B3 2DP Birmingham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Ladywood. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
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 C (47% of about 1,290 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 6.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- 12, NEW MARKET STREET B3 (See details for further address information), grade II*
- 41 and 43 Church Street B3, grade II*
- 57 AND 59, CHURCH STREET, grade II*
- 158, EDMUND STREET B3, grade II
- 37 and 39 Church Street B3, grade II
- OLD ROYAL PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Cornwall House, 31 and 33 Lionel Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B3 1AP: up to 102 homes, permissioned (80 m)
- Land at Lionel Street, Livery Street: up to 721 homes, permissioned (80 m)
- 65 Church Street, City Centre, Birmingham, B3 2DP: up to 2 homes, permissioned (90 m)
- 65 Church Street, Birmingham, B3 2DP: up to 13 homes, permissioned (90 m)
- Land bounded by Great Charles Street, Ludgate Hill and Livery Street, Soho & Jewellery Quarter: up to 59 homes, not permissioned (120 m)
- 18 AND 19 LIONEL STREET: up to 20 homes, permissioned (130 m)
- Stirling House, 43A Water Street, Birmingham: up to 2 homes, permissioned (150 m)
- Richmond House, 84 Newhall Street, Birmingham, B3 1PB: up to 83 homes, permissioned (170 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 3 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
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 70 addresses are between 126 m and 133 m above sea level (126 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 83%, ultrafast 83%, gigabit 83% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Birmingham Snow Hill 3.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 160 m |
| Birmingham New Street 37 million journeys in 2024–25 | 610 m | |
| Birmingham Moor Street 7.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 770 m | |
| Underground, metro or tram | St Chad's (West Midlands Metro) | 170 m |
| Bull Street (West Midlands Metro) | 380 m | |
| Town Hall (West Midlands Metro) | 450 m | |
| Bus stops | 35 stops within 400 m, 126 within 800 m; nearest Railway Bridge Birmingham | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Birmingham Coach Station Digbeth | 1.2 km |
| Car parks | 24 within 800 m; nearest Great Charles Street Car Park | 120 m |
| EV charging points | 8 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 60 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 10.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Halcyon Medical | 490 m |
| Pharmacies | 8 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boots | 570 m |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 450 m |
| Hospital | Birmingham Children's Hospital | 550 m |
| Police station | West Midlands Police | 260 m |
| Cash machines | 10 machines within 800 m; nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 290 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest City Centre Gardens 4,430 m² | 570 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 810 m² | 940 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Tower Street Recreation Ground 5,060 m² | 760 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,000 m² | 2.0 km |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is 57 and 59, Church Street, a listed building (Grade II*), 10 m. 330 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 8 of them Grade I and 30 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| 57 and 59, Church Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 10 m |
| 41 and 43 Church Street B3 | Listed building, Grade II* | 70 m south-east |
| 12, NEW MARKET STREET B3 (See details for further address information) | Listed building, Grade II* | 90 m south-west |
| 17 and 19, Newhall Street and 103, Edmund Street | Listed building, Grade I | 180 m south |
| The de Birmingham moated site, the seat of the medieval Lords of Birmingham | Scheduled monument | 1.0 km south-east |
| Warstone Lane Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.1 km north-west |
| Key Hill Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.2 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Soho Loop | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km west |
| Icknield Port Loop | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km west |
| Edgbaston Pool | Lake or reservoir | 3.4 km south-west |
| Moor Pool | Lake or reservoir | 4.3 km south-west |
| Brookvale Park | Lake or reservoir | 4.7 km north-east |
| Halfmoon Plantation | Wood | 4.7 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 21.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 61 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 3 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 70 |
70 of the postcode's 70 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 28 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | under 1% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | under 1% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 17% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 6% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 81% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 72% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 15% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 1% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 61% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 7% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 7% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 10% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 20% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 75% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 63% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 4% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 72% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 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.