B postcode area

Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=B
source=Statistics as at October 2006 [National Statistics, " [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf Postcode Directory Version Notes] ", (2006)] The B postcode area, also known as the Birmingham postcode area, [Royal Mail, "Address Management Guide", (2004)] provides postcodes for the boroughs of Birmingham, Solihull and Sandwell and parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire in England.

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Notes

*B1 1AA is Birmingham Head Post office; this is no longer in the B1 area, but retains the B1 code.
*B1 1BB is Birmingham Council House

Adjacent areas

Former scheme

Before the introduction of postcodes in the 1960s, Birmingham along with other major cities were divided into numbered postal districts. With a few exceptions these were directly incorporated into the outcode (the first part of the postcode).

For example, Great Barr was formerly "Birmingham 22" and "Birmingham 22A" (now B43 and 44) and Smethwick was formerly Birmingham 40 and 41 (now B66 and 67 and a separate post town).

References

ee also

*List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom