WS8 postcode district: Brownhills and around

WS8 is a postcode district in England, with 323 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Brownhills and Norton Canes. It is split between 3 councils: Walsall (315 postcodes), Lichfield (7) and Cannock Chase (1). 8 of its 323 postcodes are in Staffordshire. ONS lists no county for the other 315.

Postcodes in use: 323
Sectors: 2
Councils: 3 councils
Places: 2 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in WS8, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 7
In use before 2020: 316

Of the 323 postcodes in WS8 that ONS places, 7 are new since 2020 and 316 were in use before 2020.

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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 52.6474, longitude -1.9331. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: 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. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

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What broadband can you get in WS8?

Ofcom reports on 319 of the 323 postcodes in WS8. At 276 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit276 of 319

Postcodes where every home can get superfast304 of 319

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, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is WS8 at risk of flooding?

None of the 323 postcodes in WS8 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, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in WS8?

Homes in WS8 sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 165 sales, up 0.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£220,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£218,500 12 months to August 2025

▲ up 0.7% on the 12 months before

Detached £287,500 37 sales
Semi-detached £220,000 93 sales
Terraced £198,750 22 sales
Flat or maisonette £129,000 13 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. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it