DY2 7ES Dudley
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: St. Thomas's. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Dudley in 2026-27: Band D £2,145 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,430 | £1,668 | £1,907 | £2,145 | £2,621 | £3,098 | £3,575 | £4,290 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (40% of about 720 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
- THE ALAN NUTTALL PARTNERSHIP, HALL STREET, DUDLEY, WEST MIDLANDS, DY2 7DQ: up to 154 homes, permissioned (800 m)
- Land at Corporation Road / Cavell Road, Dudley: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (830 m)
- Former Bean Cars, 60, Hall Street, Dudley, DY2 7DQ: up to 24 homes, permissioned (870 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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 13 addresses are between 225 m and 229 m above sea level (227 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 | Dudley Port 376,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km |
| Tipton 359,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km | |
| Old Hill 154,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Flood Street (West Midlands Metro) | 1.1 km |
| Dudley Interchange (West Midlands Metro) | 1.1 km | |
| Dudley Castle (West Midlands Metro) | 1.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 37 within 800 m; nearest View Drive Dixons Green | 190 m |
| Bus or coach station | Dudley Bus Station | 1.2 km |
| Car parks | Stafford Street Car Park | 1.7 km |
| EV charging points | 4 within 1.6 km; nearest Ionity Dudley VH | 1.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 22.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Bean Medical Practice | 670 m |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Tividale Pharmacy | 520 m |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Purity | 600 m |
| Hospital | Guest Hospital | 1.7 km |
| Police station | Tipton Police Station | 3.0 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Payzone | 540 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Buffery Park 6.5 ha | 630 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 270 m² | 890 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Roseland Playing Fields 1.9 ha | 310 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 7,200 m² | 770 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 6.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Cobb's Engine House, Warley, a scheduled monument, 1.3 km south. 5 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cobb's Engine House, Warley | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km south |
| Dudley Castle | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km north-west |
| St James's Priory | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km north-west |
| Priory Park, Dudley | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.9 km north-west |
| Victoria Park, Tipton | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.4 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Tansley Hill | Hill | 210 m south |
| Cawney Hill | Hill | 270 m north-west |
| Darby's Hill | Hill | 1.0 km east |
| Boshboil Arm | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km south |
| Withymoor Island | Island | 2.1 km south |
| Saltwells Wood | Wood | 3.4 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 13 | 13 |
None of the postcode's 13 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 | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 55% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 30% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 79% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 1% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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.