DY2 7RF Dudley
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: St. Thomas's. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Bunns Lane, Dudley: 18 addresses
- Hollyhock Road, Dudley: 1 address
- St Mark's Road, Rowley Regis: 1 address
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 (68% of about 660 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- 12A AND 12B, ERNEST ROAD, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land at Corporation Road / Cavell Road, Dudley: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (170 m)
- Orchard Street, Burnt Tree, Tipton (270 m)
- D S Devey , Tividale Street, Tipton (740 m)
- Unit 1 Groveland Road (850 m)
- Fisher St / Coneygre Road, Tipton (850 m)
- Newcomen Drive, Tipton (860 m)
- Burnt Tree Ind Est, Groveland rd (890 m)
- Dudley Rd West, Oldbury (940 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 20 addresses are between 172 m and 181 m above sea level (176 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 | 1.7 km |
| Tipton 359,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km | |
| Sandwell and Dudley 1.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Tipton Road (West Midlands Metro) | 910 m |
| Dudley Castle (West Midlands Metro) | 920 m | |
| Birmingham New Road (West Midlands Metro) | 1.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m, 42 within 800 m; nearest New Birmingham Road Tividale Hall | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Dudley Bus Station | 1.1 km |
| Car parks | Stafford Street Car Park | 1.8 km |
| EV charging points | 4 within 1.6 km; nearest Ionity Dudley VH | 400 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 22.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Walford Street, Tividale | 250 m |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 330 m |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Hall Street (Dental Surgery) | 1.0 km |
| Hospital | Guest Hospital | 1.0 km |
| Police station | Tipton Police Station | 2.1 km |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest ATM | 330 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Tividale Park 11 ha | 870 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 270 m² | 360 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Roseland Playing Fields 1.9 ha | 470 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 7,200 m² | 560 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Dudley Castle, a scheduled monument, 1.2 km west. 10 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Dudley Castle | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km west |
| Victoria Park, Tipton | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.5 km north |
| St James's Priory | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km west |
| Priory Park, Dudley | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.6 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cawney Hill | Hill | 890 m south-west |
| Tansley Hill | Hill | 1.1 km south |
| Dudley Junction | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km north-west |
| Withymoor Island | Island | 3.0 km south |
| Weddell Wynd Community Woodland | Wood | 3.8 km north |
| The Gorge | Valley | 4.8 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 14.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.2 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 26% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 9% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 45% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 23% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 31% | 17% |
| Private rented | 23% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 15% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 10% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 18% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 17% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 78% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 22% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 84% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 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 Bunns Lane.