Schools
161 open schools are in scope, including 102 primary and 20 secondary schools. New Woodlands School is the nearest published school at 117 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BR1 5PL
Downham · Lewisham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Downham
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Constituency
- Lewisham East
- Postcode district
- BR1
- Postcode sector
- BR1 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BR1 5PL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BR
- Postcode district
- BR1
- Postcode sector
- BR1 5
- Latitude
- 51.429403
- Longitude
- -0.000165
- British National Grid easting
- 539,121
- British National Grid northing
- 171,941
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Lewisham · E09000023
- Electoral ward
- Downham · E05013720
- Parish or community
- E43000213
- Westminster constituency
- Lewisham East · E14001331
- Output area
- E00016351
- Lower layer super output area
- Lewisham 037D · E01003239
- Middle layer super output area
- Lewisham 037 · E02006783
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BR1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 161
- Primary
- 102
- Secondary
- 20
- 117 m
New Woodlands School
Community special school
- 138 m
Downderry Primary School
Community school
- 334 m
Bonus Pastor Catholic College
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,557
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,839
- Shoplifting 714
- Anti social behaviour 632
- Vehicle crime 579
- Public order 335
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BR1 5 residents
- 18,151
Age bands in BR1 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 12.1%
3,764 residents
2,354 residents
5,093 residents
4,852 residents
2,220 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
44
within 5 km
OAKVIEW FAMILY PRACTICE
190 SHROFFOLD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5NJ
ODS code G85716
504 m
ASHDOWN MEDICAL GROUP
7-9 MOORSIDE ROAD, DOWNHAM, BROMLEY, BR1 5EP
ODS code G85057
751 m
ICO HEALTH GROUP
MOORSIDE CLINIC, 7-9 MOORSIDE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5EP
ODS code G85104
751 m
TORRIDON ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
80 TORRIDON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1RB
ODS code G85032
1.2 km
LINKS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BROOK LANE SURGERY, 27 BROOK LANE, BROMLEY, BR1 4PX
ODS code G84003
1.5 km
LONDON LANE CLINIC
KINNAIRD HOUSE, 37 LONDON LANE, BROMLEY, BR1 4HB
ODS code G84016
1.7 km
PARKVIEW SURGERY
DOCTORS SURGERY, 186 BROWNHILL ROAD, CATFORD, LONDON, SE6 1AT
ODS code G85121
1.8 km
SUNDRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
84 LONDON LANE, BROMLEY, BR1 4HE
ODS code G84629
1.9 km
HIGHLAND ROAD SURGERY
10 HIGHLAND ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4AD
ODS code G84604
2.2 km
WOODLANDS HEALTH CENTRE
4 EDWIN HALL PLACE, LONDON, SE13 6RN
ODS code G85722
2.3 km
NOVUM HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, HAWSTEAD ROAD, LEWISHAM, LONDON, SE6 4JH
ODS code G85633
2.5 km
NIGHTINGALE SURGERY
LEE HEALTH CENTRE, 2 HANDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NP
ODS code G85727
2.7 km
SYDENHAM GREEN GROUP PRACTICE
26 HOLMSHAW CLOSE, SYDENHAM, LONDON, SE26 4TH
ODS code G85024
2.7 km
WOOLSTONE MEDICAL CENTRE
WOOLSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2SG
ODS code G85061
2.7 km
CORNERWAYS SURGERY
50 MANOR ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 5LG
ODS code G84018
2.9 km
BROMLEAG CARE PRACTICE
BECKENHAM CLINIC, 14 THE CRESCENT, BECKENHAM, BR3 1DU
ODS code Y06345
2.9 km
MANOR ROAD SURGERY
14 MANOR ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 5LE
ODS code G84008
2.9 km
VALE MEDICAL CENTRE
195-197 PERRY VALE, FOREST HILL, LONDON, SE23 2JF
ODS code G85696
3.1 km
MODALITY LEWISHAM (ML)
JENNER HEALTH CENTRE 201-203, STANSTEAD ROAD, FOREST HILL, LONDON, SE23 1HU
ODS code G85004
3.2 km
ONE CARE LAMBETH
JENNER DENTAL SUITE, 14 ST. GERMAN'S ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RJ
ODS code Y07020
3.2 km
Showing 20 of 44 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Bonus Pastor School
BCT · Southend
- 0.0 miles
Downderry Road
BCT · Southend
- 0.1 miles
Downham Woodland Walk
BCT · Southend
- 0.1 miles
Downderry Road
BCT · Southend
- 0.1 miles
Haddington Road / Oakshade Road
BCT · Southend
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lewisham 037D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
3 of 10
Overall England rank
7,347 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 1
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
5,557 published events cover 12 months, averaging 463.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,839 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.