B3 postcode district: Birmingham and around

B3 is a postcode district in England, with 189 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Birmingham. Its council is Birmingham.

Postcodes in use
189
Sectors
3
Council
Birmingham
Places
Birmingham

Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.

Every postcode in B3, by gigabit broadband

Map of every postcode in B3, by gigabit broadband Of the 189 postcodes in B3 that ONS places, 12 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 59 have some that can, 90 can all get it and 28 have no Ofcom figure. One group of postcodes without gigabit is outlined: 5 postcodes without gigabit. Places named: Soho & Jewellery Quarter, Ladywood. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A38A4540A4400 B3 1ES: no Ofcom figureB3 1FG: no Ofcom figureB3 1FT: no Ofcom figureB3 1GA: no Ofcom figureB3 1GH: no Ofcom figureB3 1JX: no Ofcom figureB3 1LJ: no Ofcom figureB3 2BY: no Ofcom figureB3 2QA: no Ofcom figureB3 3DA: no Ofcom figureB3 3DS: no Ofcom figureB3 3SD: no Ofcom figureB3 1AT: gigabit for allB3 1BA: gigabit for allB3 1BG: gigabit for allB3 1BJ: gigabit for allB3 1BP: gigabit for allB3 1BU: gigabit for allB3 1DA: gigabit for allB3 1DD: gigabit for allB3 1DE: gigabit for allB3 1DR: gigabit for allB3 1DW: gigabit for allB3 1DX: gigabit for allB3 1EB: gigabit for allB3 1EE: gigabit for allB3 1EH: gigabit for allB3 1ER: gigabit for allB3 1EW: gigabit for allB3 1FQ: gigabit for allB3 1JE: gigabit for allB3 1JL: gigabit for allB3 1JP: gigabit for allB3 1NQ: gigabit for allB3 1PB: gigabit for allB3 1PP: gigabit for allB3 1PX: gigabit for allB3 1PY: gigabit for allB3 1QG: gigabit for allB3 1QH: gigabit for allB3 1QU: gigabit for allB3 1QZ: gigabit for allB3 1RU: gigabit for allB3 1RY: gigabit for allB3 1RZ: gigabit for allB3 1SJ: gigabit for allB3 1SW: gigabit for allB3 1TH: gigabit for allB3 1TS: gigabit for allB3 1TT: gigabit for allB3 1TY: gigabit for allB3 1UG: gigabit for allB3 2AA: gigabit for allB3 2AP: gigabit for allB3 2BB: gigabit for allB3 2BH: gigabit for allB3 2BS: gigabit for allB3 2DE: gigabit for allB3 2DF: gigabit for allB3 2DH: gigabit for allB3 2EE: gigabit for allB3 2FE: gigabit for allB3 2HZ: gigabit for allB3 2LX: gigabit for allB3 2NP: gigabit for allB3 2NR: gigabit for allB3 2PA: gigabit for allB3 2PB: gigabit for allB3 2PP: gigabit for allB3 2PW: gigabit for allB3 2QB: gigabit for allB3 2RB: gigabit for allB3 3AL: gigabit for allB3 3AY: gigabit for allB3 3BS: gigabit for allB3 3DG: gigabit for allB3 3DQ: gigabit for allB3 3HN: gigabit for allB3 3HT: gigabit for allB3 3HX: gigabit for allB3 3LG: gigabit for allB3 3LP: gigabit for allB3 3NH: gigabit for allB3 3QR: gigabit for allB3 3RB: gigabit for allB3 3DH: gigabit for allB3 1AG: some gigabitB3 1AQ: some gigabitB3 1DG: some gigabitB3 1DS: some gigabitB3 1EP: some gigabitB3 1EU: some gigabitB3 1HA: some gigabitB3 1HL: some gigabitB3 1HN: some gigabitB3 1HP: some gigabitB3 1JB: some gigabitB3 1JH: some gigabitB3 1JJ: some gigabitB3 1LH: some gigabitB3 1PW: some gigabitB3 1QA: some gigabitB3 1QS: some gigabitB3 1RB: some gigabitB3 1RD: some gigabitB3 1RG: some gigabitB3 1RL: some gigabitB3 1RP: some gigabitB3 1RS: some gigabitB3 1SA: some gigabitB3 1SD: some gigabitB3 1SF: some gigabitB3 1SH: some gigabitB3 1TR: some gigabitB3 1TX: some gigabitB3 1UD: some gigabitB3 1UF: some gigabitB3 1UP: some gigabitB3 2BJ: some gigabitB3 2DJ: some gigabitB3 2DP: some gigabitB3 2DX: some gigabitB3 2ES: some gigabitB3 2HB: some gigabitB3 2HJ: some gigabitB3 2JQ: some gigabitB3 2NH: some gigabitB3 2NT: some gigabitB3 2QD: some gigabitB3 2RT: some gigabitB3 2TA: some gigabitB3 3AG: some gigabitB3 3AP: some gigabitB3 3AS: some gigabitB3 3AX: some gigabitB3 3BD: some gigabitB3 3BY: some gigabitB3 3JY: some gigabitB3 3NY: some gigabitB3 3PJ: some gigabitB3 3PU: some gigabitB3 3RJ: some gigabitB3 1UR: some gigabitB3 2JR: some gigabitB3 1FF: no gigabitB3 1PT: no gigabitB3 1PU: no gigabitB3 1QX: no gigabitB3 1RJ: no gigabitB3 1RR: no gigabitB3 1RW: no gigabitB3 1TE: no gigabitB3 2NU: no gigabitB3 3BZ: no gigabitB3 1UQ: no gigabitB3 3BX: no gigabit Soho & Jewellery QuarterLadywood 5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to B3 1RW, the one nearest the middle of them5 postcodes without gigabit Map of every postcode in B3, by gigabit broadband Of the 189 postcodes in B3 that ONS places, 12 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 59 have some that can, 90 can all get it and 28 have no Ofcom figure. One group of postcodes without gigabit is outlined: 5 postcodes without gigabit. Places named: Soho & Jewellery Quarter, Ladywood. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A4540A4400 Soho & Jewellery QuarterLadywood
  • No home or business can get gigabit: 12
  • Some can get gigabit: 59
  • Every home and business can get gigabit: 90
  • Ofcom gives no figure: 28
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together

Of the 189 postcodes in B3 that ONS places, 12 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 59 have some that can, 90 can all get it and 28 have no Ofcom figure.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.4837, longitude -1.9038. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre.

Postcodes without gigabit

B3 1FFB3 1PTB3 1PUB3 1QXB3 1RJB3 1RRB3 1RWB3 1TEB3 1UQB3 2NUB3 3BXB3 3BZ

Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together

  • 5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. B3 1RW, is the one nearest the middle of them.

What broadband can you get in B3?

Ofcom reports on 161 of the 189 postcodes in B3. At 90 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit90 of 161
Postcodes where every home can get superfast109 of 161

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is B3 at risk of flooding?

None of the 189 postcodes in B3 is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

What do homes sell for in B3?

Homes in B3 sold for a typical £192,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 40 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £230,000 from 85 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£192,500 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£230,000 12 months to September 2025
  • Flat or maisonette £192,500 40 sales

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

Postcodes in B3

Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.

B3 1101 postcodesB3 246 postcodesB3 342 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in B3

Towns and villages with postcodes in B3, and how many each has here.

Birmingham postcodes,189

Who covers B3

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.

Councils

What council am I in?

Constituencies

  • Birmingham Ladywood189

Police force areas

  • West Midlands189

Next to B3

B2 postcode district B4 postcode district All B districts Birmingham postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after B3 in the B area.

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Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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