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B postcode area

Explore the Birmingham postcode area with maps, quick facts, towns, delivery offices, neighbouring areas and postcode district coverage.

The B area code stands for b in <strong>B</strong>irmingham.

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B1 B10 B11 B12 B13 B14 B15 B16 B17 B18 B19 B2

Map of the B postcode area

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Overview

The B Postcode Area

The B postcode area is a crescent-shaped region centred on the city of Birmingham and covering much of the West Midlands, with smaller parts extending into Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire. Around 81% of the area lies within the West Midlands. Birmingham, at its core, is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom.

The southern edge of the area includes Bidford-on-Avon, a village on the River Avon known for its historic bridge and connections with William Shakespeare. The ancient Roman road Icknield Street passes through the village on its route north towards Alcester, a market town on the River Arrow that originated as a Roman fort and settlement.

Continuing north along Icknield Street is Redditch, a town with a long history of needle and fishing hook manufacture, now part of the wider Birmingham commuter belt. Nearby are the remains of Bordesley Abbey, a medieval Cistercian foundation.

At the centre of the area lies Birmingham, where Icknield Street crosses the city. Birmingham developed as a major industrial centre during the Industrial Revolution and became known as the “city of a thousand trades”, supported by an extensive canal network that served metalworking, engineering and manufacturing industries. The city’s main railway hub is Birmingham New Street Station, one of the busiest stations in the UK. Nearby landmarks include the Bullring, St Philip’s Cathedral, elevated to cathedral status in 1905, and St Chad’s Cathedral, the first Roman Catholic cathedral built in England since the Reformation. The Jewellery Quarter reflects the city’s long association with jewellery manufacture.

Notable city landmarks include the Rotunda, a Grade II listed cylindrical tower completed in 1965, and Victoria Square, Birmingham’s central civic space. The square features public sculptures including Iron Man by Antony Gormley and The River by Dhruva Mistry, as well as the Council House clock tower, known locally as Big Brum. The city’s Museum and Art Gallery is also located here.

To the north-east of Birmingham lies Royal Sutton Coldfield, granted its royal status by Henry VIII in 1528. Beyond this is Tamworth, named after the River Tame and once the capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia. During the Industrial Revolution, Tamworth expanded through its connection to the canal network, including the Coventry Canal.

The northernmost part of the postcode area becomes increasingly rural, crossed by the River Mease and including villages such as Edingale, marking the transition from the Birmingham conurbation into the surrounding countryside.

The B postcode area covers Birmingham and nearby parts of the West Midlands.

The postcode area borders the following neighbouring postcode areas: DE - Derby, CV - Coventry, WR - Worcester, WS - Walsall and DY - Dudley and is located inland.

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

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

Quick facts

Width east to west24.99 mi
Height north to south41.32 mi
Area501.59 mi²
Maximum width41.97 mi
Perimeter165.71 mi
Postcode districts78
Postcode sectors263
Post towns15
Postcodes41,633
Population1,904,658

The B postcode area has a population of 1,904,658 and covers 1,299,128 hectares. Roughly 2.93% of the population of Great Britain lives here.

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?

Location map for the B postcode area
Location map of the postcode area.
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Word cloud of place names within the area.

How built up is the postcode area?

This compares building footprint coverage against the total land area across each postcode district. The least urban district is B95 and the most urban is B2.

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 90,259,127 6.95%
Map of the B postcode area
Boundary map showing B in relation to neighbouring areas.
Map of post towns in the B postal area
Post towns within the B postal area.

Area measurements

Hectares1,299,128
Square miles5,015.96
Square feet139,836,838,792.00
Square kilometres12,991.28

Postal delivery offices

  • 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

We found 22 visitor attractions within the Birmingham postcode area.

Weoley Castle
Historic Properties
Historic Monument / Archaeological Site
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Selly Manor Museum
Museums & Art Galleries
Museum and / or Art Gallery
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Cadbury World
Visitor Centres
Heritage / Visitor Centre
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Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses
Gardens
Garden
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Soho House Museum
Historic Properties
Historic House / House and Garden / Palace
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Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
Museums & Art Galleries
Museum and / or Art Gallery
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The Pen Museum
Museums & Art Galleries
Museum and / or Art Gallery
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Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Museums & Art Galleries
Museum and / or Art Gallery
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MAC Birmingham
Other
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Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Museums & Art Galleries
Museum and / or Art Gallery
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Birmingham Back to Backs
Historic Properties
Historic House / House and Garden / Palace
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Earlswood Village Museum
Museums & Art Galleries
Museum and / or Art Gallery
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Thinktank-Birmingham Science Museum
Museums & Art Galleries
Museum and / or Art Gallery
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Aston Hall
Historic Properties
Historic House / House and Garden / Palace
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Coughton Court
Historic Properties
Historic House / House and Garden / Palace
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Sarehole Mill
Museums & Art Galleries
Museum and / or Art Gallery
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Blakesley Hall
Historic Properties
Historic House / House and Garden / Palace
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Packwood House
Historic Properties
Historic House / House and Garden / Palace
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Drayton Manor Theme Park
Leisure / Theme Parks
Leisure / Theme Park
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Baddesley Clinton
Historic Properties
Historic House / House and Garden / Palace
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Kingsbury Water Park & Nature Reserve
Country Parks
Country Park
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Pooley Fields Heritage Centre
Country Parks
Country Park
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Nearby postcode areas

DE CV WR WS DY

Neighbouring context

The postcode area borders the following neighbouring postcode areas: DE - Derby, CV - Coventry, WR - Worcester, WS - Walsall and DY - Dudley and is located inland.

Towns and villages within the area

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