Latitude: 52.5812 / 52°34'52"N
Longitude: -2.185 / 2°11'6"W
OS Eastings: 387561
OS Northings: 298165
OS Grid: SO875981
Mapcode National: GBR 19K.0DZ
Mapcode Global: WHBFY.DDR2
Plus Code: 9C4VHRJ7+FX
Maidenhead Locator System: IO82vn79
What Three Birds: tropicbird.crossbill.bee-eater
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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WV3 8HU is a large user postcode in Castlecroft, Wolverhampton. It was first introduced in January 1980.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Smestow School Sports College, Windmill Crescent, Wolverhampton WV3 8HU.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
The average commercial rateable value is £208,000. The most common recorded business type is School.
Wolverhampton is a city, which had a population of 210,319 in the 2011 census.
WV3 8HU is in the Wolverhampton and Walsall travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust.
WV3 8HU is approximately 111m (364ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing WV3 8HU
5b3: Urbanites - Ageing Urban Living - Self-Sufficient Retirement
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for WV3 8HU
England A1: within a very large conurbation, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
2/10 (Very low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
1/10 (Very low)
Area Retail Diversity Index
8/10 (High)
Supermarkets near WV3 8HU include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Iceland, Lidl, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of WV3 8HU 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
Wolverhampton City Council
Ward
Tettenhall Wightwick
Councillors
Wendy Thompson (Conservative)
Jonathan Crofts (Conservative)
Ellis Turrell (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Wolverhampton South West
MP
Stuart Anderson (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for WV3 8HU.
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 WV3 8HU.
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