B47 5LT Bromsgrove
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Hollywood. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Corbett Road, Hollywood: 26 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Bromsgrove in 2026-27: Band D £2,479 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,652 | £1,928 | £2,203 | £2,479 | £3,029 | £3,580 | £4,131 | £4,957 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band D (53% of about 590 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): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 206 Alcester Road, Hollywood, not permissioned (890 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 7 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 26 homes the Environment Agency counts, 4 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 0 very low.
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 26 addresses are between 149 m and 152 m above sea level (150 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wythall 66,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km |
| Whitlocks End 224,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km | |
| Shirley 315,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m, 13 within 800 m; nearest May Lane Drakes Cross | 300 m |
| Bus or coach station | Solihull Station | 6.7 km |
| Car parks | Monster Airport Parking | 1.4 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest PoGo Charge | 1.4 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 11.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Hollywood Medical Centre | 380 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Hollywood Pharmacy | 190 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 1.5 km |
| Hospital | University Hospital Birmingham Pts | 3.9 km |
| Police station | West Mercia Police | 1.7 km |
| Cash machines | ATM | 820 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Beaudesert Nature Park 5,450 m² | 200 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 240 m² | 340 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Wythall Park 14 ha | 760 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2.2 ha | 870 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.5 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 26 | 26 |
None of the postcode's 26 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 58 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 41% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 66% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 46% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 52% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 7 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 Corbett Road.