Latitude: 52.479 / 52°28'44"N
Longitude: -2.0404 / 2°2'25"W
OS Eastings: 397350
OS Northings: 286791
OS Grid: SO973867
Mapcode National: GBR 509.UX
Mapcode Global: VH9YT.LY4G
Plus Code: 9C4VFXH5+JR
Maidenhead Locator System: IO82xl54
What Three Birds: crake.peregrine.dunnock
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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B65 9BL is a primarily residential postcode in Sandwell. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax band is A.
Residential buildings are typically terraced (including end-terrace), detached and semi-detached. Domestic properties are mostly houses and bungalows.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £50,676 to £343,709 with an average of £149,847.
Residential buildings were typically constructed between 1983 and 1990, between 1930 and 1949 and between 1900 and 1929.
None of the residential properties sold since 1995 have been new builds or newly converted.
Domestic properties are predominantly owner occupied.
The most common Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings are D and E.
Commercial rateable values range from £3,450 to £21,250 with an average of £12,350. The most common recorded business types are Garage, Workshop and Shop.
Blackheath is a town, which had a population of 6,518 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 23 people resident in B65 9BL, of which 12 were male and 11 were female. This also includes overnight visitors at domestic properties, and residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence.
B65 9BL is in the Dudley travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Sandwell Primary Care Trust.
B65 9BL is approximately 181m (594ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in B65 9BL
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing B65 9BL
8d2: Hard-Pressed Living - Migration and Churn - Hard-Pressed Ethnic Mix
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for B65 9BL
England A1: within a very large conurbation, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
10/10 (Very high)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
8/10 (High)
Area Retail Diversity Index
9/10 (Very high)
Supermarkets near B65 9BL include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Farmfoods, Iceland, Lidl, Morrisons, Nisa, Sainsbury's and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of B65 9BL are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Metropolitan District
Sandwell Borough Council
Ward
Blackheath
Councillors
Kerrie Carmichael (Labour)
Danny Millard (Labour)
Jag Singh (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Halesowen and Rowley Regis
MP
James Morris (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for B65 9BL.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near B65 9BL.
Blackheath Primary School
Britannia Road, Rowley Regis, West Midlands, B65 9NF
Community School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Highfields Primary School
Beeches Road, Rowley Regis, West Midlands, B65 0DA
Community School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Rowley Hall Primary School
Windsor Road, Rowley Regis, West Midlands, B65 9HU
Foundation School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Brickhouse Primary School
Dudhill Road, Rowley Regis, West Midlands, B65 8HS
Foundation School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Causeway Green Primary School
Penncricket Lane, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 8LX
Community School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
St Michael's CE High School
Curral Road, Rowley Regis, West Midlands, B65 9AN
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 11 - 16
Good
Ormiston Forge Academy
Wrights Lane, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, B64 6QU
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Oldbury Academy
Pound Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 8NE
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
Leasowes High School
Kent Road, Halesowen, West Midlands, B62 8PJ
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 16
Good
Perryfields High School Specialist Maths and Computing College
Oldacre Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 0RG
Community School
Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
The Earls High School
Furnace Lane, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 3SL
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 16
Outstanding
Windsor High School and Sixth Form
Richmond Street, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 4BB
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Bristnall Hall Academy
Bristnall Hall Lane, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 9PA
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy
Lower City Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 2HE
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 11 - 19
Good
The Hillcrest School and Community College
Simms Lane, Netherton, Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 0PB
Community School
Ages 11 - 16
Inadequate
The overall school grade in this area is high.