Talk:B postcode area

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from a map which helpfully shows overlaps. in BIRMINGHAM post town (B1-B48), ignoring minor misalignments:

  • B32,B38,B90 straddles Birmingham/Worcestershire border
  • B31 slightly Worcestershire
  • B26 partly Solihull
  • B36, B37 and B40 entirely Solihull
  • B43 is Sandwell
  • B45 mostly Worcestershire
  • B46 entirely Warwickshire
  • B47 and B48 entirely Worcestershire

in HALESOWEN post town : B62-B63:

  • B62 mostly Worcs
  • B63 ent Dudley

CRADLEY HEATH (B64) and ROWLEY REGIS (B65) ent Sandwell

SMETHWICK (B66-B67) post town entirely sandwell

OLDBURY post town (B68-B69) post town entirely sandwell

WEST BROMWICH (B70-B71) post town entirely sandwell. also part of Sandwell in West Bromwich corner is DY4 and part of northern sandwell is WS10/WS5. the north-east tip of Sandwell is B43.

in SUTTON COLDFIELD post town (B72-B76)

  • B74 part Walsall, part Staffordshire
  • B75 part Staffordshire
  • B76 part Warwickshire

in SOLIHULL post town (B90-B95)

  • B94 mostly Warwickshire
  • B93 partly Warwickshire.

CV8 spills over into Solihull, CV7 mostly in Solihull

[edit] Adjacent Areas

WV and B areas are not adjacent areas - WS and DY separate them [1] Fingerpuppet 22:28, 18 March 2007 (UTC)