# B68 8BA

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 52.477037, -2.014732
- **Open Location Code:** 9C4VFXGP+R4
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO82xl
- **Qibla:** 117.8°
- **Grid reference:** SO 99096 86566
- **UTM:** 30U 566917 5814554
- **Elevation:** 177m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** West Midlands (E12000005)
- **Admin district:** Sandwell (E08000028)
- **Ward:** Langley (E05001270)
- **Constituency:** Smethwick (E14001478)
- **Parish code:** E43000182
- **Travel to work area:** E30000202
- **Police force area:** E23000014
- **Built-up area:** E63010000
- **European electoral region:** West Midlands (E15000005)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01010001
- **2021 MSOA:** Brandhall (E02002079)
- **2021 output area:** E00050580
- **2011 LSOA:** E01010001
- **2011 MSOA:** E02002079
- **2011 output area:** E00050580
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33020961
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Hard-Pressed Living (8D2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 4433
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **NHS region:** E40000011
- **ICB location:** E38000259
- **Integrated Care Board:** E54000062
- **Cancer Alliance:** E56000007

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Rowley Regis | 1094 |
| Hospital | Rowley Regis Hospital | 2562 |
| GP | Causeway Green Surgery | 839 |
| School | Oldbury Academy | 568 |
| Airport | Birmingham Airport | 18250 |
| Bus stop | Brook Road | 88 |
| Food bank | Salvation Army | 774 |
| Defibrillator | Sytner Oldbury | 627 |
| Pharmacy | Oldbury Late Night Pharmacy | 732 |
| Post office | Bristnall Fields Post Office | 752 |
| Library | Bleakhouse Library | 1093 |
| Coast | — | 81580 |
| Central London | — | 168273 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** National Grid Electricity Distribution (region E, MPAN 14)
- **Water:** South Staffordshire Water
- **Sewerage:** Severn Trent Water
- **Broadband:** 100% gigabit, 100% superfast, 100% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [B68 8AP](https://openpostcodes.uk/B68%208AP)
- [B68 8AZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/B68%208AZ)
- [B68 8BB](https://openpostcodes.uk/B68%208BB)
- [B68 8AY](https://openpostcodes.uk/B68%208AY)
- [B68 8AL](https://openpostcodes.uk/B68%208AL)

## Boundary

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## Data

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