# B68 8BL

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 52.476838, -2.018295
- **Open Location Code:** 9C4VFXGJ+PM
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO82xl
- **Qibla:** 117.8°
- **Grid reference:** SO 98854 86544
- **UTM:** 30U 566675 5814528
- **Elevation:** 180m
- **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:** E00050590
- **2011 LSOA:** E01010001
- **2011 MSOA:** E02002079
- **2011 output area:** E00050590
- **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 | 854 |
| Hospital | Rowley Regis Hospital | 2328 |
| GP | Causeway Green Surgery | 895 |
| School | Causeway Green Primary School | 615 |
| Airport | Birmingham Airport | 18486 |
| Bus stop | Ferndale Road | 41 |
| Food bank | Salvation Army | 994 |
| Defibrillator | Blackheath Products Ltd | 474 |
| Pharmacy | Oldbury Late Night Pharmacy | 766 |
| Post office | Causeway Green Post Office | 779 |
| Library | Brandhall Library | 1259 |
| Coast | — | 81481 |
| Central London | — | 168446 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** National Grid Electricity Distribution (region E, MPAN 14)
- **Water:** South Staffordshire Water
- **Sewerage:** Severn Trent Water
- **Broadband:** 98.3% gigabit, 98.3% superfast, 98.3% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [B68 8BH](https://openpostcodes.uk/B68%208BH)
- [B68 8BE](https://openpostcodes.uk/B68%208BE)
- [B68 8AX](https://openpostcodes.uk/B68%208AX)
- [B65 0QZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/B65%200QZ)
- [B62 9QP](https://openpostcodes.uk/B62%209QP)
- [B65 0RA](https://openpostcodes.uk/B65%200RA)
- [B62 9PZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/B62%209PZ)
- [B62 9JW](https://openpostcodes.uk/B62%209JW)

## Boundary

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