B71 4AP postcode in West Bromwich, Sandwell

B71 4AP is a postcode in West Bromwich, in the West Bromwich Central ward of Sandwell. It is in the West Bromwich parliamentary constituency and the West Midlands police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses can get it. Sandwell: 96% Typical price £225,000 Homes sold in B71 4, last 12 months. ▼ 0.2% on the year before Nearest station Sandwell & Dudley 2.4 km in a straight line

Where B71 4AP is, and what is near it

Map of B71 4AP and what is near it Map of B71 4AP: its centre point, with the 110 other postcodes in the B71 4 sector, 4 schools, 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 Underground, metro or tram station, 3 GP practices and 7 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. B71 4AA: also in B71 4B71 4AB: also in B71 4B71 4AD: also in B71 4B71 4AG: also in B71 4B71 4AH: also in B71 4B71 4AJ: also in B71 4B71 4AL: also in B71 4B71 4AN: also in B71 4B71 4AQ: also in B71 4B71 4AR: also in B71 4B71 4AS: also in B71 4B71 4AT: also in B71 4B71 4AW: also in B71 4B71 4BA: also in B71 4B71 4BB: also in B71 4B71 4BD: also in B71 4B71 4BE: also in B71 4B71 4BG: also in B71 4B71 4BH: also in B71 4B71 4BP: also in B71 4B71 4BS: also in B71 4B71 4BT: also in B71 4B71 4BU: also in B71 4B71 4BX: also in B71 4B71 4DA: also in B71 4B71 4DB: also in B71 4B71 4DD: also in B71 4B71 4DE: also in B71 4B71 4DF: also in B71 4B71 4DG: also in B71 4B71 4DH: also in B71 4B71 4DJ: also in B71 4B71 4DL: also in B71 4B71 4DN: also in B71 4B71 4DP: also in B71 4B71 4DQ: also in B71 4B71 4DR: also in B71 4B71 4DS: also in B71 4B71 4DT: also in B71 4B71 4DU: also in B71 4B71 4DW: also in B71 4B71 4DX: also in B71 4B71 4DY: also in B71 4B71 4EB: also in B71 4B71 4ED: also in B71 4B71 4EE: also in B71 4B71 4EF: also in B71 4B71 4EG: also in B71 4B71 4EH: also in B71 4B71 4EJ: also in B71 4B71 4EL: also in B71 4B71 4EN: also in B71 4B71 4EP: also in B71 4B71 4ER: also in B71 4B71 4ES: also in B71 4B71 4ET: also in B71 4B71 4EU: also in B71 4B71 4EW: also in B71 4B71 4EX: also in B71 4B71 4EY: also in B71 4B71 4EZ: also in B71 4B71 4FE: also in B71 4B71 4FF: also in B71 4B71 4GX: also in B71 4B71 4GY: also in B71 4B71 4GZ: also in B71 4B71 4HA: also in B71 4B71 4HB: also in B71 4B71 4HD: also in B71 4B71 4HE: also in B71 4B71 4HF: also in B71 4B71 4HG: also in B71 4B71 4HH: also in B71 4B71 4HJ: also in B71 4B71 4HN: also in B71 4B71 4HP: also in B71 4B71 4HQ: also in B71 4B71 4HR: also in B71 4B71 4HS: also in B71 4B71 4HT: also in B71 4B71 4HU: also in B71 4B71 4HW: also in B71 4B71 4HY: also in B71 4B71 4HZ: also in B71 4B71 4JA: also in B71 4B71 4JB: also in B71 4B71 4JD: also in B71 4B71 4JJ: also in B71 4B71 4NH: also in B71 4 Sandwell & Dudley station 2.4 kmWest Bromwich B71 4AP Map of B71 4AP and what is near it Map of B71 4AP: its centre point, with the 110 other postcodes in the B71 4 sector, 4 schools, 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 Underground, metro or tram station, 3 GP practices and 7 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Station 2.5 kmWest Bromwich B71 4AP
  • B71 4AP
  • Other postcodes in B71 4: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 1 Underground, metro or tram station
  • 3 GP practices
  • 7 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 52.5236, longitude -1.9859)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after B71 4AP?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at B71 4AP?

Every home and business at B71 4AP can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% can get it

Sandwell: 96%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

Sandwell: Over 99%

The line marks the figure across Sandwell.

Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at B71 4AP?

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council's collection system is not answering BinDayBuddy just now. BinDayBuddy links to the council's own checker meanwhile.

Check the bin days for B71 4AP on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is B71 4AP at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include B71 4AP.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Sandwell

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for B71 4AP: 3,659 properties in Sandwell are at high risk (2.4% of all its properties). All the figures for Sandwell

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of B71 4AP is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near B71 4AP?

Homes in B71 4 sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 23 sales, down 0.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£225,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£225,500
12 months to August 2026
£225,000

▼ down 0.2% on the 12 months before

Detached 1 sale, too few to price
Semi-detached£249,000 10 sales
Terraced£202,500 9 sales
Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole B71 district: a typical £230,000 from 189 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in B71 4AP

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in B71 4AP from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 4 March 2025. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near B71 4AP?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 840 homes in the neighbourhood around B71 4AP. Over half of them (57%) are in council tax band A. More were built from 1965 to 1982 than in any other period (39%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around B71 4AP

Band D in Sandwell for 2026‑27: £2,244. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,496 (band A) to £2,743 (band E); band A, the most common, is £1,496.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 480 (57%)£1,496
Band Babout 260 (31%)£1,746
Band Cabout 40 (5%)£1,995
Band Dabout 30 (4%)£2,244
Band Eabout 30 (4%)£2,743
Band Fwithheld£3,242
Band Gwithheld£3,741
Band Hwithheld£4,489

When the homes were built

  1. 11% Before 1900
  2. 4% 1900 to 1918
  3. 29% 1919 to 1939
  4. 6% 1945 to 1964
  5. 39% 1965 to 1982
  6. 5% 1983 to 1999
  7. 6% 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

2010 to 2019, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Sandwell before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of B71 4AP is in (ONS area E01010104), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near B71 4AP?

The nearest open schools to B71 4AP, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near B71 4AP, and how we find them

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

Where is the nearest station to B71 4AP?

The nearest railway station to the centre of B71 4AP is Sandwell & Dudley Rail Station, 2.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Sandwell & Dudley Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
  • Smethwick Galton Bridge Rail Station Railway station 2.5 kmCycle
  • West Bromwich Central (West Midlands Metro) Underground, metro or tram 1.0 kmWalk

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

7 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Slaithwaite Road, 78 m away.

More stations near B71 4AP, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near B71 4AP?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of B71 4AP, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near B71 4AP?

0 within 1 km 10 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of B71 4AP, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Shell Recharge Charging point · 4 chargers 1.4 kmCycle
  • Shell Recharge CHAdeMO (70kW) Charging point · 2 chargers 1.4 kmCycle
  • Shell Recharge CCS (150kW) Charging point · 2 chargers 1.5 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near B71 4AP?

The nearest to the centre of B71 4AP, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to B71 4AP?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near B71 4AP?

The nearest care homes to the centre of B71 4AP, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near B71 4AP?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of B71 4AP, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near B71 4AP?

The nearest vets to the centre of B71 4AP on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is B71 4AP in a conservation area?

The centre of B71 4AP is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near B71 4AP?

Police.uk records 361 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of B71 4AP in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences159 reports
Other theft38 reports
Criminal damage and arson36 reports
Vehicle crime30 reports
Shoplifting30 reports
Public order22 reports

Also: anti-social behaviour 9, robbery 8, drugs 7, burglary 6, possession of weapons 6, other crime 5, theft from the person 3, bicycle theft 2.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for B71 4AP

Ward
West Bromwich Central
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Built-up area
West Bromwich
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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