B74 postcode district: Royal Sutton Coldfield and around
B74 is a postcode district in England, with 759 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Royal Sutton Coldfield and Streetly. It is split between 3 councils: Birmingham (391 postcodes), Walsall (290) and Lichfield (78). 78 of its 759 postcodes are in Staffordshire. ONS lists no county for the other 681.
- Postcodes in use
- 759
- Sectors
- 3
- Councils
- 3 councils
- Places
- 2 places
Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
Every postcode in B74, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 68
- Some can get gigabit: 152
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 531
- Ofcom gives no figure: 8
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 759 postcodes in B74 that ONS places, 68 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 152 have some that can, 531 can all get it and 8 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 170 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.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.5843, longitude -1.8623. 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
68 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
- 10 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. B74 3AE, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 6 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. B74 2ST, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 6 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. B74 2TW, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. B74 4RY, is the one nearest the middle of them.
What broadband can you get in B74?
Ofcom reports on 751 of the 759 postcodes in B74. At 531 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Is B74 at risk of flooding?
None of the 759 postcodes in B74 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 B74?
Homes in B74 sold for a typical £391,308 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 386 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £385,000 from 518 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £620,000 151 sales
- Semi-detached £362,000 122 sales
- Terraced £321,250 28 sales
- Flat or maisonette £186,000 85 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
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 September 2026.
Postcodes in B74
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in B74
Towns and villages with postcodes in B74, and how many each has here.
Who covers B74
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Birmingham391
- Walsall290
- Lichfield78
Constituencies
- Sutton Coldfield391
- Aldridge-Brownhills290
- Tamworth78
Police force areas
- West Midlands681
- Staffordshire78
Next to B74
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after B74 in the B area.
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Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- Environment Agency flood risk
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
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.
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.
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