| Postcode | DY5 1XP | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Brierley Hill | 
| Nearest station | Cradley Heath (3 km) | 
| Bus stops | Level St (S) Greens Bridge (W) Canal St (SW) Engine Lane (E) Canal St (NE) Engine Lane (W) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 7 View | 
| Known addresses | Plot 28 The Embankment, Brierley Hill Plot 31 The Embankment, Brierley Hill | 
| Main property type | Flat | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 52.487535 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.11498 | |
| Easting | 392289 | |
| Northing | 287742 | |
| Grid reference | SO922877 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 560094 5815633 | |
| what3words | meant.gather.metro | |
| FixPhrase | critter lusty sublime unit | |
| Plus code | 9C4VFVQP+22 | |
| Altitude | 142 metres (465 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:03 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:42 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 100 KMs (62.1 miles) | 
| Parish | Dudley, unparished area | E43000181 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Brierley Hill & Wordsley South | E05015905 | 
| Metropolitan District | Dudley | E08000027 | 
| County | West Midlands | E11000018 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Stourbridge | E14001524 | 
| MP | Cat Eccles | Labour | 
| Police force | West Midlands | |
| Water company | South Staffordshire Water | |
| Sewage company | Severn Trent | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Dudley | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | West Midlands | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | West Midlands | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1992 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban major conurbation | |
| Built up area (2024) | Brierley Hill | E63010024 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00181871 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 4A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Dudley 022C | E01009746 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Dudley 022C | E01009746 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Brierley Hill | E02002021 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Brierley Hill | E02002021 | 
| Travel to work area | Dudley | E30000202 | 
| Average property price in Dudley | £242,746 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 4.4% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Plot 31 The Embankment, Brierley Hill | Other (leasehold) | Dec 2015 | £27,300 | 
| Plot 28 The Embankment, Brierley Hill | Flat (leasehold) | Dec 2005 | £133,500 | 
| New build flat (leasehold) | Mar 2005 | £131,000 |