Dickens Heath

Dickens Heath is covered by postcode district B90. It is in the Solihull council area, England.

Typical price £220,000 Homes sold in Dickens Heath, last 12 months. ▼ 31.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 70 of 97 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Dickens Heath, by gigabit broadband

Map of every postcode in Dickens Heath, by gigabit broadband Of the 98 postcodes in Dickens Heath that ONS places, 10 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 17 have some that can, 70 can all get it and 1 have no Ofcom figure. One group of postcodes without gigabit is outlined: 5 postcodes without gigabit. Places named: Dickens Heath. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. B90 1GU: no Ofcom figureB90 1FF: gigabit for allB90 1FH: gigabit for allB90 1FJ: gigabit for allB90 1FL: gigabit for allB90 1FN: gigabit for allB90 1FQ: gigabit for allB90 1FR: gigabit for allB90 1FS: gigabit for allB90 1FT: gigabit for allB90 1FW: gigabit for allB90 1FX: gigabit for allB90 1FY: gigabit for allB90 1FZ: gigabit for allB90 1GA: gigabit for allB90 1GB: gigabit for allB90 1GD: gigabit for allB90 1GE: gigabit for allB90 1GF: gigabit for allB90 1GG: gigabit for allB90 1GH: gigabit for allB90 1GJ: gigabit for allB90 1GT: gigabit for allB90 1NA: gigabit for allB90 1NY: gigabit for allB90 1NZ: gigabit for allB90 1QD: gigabit for allB90 1RB: gigabit for allB90 1RG: gigabit for allB90 1RL: gigabit for allB90 1RN: gigabit for allB90 1RP: gigabit for allB90 1RQ: gigabit for allB90 1RR: gigabit for allB90 1RT: gigabit for allB90 1RW: gigabit for allB90 1RX: gigabit for allB90 1RY: gigabit for allB90 1RZ: gigabit for allB90 1SA: gigabit for allB90 1SB: gigabit for allB90 1SE: gigabit for allB90 1SF: gigabit for allB90 1SG: gigabit for allB90 1SH: gigabit for allB90 1SJ: gigabit for allB90 1SL: gigabit for allB90 1SN: gigabit for allB90 1SP: gigabit for allB90 1ST: gigabit for allB90 1SU: gigabit for allB90 1SW: gigabit for allB90 1SX: gigabit for allB90 1SY: gigabit for allB90 1SZ: gigabit for allB90 1TA: gigabit for allB90 1TD: gigabit for allB90 1TE: gigabit for allB90 1TG: gigabit for allB90 1TN: gigabit for allB90 1TS: gigabit for allB90 1TT: gigabit for allB90 1TU: gigabit for allB90 1TW: gigabit for allB90 1TX: gigabit for allB90 1TY: gigabit for allB90 1UA: gigabit for allB90 1UB: gigabit for allB90 1UD: gigabit for allB90 1UE: gigabit for allB90 1UG: gigabit for allB90 1PB: some gigabitB90 1PF: some gigabitB90 1PU: some gigabitB90 1QJ: some gigabitB90 1RA: some gigabitB90 1RS: some gigabitB90 1SD: some gigabitB90 1SQ: some gigabitB90 1SR: some gigabitB90 1SS: some gigabitB90 1TB: some gigabitB90 1TF: some gigabitB90 1TH: some gigabitB90 1TJ: some gigabitB90 1TP: some gigabitB90 1TQ: some gigabitB90 1UF: some gigabitB90 1FU: no gigabitB90 1GL: no gigabitB90 1GN: no gigabitB90 1QG: no gigabitB90 1QH: no gigabitB90 1QL: no gigabitB90 1QN: no gigabitB90 1QQ: no gigabitB90 1TR: no gigabitB90 1TZ: no gigabit Dickens Heath 5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to B90 1QH, the one nearest the middle of them5 postcodes without gigabit Map of every postcode in Dickens Heath, by gigabit broadband Of the 98 postcodes in Dickens Heath that ONS places, 10 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 17 have some that can, 70 can all get it and 1 have no Ofcom figure. One group of postcodes without gigabit is outlined: 5 postcodes without gigabit. Places named: Dickens Heath. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Dickens Heath
  • No home or business can get gigabit: 10
  • Some can get gigabit: 17
  • Every home and business can get gigabit: 70
  • Ofcom gives no figure: 1
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together

Of the 98 postcodes in Dickens Heath that ONS places, 10 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 17 have some that can, 70 can all get it and 1 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.3851, longitude -1.8372. 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

B90 1FUB90 1GLB90 1GNB90 1QGB90 1QHB90 1QLB90 1QNB90 1QQB90 1TRB90 1TZ

Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together

  • 5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. B90 1QH, is the one nearest the middle of them.

What is it like to live in Dickens Heath?

Homes sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, down 31.7% on the 12 months before. At 70 of the 97 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 98 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Gps Healthcare, 1.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Whitlocks End, 1.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in Dickens Heath?

Homes in Dickens Heath sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 89 sales, down 31.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£220,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£322,000 12 months to September 2025
▼ down 31.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £675,000 19 sales
  • Semi-detached £343,475 14 sales
  • Terraced £333,250 8 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £170,000 48 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole B90 district, Dickens Heath's main postcode district: a typical £340,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Dickens Heath: 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.

Are new homes being built in Dickens Heath?

2 of the 98 postcodes now in use in Dickens Heath came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 95 homes sold in Dickens Heath were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the B90 district, 9%.

The newest postcodes

B90 1GUsince November 2025B90 1GTsince October 2022

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Dickens HeathAcross the B90 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 89 (0%) 6 of 641 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to September 2025 0 of 95 (0%) 83 of 909 (9%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in Dickens Heath?

Ofcom reports on 97 of the 98 postcodes in Dickens Heath. At 70 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit70 of 97
Postcodes where every home can get superfast89 of 97

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 Dickens Heath at risk of flooding?

None of the 98 postcodes in Dickens Heath 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.

Which schools are in Dickens Heath?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Dickens Heath. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from Dickens Heath?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Dickens Heath is Whitlocks End Rail Station, 1.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Whitlocks End Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmCycle
  • Wythall Rail Station Railway station 2.0 kmCycle
  • Shirley Rail Station Railway station 2.1 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in Dickens Heath?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Dickens Heath. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is Dickens Heath safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 634 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Dickens Heath over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 56 September 2025
  2. 57 October 2025
  3. 58 November 2025
  4. 44 December 2025
  5. 41 January 2026
  6. 43 February 2026
  7. 45 March 2026
  8. 52 April 2026
  9. 47 May 2026
  10. 67 June 2026
  11. 65 July 2026
  12. 59 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences266 reports
Vehicle crime94 reports
Criminal damage and arson59 reports
Public order54 reports
Other theft39 reports
Burglary36 reports
Anti-social behaviour28 reports
Other crime16 reports

Also: drugs 11, shoplifting 10, possession of weapons 10, robbery 6, bicycle theft 4, theft from the person 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: police.uk, data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs Dickens Heath?

Council
Solihull
Parliamentary constituency
Solihull West and Shirley
Police force area
West Midlands
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
MP
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Conservative)

All 98 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

Moving to Dickens Heath

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Dickens Heath postcodes

98 postcodes in use in Dickens Heath, by district:

B90 postcode district,98 postcodes

That district is in the B postcode area.

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Places near Dickens Heath

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Dickens Heath's £220,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Cheswick Green1.6 km, £318,000Wythall2.7 km, £380,000Hollywood2.9 km, £372,500Solihull4.3 km, £340,000Hockley Heath5.4 km, £440,000Knowle and Dorridge6.0 km, £565,000Alvechurch9.4 km, £313,750Birmingham9.9 km, £231,500 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Dickens Heath

What is the postcode for Dickens Heath?
Postcode district B90, with 98 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Dickens Heath in?
Solihull. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Dickens Heath?
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Conservative), for Solihull West and Shirley. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Dickens Heath?
A typical £220,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 89 sales, down 31.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Dickens Heath?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Dickens Heath Community Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Light Hall School, 1.6 km away. Source: Department for Education.
Does Dickens Heath have a railway station?
Yes: Whitlocks End station, 1.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Dickens Heath?
Ofcom reports on 97 of the 98 postcodes in Dickens Heath. At 70 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is Dickens Heath at risk of flooding?
None of the 98 postcodes in Dickens Heath 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. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Dickens Heath?
2 of the 98 postcodes now in use in Dickens Heath came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 95 homes sold in Dickens Heath were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the B90 district, 9%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

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. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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