B postcode area

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Birmingham postcode area
Postcode area	B
Postcode area name	Birmingham
Post towns	15
Postcode districts	78
Postcode sectors	267
Postcodes (live)	42,173
Postcodes (total)	55,850
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The B postcode area, also known as the Birmingham postcode area^[2], covers the boroughs of Birmingham, Solihull and Sandwell and parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire in England.

Contents 1 Coverage 2 Notes 3 Adjacent areas 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postal district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority
B1-B4	BIRMINGHAM	Birmingham City Centre	Birmingham
B5	BIRMINGHAM	Digbeth	Birmingham
B6	BIRMINGHAM	Aston	Birmingham
B7	BIRMINGHAM	Nechells	Birmingham
B8	BIRMINGHAM	Ward End, Saltley	Birmingham
B9	BIRMINGHAM	Bordesley	Birmingham
B10	BIRMINGHAM	Small Heath	Birmingham
B11	BIRMINGHAM	Sparkhill	Birmingham
B12	BIRMINGHAM	Balsall Heath	Birmingham
B13	BIRMINGHAM	Moseley, King's Heath	Birmingham
B14	BIRMINGHAM	King's Heath	Birmingham
B15	BIRMINGHAM	Edgbaston, Chad Valley	Birmingham
B16	BIRMINGHAM		Birmingham
B17	BIRMINGHAM	Harborne	Birmingham
B18	BIRMINGHAM	Winson Green	Birmingham
B19	BIRMINGHAM	Lozells,Newtown Birchfield	Birmingham
B20	BIRMINGHAM	Handsworth Park	Birmingham
B21	BIRMINGHAM	Handsworth	Birmingham
B22	BIRMINGHAM		Birmingham
B23	BIRMINGHAM	Short Heath	Birmingham
B24	BIRMINGHAM	Erdington, Tyburn	Birmingham
B25	BIRMINGHAM	Yardley	Birmingham
B26	BIRMINGHAM	Sheldon	Birmingham, Solihull
B27	BIRMINGHAM	Acocks Green	Birmingham
B28	BIRMINGHAM	Hall Green	Birmingham
B29	BIRMINGHAM	Selly Oak, Bournbrook	Birmingham
B30	BIRMINGHAM	Bournville	Birmingham
B31	BIRMINGHAM	Northfield	Birmingham
B32	BIRMINGHAM	Woodgate	Birmingham
B33	BIRMINGHAM	Kitts Green	Birmingham
B34	BIRMINGHAM	Shard End and Buckland End	Birmingham
B35	BIRMINGHAM	Castle Vale	Birmingham
B36	BIRMINGHAM	Castle Bromwich	Solihull
B37	BIRMINGHAM	Chelmsley Wood	Solihull
B38	BIRMINGHAM	King's Norton	Birmingham
B40	BIRMINGHAM	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham International Airport	Solihull
B42	BIRMINGHAM	Perry Barr/ Great Barr	Birmingham
B43	BIRMINGHAM	Great Barr	Sandwell
B44	BIRMINGHAM	Kingstanding/ Great Barr	Birmingham
B45	BIRMINGHAM	Rubery	Bromsgrove
B46	BIRMINGHAM	Water Orton, Coleshill	North Warwickshire
B47	BIRMINGHAM	Hollywood, Wythall	Birmingham, Worcestershire
B48	BIRMINGHAM	Alvechurch	Birmingham, Worcestershire
B49-B50	ALCESTER		Stratford
B60-B61	BROMSGROVE		Bromsgrove
B62-B63	HALESOWEN		Dudley
B64	CRADLEY HEATH		Sandwell
B65	ROWLEY REGIS		Sandwell
B66-B67	SMETHWICK		Sandwell
B68-B69	OLDBURY		Sandwell
B70-B71	WEST BROMWICH		Sandwell
B72-B76	SUTTON COLDFIELD		Birmingham, Walsall
B77-B79	TAMWORTH		Tamworth
B80	STUDLEY		Stratford
B90-B94	SOLIHULL		Solihull
B95	HENLEY-IN-ARDEN	Henley-in-Arden	Stratford
B96-B98	REDDITCH		Redditch

[edit] Notes

• B1 1AA is Birmingham Head Post office
• B1 1BB is Birmingham Council House

[edit] Adjacent areas

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - CV (Coventry) - WR (Worcester) - DY (Dudley) - WS (Walsall) - DE (Derby) .

Adjacent postcode areas WS DE DY B CV WR

[edit] References

1. ^ National Statistics, Postcode Directory Version Notes, (2006)
2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)

[edit] See also

• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom