,856 6.11%
B92 36,785,479 2,285,341 6.21%
B32 14,921,590 1,247,548 8.36%
B74 19,573,803 1,686,661 8.62%
B98 30,373,020 2,829,793 9.32%
B43 9,948,850 1,020,655 10.26%
B71 11,466,997 1,199,159 10.46%
B90 22,254,320 2,413,258 10.84%
B73 9,926,030 1,098,666 11.07%
B91 17,365,205 1,944,239 11.20%
B77 19,322,927 2,379,120 12.31%
B31 14,989,633 1,903,398 12.70%
B26 9,269,277 1,253,243 13.52%
B34 4,292,048 581,230 13.54%
B65 6,433,168 877,400 13.64%
B13 9,315,010 1,277,459 13.71%
B63 10,310,244 1,470,033 14.26%
B37 12,308,014 1,764,660 14.34%
B36 7,731,284 1,128,418 14.60%
B15 6,641,441 1,022,589 15.40%
B14 9,141,285 1,425,421 15.59%
B20 6,823,514 1,074,732 15.75%
B42 6,538,400 1,036,314 15.85%
B33 8,420,914 1,340,697 15.92%
B29 8,272,646 1,319,392 15.95%
B30 7,714,207 1,252,276 16.23%
B40 2,246,084 366,792 16.33%
B17 5,921,428 969,508 16.37%
B68 6,364,340 1,048,206 16.47%
B72 3,184,245 532,752 16.73%
B23 8,228,754 1,390,153 16.89%
B44 7,004,620 1,226,061 17.50%
B28 6,010,837 1,064,064 17.70%
B67 4,735,541 857,678 18.11%
B69 10,035,123 1,832,942 18.27%
B25 3,155,069 603,839 19.14%
B27 4,281,670 825,489 19.28%
B16 3,764,384 729,032 19.37%
B8 6,358,558 1,268,497 19.95%
B64 5,058,615 1,011,714 20.00%
B7 3,824,160 804,708 21.04%
B21 4,743,871 1,010,511 21.30%
B70 8,773,726 1,971,927 22.48%
B10 3,580,929 816,768 22.81%
B35 3,845,634 904,720 23.53%
B9 4,413,323 1,042,866 23.63%
B24 8,237,013 1,998,808 24.27%
B18 3,434,973 842,143 24.52%
B5 3,272,723 805,896 24.62%
B66 5,672,180 1,403,350 24.74%
B6 6,303,066 1,570,111 24.91%
B12 2,957,042 799,511 27.04%
B11 6,237,705 1,740,060 27.90%
B19 2,703,844 776,844 28.73%
B4 998,752 408,246 40.88%
B1 1,208,568 530,822 43.92%
B3 536,962 279,654 52.08%
B2 176,910 169,457 95.79%
Total 1,299,128,115 (m²) 90,259,127 (m²) 6.95%
Map of the B Postcode Area

A map showing the boundary of B in relation to other areas

There are 20 towns within the Birmingham postcode area.

Map of Posttowns in the B
Map of Posttowns in the B Postal Area
Area of the B postcode area
Unit Area²
Hectares 1,299,128²
Miles 5,016²
Feet 139,836,838,792²
Kilometres 12,991²

Postal Delivery Offices Serving the Postcode Area

  • Alcester Delivery Office
  • Aston Delivery Office
  • Birmingham Central Delivery Office
  • Bromsgrove Delivery Office
  • Camp Hill Delivery Office
  • Castle Bromwich Delivery Office
  • Chelmsley Wood Delivery Office
  • Coleshill Delivery Office
  • Coombs Wood Delivery Office
  • Dor Delivery Office N Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Eastern (b) Delivery Office
  • Erdington Delivery Office
  • Great Barr Delivery Office
  • Hall Green Delivery Office
  • Handsworth Delivery Office
  • Henley-in-arden Delivery Office
  • Hockley Delivery Office (b)
  • Kings Norton Delivery Office
  • Kitts Green Delivery Office
  • Knowle Delivery Office
  • Moseley Delivery Office
  • Northfield Delivery Office
  • Oldbury Delivery Office
  • Polesworth Scale Payment Delivery Office
  • Quinton Delivery Office
  • Redditch Delivery Office
  • Redfern Park Delivery Office
  • Rednal Delivery Office
  • Selly Oak Delivery Office
  • Shirley (b) Delivery Office
  • Smethwick Delivery Office
  • Solihull Delivery Office
  • Sutton Coldfield Postal Delivery Office
  • Tamworth Delivery Office
  • West Bromwich Delivery Office
  • Western (b) Delivery Office

Tourist Attractions within the Area

Nearby Postcodes

DE
CV
WR
WS
DY

Councils within the B Area

Councils within the B area
Birmingham District (B) (21556 postcodes)
Sandwell District (B) (5268 postcodes)
Solihull District (B) (4386 postcodes)
Bromsgrove District (2532 postcodes)
Redditch District (B) (1662 postcodes)
Tamworth District (B) (1507 postcodes)
Dudley District (B) (1297 postcodes)
Stratford-on-Avon District (1224 postcodes)
North Warwickshire District (B) (1041 postcodes)
Walsall District (B) (449 postcodes)
Lichfield District (405 postcodes)
Wychavon District (168 postcodes)
Warwick District (137 postcodes)
North West Leicestershire District (1 postcodes)

Towns and Villages within the Area

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