B18 4EE Birmingham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: North Edgbaston. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Heath Street, Birmingham: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Birmingham in 2026-27: Band D £2,363 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,575 | £1,838 | £2,100 | £2,363 | £2,888 | £3,413 | £3,938 | £4,726 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (73% of about 560 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): CITY WIDE HMO.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- OPPOSITE 133 HEATH STREET: up to 1 home, permissioned (90 m)
- 5 Canning Gardens: up to 1 home, permissioned (100 m)
- 257-259 Dudley Road, Winson Green, Birmingham: up to 13 homes, permissioned (240 m)
- ADJACENT 141 WINSON GREEN ROAD: up to 5 homes, permissioned (250 m)
- 276 Dudley Road, Winson Green, Birmingham, B18 4HL: up to 1 home, permissioned (310 m)
- BELLFIELD INN 36 WINSON STREET: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (350 m)
- Moilliett Street Park: up to 93 homes, not permissioned (370 m)
- 151 Dudley Road, Winson Green, Birmingham, B18 7QY: up to 1 home, permissioned (380 m)
Flood risk
No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's address is about 148 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 0%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Jewellery Quarter 446,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km |
| Smethwick Rolfe Street 404,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km | |
| The Hawthorns 334,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Soho Benson Road (West Midlands Metro) | 1.1 km |
| Winson Green Outer Circle (West Midlands Metro) | 1.2 km | |
| Jewellery Quarter (West Midlands Metro) | 1.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 21 stops within 400 m, 48 within 800 m; nearest Heath Street Winson Green | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Birmingham Coach Station Digbeth | 3.7 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Q-Park Birmingham City Hospital | 700 m |
| EV charging points | 15 within 1.6 km; nearest City - Sheldon Block GeniePoint | 490 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 13.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 12 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Cavendish Medical Practice | 110 m |
| Pharmacies | 13 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Summerfield Pharmacy | 110 m |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km; nearest City Dental Practice | 430 m |
| Hospital | Birmingham City Hospital | 410 m |
| Police station | Summerfield Police Station | 310 m |
| Cash machines | 4 machines within 800 m; nearest Payzone | 280 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 6 within 800 m; nearest Summerfield Park 15 ha | 220 m |
| Play area | 7 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 370 m² | 270 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4.1 ha | 450 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 400 m² | 570 m |
Within 800 m: 6 parks and gardens, 23 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Summerfield Community Centre and Job Preparation Unit, a listed building (Grade II*), 140 m south. 19 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Summerfield Community Centre and Job Preparation Unit | Listed building, Grade II* | 140 m south |
| Bishop Latimer Memorial Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km north |
| Remains of the Boulton and Watt Soho foundry and mint, Birmingham Canal, Smethwick | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km north-west |
| Warstone Lane Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.6 km east |
| Key Hill Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.7 km east |
| Smethwick Engine House | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Soho Loop | Lake or reservoir | 850 m east |
| Icknield Port Loop | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km south-east |
| Thimblemill Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.8 km west |
| Smethwick Hall Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km west |
| Moor Pool | Lake or reservoir | 3.0 km south |
| Warley Woods | Wood | 3.6 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 16.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 0 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 0 |
1 of the postcode's 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 1 at 55 dB or more from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 27 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 27% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 5% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 42% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 18% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 30% | 17% |
| Private rented | 28% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 42% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 12% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 5% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 14% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 24% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 16% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 78% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 18% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 38% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 73% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 9% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 1 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Heath Street.