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Area guidesB27

B27

Postcode district · Acocks Green, Lyndon, Olton, Yardley · Birmingham, Solihull · England

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What is already known about B27

Live geography from the official record. A district or place name is a group of postcodes, not one address.

Live postcodes
431 in B27
Localities
Acocks Green, Lyndon, Olton, Yardley
Local authority
Birmingham, Solihull
Country
England
Centre postcode
B27 7BF
Postcode-point mapB27

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Official records around this point

Point sources need one coordinate, so these are anchored on B27 7BF — 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.

Police-recorded area incidents

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Planning Data · England

Intersecting designations

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Screened at the postcode point, not a title boundary. Coverage varies by dataset and local planning authority; absence is not a clear result.

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Nearby planning applications

London only

Application-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 B27 7BF, 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.

17everyday places mapped within 1.2 km of the postcode point

Food shopping

5

Supermarkets and convenience stores.

  1. 200 mMorrisons1149, Warwick RoadMap ↗
  2. 259 mOpus Foods1062-1066, Warwick RoadMap ↗
  3. 380 mAldiWarwick Road, Acocks GreenMap ↗
  4. 767 mLidlOlton Boulevard East, Acocks GreenMap ↗
  5. 974 mLondis366-368, Shirley RoadMap ↗

Health

8

Pharmacies, GP surgeries and dentists.

  1. 142 mHazelwood Dental Practice58, Shirley RoadMap ↗
  2. 219 mVictoria Road Surgery21, Victoria RoadMap ↗
  3. 228 mAcocks Green Dental Practice1078, Warwick RoadMap ↗
  4. 247 mVillage Green Pharmacy1095, Warwick RoadMap ↗
  5. 305 mDental Surgery65, Westley RoadMap ↗
  6. 325 mRees Dental Practice3, Victoria RoadMap ↗
  7. 326 mA. G. Pharmacy1160, Warwick RoadMap ↗
  8. 360 mVillage Dental Surgery28, Station RoadMap ↗

Exercise

0

Gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools.

Nothing of this kind returned within the radius.

Civic and everyday

4

Libraries, post offices and community buildings.

  1. 159 mAcocks Green Public LibraryShirley Road, Acocks GreenMap ↗
  2. 233 mAcocks Green Post Office1131, Warwick RoadMap ↗
  3. 868 mYardley Road Post OfficeYardley Road, Acocks GreenMap ↗
  4. 951 mShirley Road Post Office358, Shirley RoadMap ↗

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 B27 7BF, 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.

10open spaces mapped within 1.5 km of the postcode point

Parks and commons

5

Named parks, commons and village greens open to the public.

  1. 795 mFox Hollies ParkAcocks Green, Fox HolliesMap ↗
  2. 830 mWestley Vale Millennium GreenAcocks Green, TyseleyMap ↗
  3. 960 mCurtis GardensAcocks Green, Fox HolliesMap ↗
  4. 1.1 kmOlton Clock Tower Gardens and ParkOlton, SolihullMap ↗
  5. 1.2 kmOak Meadow Public Open SpaceAcocks Green, Hay MillsMap ↗

Playgrounds

1

Children’s play areas mapped as such.

  1. 1.3 kmOak Meadow PlaygroundEaton Wood Drive, Acocks GreenMap ↗

Nature and water

0

Nature reserves, woodland and waterside.

Nothing of this kind returned within the radius.

Outdoor sport

4

Recreation grounds, pitches and courts.

  1. 598 mAcocks Green Recreation GroundAcocks Green, TyseleyMap ↗
  2. 803 mNinestiles Academy Recreation GroundAcocks Green, Fox HolliesMap ↗
  3. 1.0 kmAstro TurfShirley Road, Acocks GreenMap ↗
  4. 1.4 kmBarn Lane Recreation GroundOlton, SolihullMap ↗

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 B27 7BF, the postcode anchoring B27, and queries its own source only when you open it.