B50 postcode district
B50, in the B (Birmingham) postcode area, has 212 live and 18 terminated postcodes in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026, and OS Open Names files 123 roads under it.
| postcode area | B (Birmingham) |
|---|---|
| live postcodes | 212 |
| terminated postcodes | 18 |
| sectors | 2 |
| roads listed | 123 |
| companies registered | 544 |
| centroid | 52.16797, -1.85606 |
| directory release | 2026-08 |
Postcodes and sectors
212 of the district's 230 postcodes are live in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026. A postcode directory says whether a code is in use, never who is there. The live postcodes centre on 52.16797, -1.85606, which locates the district, not a building.
| sector | live | terminated |
|---|---|---|
| B50 4 | 212 | 17 |
| B50 9 | 0 | 1 |
Companies registered in B50
Companies House lists 544 companies with a registered office in B50; 142 of them at addresses shared by 25 or more companies (1 October 2026 snapshot). 25 is the count at which the address lookup reports a company cluster.
Places OS Open Names lists for B50
- West Midlands
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Warwickshire
- Bidford-on-Avon
- Broom
- Marlcliff
- Wychavon
- Worcestershire
- Cranhill
- Barton
- Bickmarsh
- Ardens Grafton
Roads filed under B50
Named roads first, then numbered ones. A road is filed under one district even where it runs through several, so a street missing here may be listed under a neighbouring district — which is why the address lookup never calls a British street absent. Great Britain has no open register of buildings, so a listed road never means a building on it exists.
- Albion Terrace
- Arrowbank
- Arrow Way
- Ash Place
- Aspley Close
- Avon Way
- Beechtree Park
- Bickmarsh Lane
- Bidford Road
- Birch Place
- Blamore Rise
- Blenheim Close
- Boatyard Drive
- Boss Way
- Bramley Way
- Buckle Street
- Burnell Close
- Chapel Close
- Chapel Lane
- Chapel Walk
- Chestnut Way
- Church Street
- Cleeve Road
- Copenhagen Way
- Court Way
- Cox Close
- Crawford Close
- Crompton Avenue
- Damson Way
- Drayton Close
- Dugdale Avenue
- Ebsdorf Close
- Elliott Close
- Elm Place
- Evesham Road
- Falcon Crescent
- Friday Close
- Gable Mews
- George's Elm Lane
- Glebe Close
- Grafton Lane
- Grange Road
- Greengage Close
- Harbour Close
- High Street
- Hillborough Lane
- Hill View Road
- Hipbag Lane
- Holder Close
- Holland Close
- Honeybourne Road
- Howard Close
- Icknield Close
- Icknield Street
- Jacksons Meadow
- Jubilee Close
- King's Lane
- Lambert Court
- Lambourne Close
- Langston Way
all 123 roads
- Laxton Way
- Longford Close
- Malt House Close
- Marine Drive
- Marleigh Road
- Mason Close
- Mill Close
- Millers Bank
- Mill Lane
- Mirabelle Close
- Nelson Way
- Nursery Way
- Oak Place
- Old School Mead
- Opal Row
- Orchard Close
- Owlets End
- Paddock Close
- Pippin Close
- Posthole Way
- Prolific Place
- Queen Elizabeth Way
- Queensway
- Quern Stone Lane
- Quinneys Court
- Quinneys Lane
- Rowan Place
- Russet Way
- Salford Road
- Sallieforth Place
- Saxonfields
- Scott Close
- Shield Way
- Sixteen Acres Lane
- Spangle Way
- Spearhead Road
- Steppes Piece
- Stepping Stones
- St Laurence Way
- Stratford Road
- The Bank
- The Crescent
- The Leys
- The Meadows
- The Pleck
- The Poplars
- Tower Close
- Tower Croft
- Tower Hill
- Trafalgar Court
- Valor Drive
- Victoria Road
- Wadleys Close
- Waterloo Crescent
- Waterloo Road
- Welford Road
- Wellington Road
- Wessons Road
- Westholme Road
- Wharrad Close
- Wilkes Way
- Willow Close
- Wixford Road
Check an address in B50
The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:
curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=B50" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"
Common questions about B50
- What does a B50 postcode tell you?
- That the address lies in the B50 district of the B (Birmingham) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Bidford-on-Avon. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 212 live postcodes.
Where the counts come from
- ons-postcode-directory · version 2026-08 · Contains ONS, OS and Royal Mail data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Northern Ireland postcodes are excluded: their reuse needs a Land & Property Services licence.
- os-open-names · version 2026-11-01 · Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- uk-companies-house · version 2026-10-01 · Companies House free company data product, Open Government Licence v3.0
What each figure means, and what a district page never says, is set out in Reading a British postcode district page; the glossary defines a postcode district, a postcode area, a postcode directory and a street register.
Data synced on 2026-11-01: the newest version among the datasets listed above.
Districts nearest B50
- B495.6 km
- WR119.5 km
- CV379.6 km
- B9611.7 km
- B8012.0 km
- GL5513.0 km
- WR713.5 km
- B9514.1 km
- WR1214.2 km
- B9815.4 km
- WR1015.6 km
- B9716.1 km
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