The UK Postcode Database

B79 8PL

a postcode in Staffordshire

Introduced in January 1980
B79 8PL Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with B79 8PL

Gillway - 53 properties, USRN 39400617

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.6499 / 52°38'59"N

Longitude: -1.7 / 1°41'59"W

UTM Reference: 30U 587949 5834116

OS Easting: 420396

OS Northing: 305833

OS Grid: SK203058

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR 4F6.WK7

Mapcode Global: WHCGX.VNPD

Open Location Code: 9C4WJ8X2+W2

Maidenhead Locator System: IO92dp65

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

  • urban city or town
  • a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 2c2

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Ageing Communities
  • Ageing Independent Living

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 13142 / 32844

  • 5th decile
  • slightly more deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for B79 8PL on Sunday 21 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:27
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:52
Sunrise 04:42
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:08
Sunset 21:34
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:25
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:49
Hours of daylight today04:12 to 22:04
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
22:04 to 04:12
Moon Phase First Quarter
Moon Rises 11:39
Moon sets 23:56

For a full sun and moon calendar for B79 8PL, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in B79 8PL

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
25 July 2024 22 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Detached Freehold £415,000
18 August 2023 58 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £257,000
18 November 2022 50 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £247,000
1 November 2022 58 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £245,000
27 June 2022 4 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £425,000
31 January 2022 44 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £273,000
12 March 2021 8 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £215,000
25 September 2020 48 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £340,000
29 August 2019 88 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £269,000
28 August 2019 30 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £325,000
6 April 2018 22 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Detached Freehold £378,500
16 February 2018 62 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £310,000
11 August 2017 84 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £91,250
21 June 2017 54 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £285,000
28 February 2017 92 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £249,500
26 August 2016 32 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £285,000
31 March 2016 74a Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Flat/apartment Leasehold £120,000
19 June 2015 4 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £220,000
8 August 2014 22 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Detached Freehold £270,000
4 July 2014 28 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £225,000
1 November 2013 12 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £205,000
30 January 2012 48 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £183,000
7 October 2011 98 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Flat/apartment Leasehold £115,000
25 February 2011 44 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £171,000
29 October 2010 88 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £144,000
31 July 2009 32 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £215,000
15 February 2008 40 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Detached Freehold £340,000
15 February 2008 62 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £250,000
21 September 2007 36 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £230,000
9 July 2007 72 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Detached Freehold £210,000
15 December 2006 92 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £154,500
31 July 2006 46 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £168,000
2 June 2006 86 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £193,000
2 June 2006 62 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £235,000
22 March 2006 44 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £150,000
10 March 2006 30 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £218,000
15 July 2005 28 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £210,000
22 October 2004 12 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £190,000
19 December 2003 68 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £222,000
17 October 2003 42 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Detached Freehold £246,500
10 October 2003 40 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Detached Freehold £157,000
16 April 2003 86 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £124,000
5 November 2002 36 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £147,000
19 July 2002 16 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Flat/apartment Leasehold £77,500
24 May 2002 30 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £136,950
28 March 2002 28 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £105,000
13 December 2001 42 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Detached Freehold £165,000
17 August 2001 32 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £120,000
20 June 2001 36 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £125,000
19 January 2001 36 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £80,000
18 February 2000 34 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £60,000
30 July 1999 32 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £90,000
31 October 1997 92 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £58,000
11 August 1997 60 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £53,500
14 February 1997 12 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £69,000
30 September 1996 32 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £47,000
20 May 1996 12 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £63,000
3 May 1996 46 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Semi-detached Freehold £57,500
18 January 1996 16 Gillway Lane, Tamworth B79 8PL Flat/apartment Leasehold £34,500

Key to property sale icons:

First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
Subsequent sale of existing property.
Standard sale at market value to private individual.
Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for B79 8PL

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Tamworth

MP

Sarah Edwards Labour

Tamworth Borough Council
District council ward

Spital

Councillors

Samuel Smith Conservative

Gareth Coates Labour

Marion Couchman Labour

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for B79 8PL

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00152128 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01029852 Tamworth 001D Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02006217 Tamworth 001 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E05007072 Spital Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E07000199 Tamworth Non-metropolitan Districts Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E10000028 Staffordshire Counties Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000005 West Midlands Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001538 Tamworth Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000015 Staffordshire Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000169 Birmingham Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33022447 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000012 Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 28 October 2010 BEIS
E37000032 Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 28 October 2010 BEIS
E38000153 NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB - 05Q Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E40000011 Midlands NHS England Regions Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E43000133 Tamworth, unparished area Non-Civil Parished Areas Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E54000010 Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Integrated Care Boards Health 1 April 2019 NHS
E56000007 West Midlands Cancer Alliances Health 1 September 2016 NHS England
E58001837 Perrycrofts ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 1 May 2025 DLUHC
E63009752 Tamworth Built Up Areas Census 17 April 2024 OS
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

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