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Area guidesB20
B20
Postcode district · Aston, Birchfield, Handsworth, Handsworth Wood · Birmingham · England
Illustrative street photograph, not this place. Greathome shows coverage gaps rather than filling them in.
What is already known about B20
Live geography from the official record. A district or place name is a group of postcodes, not one address.
- Live postcodes
- 533 in B20
- Localities
- Aston, Birchfield, Handsworth, Handsworth Wood
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
- Centre postcode
- B20 2AF
Postcode-point mapB20
Open map The pin uses Postcodes.io coordinates, not an exact entrance or title boundary.
Tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors
Districts next to B20
Found in the same 2.8 km sample around the centre of B20, from 225 live postcodes. Proximity, not a boundary.
Official records around this point
Point sources need one coordinate, so these are anchored on B20 2AF — the live postcode nearest the centre of the area. They describe that point, not every street. Each keeps its source, its geography and its limits. Counts are counts: an incident total is not a safety measure, and an empty planning result is not a completed search.
Planning Data · England
Intersecting designations
Article 4 direction
CITY WIDE HMO36
Screened at the postcode point, not a title boundary. Coverage varies by dataset and local planning authority; absence is not a clear result.
About Planning Data ↗Nearby planning applications
London onlyApplication-level planning data comes from the Planning London Datahub, which covers the 35 London planning authorities. No other authority publishes an equivalent feed, so nothing has been substituted.
Daily essentials
Supermarkets, pharmacies, healthcare, gyms and libraries mapped near B20 2AF, ordered by straight-line distance. OpenStreetMap is contributed data: a place missing here is not proof it does not exist, and nothing here confirms opening hours or that a business is still trading.
15everyday places mapped within 1.2 km of the postcode point
Food shopping
5Supermarkets and convenience stores.
Health
5Pharmacies, GP surgeries and dentists.
Exercise
1Gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools.
- 936 mThe Gym2, Walsall RoadMap ↗
Civic and everyday
4Libraries, post offices and community buildings.
Places mapped in OpenStreetMap within this distance of the postcode point, measured straight-line, and kept only where the map tags them as the kind of place the heading claims. OpenStreetMap is volunteer-maintained and this search returns the closest matches rather than every one: a short list is not proof that nothing else is there. Distances are not walking routes, and nothing here checks opening hours, whether a surgery is accepting patients, or whether a place is still trading.
Parks and green space
Parks, playgrounds, nature and outdoor sport mapped within 1.5 km of B20 2AF, ordered by straight-line distance. Distance is not a walking route, and OpenStreetMap says nothing about whether a space is open to the public, its hours or its condition.
6open spaces mapped within 1.5 km of the postcode point
Parks and commons
2Named parks, commons and village greens open to the public.
Playgrounds
1Children’s play areas mapped as such.
- 1.2 kmHamstead Hall Play AreaHamstead Hall Road, HandsworthMap ↗
Nature and water
0Nature reserves, woodland and waterside.
Nothing of this kind returned within the radius.
Outdoor sport
3Recreation grounds, pitches and courts.
Places mapped in OpenStreetMap within this distance of the postcode point, measured straight-line, and kept only where the map tags them as the kind of place the heading claims. OpenStreetMap is volunteer-maintained and this search returns the closest matches rather than every one: a short list is not proof that nothing else is there. Distances are not walking routes, and nothing here checks opening hours, whether a surgery is accepting patients, or whether a place is still trading.
Look this place up in detail
Each of these opens on B20 2AF, the postcode anchoring B20, and queries its own source only when you open it.