Schools
40 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 8 secondary schools. Downe Primary School is the nearest published school at 904 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BR6 7HG
Darwin · Bromley · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BR6 7HG
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BR
- Postcode district
- BR6
- Postcode sector
- BR6 7
- Latitude
- 51.345118
- Longitude
- 0.059276
- British National Grid easting
- 543,516
- British National Grid northing
- 162,683
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Bromley · E09000006
- Electoral ward
- Darwin · E05013996
- Parish or community
- E43000196
- Westminster constituency
- Orpington · E14001417
- Output area
- E00003645
- Lower layer super output area
- Bromley 036A · E01000749
- Middle layer super output area
- Bromley 036 · E02000162
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 BR6
Property
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Copper Beeches, North End Lane, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7HG | 15 March 2021 | £950,000 |
| Orange Court Farm, North End Lane, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7HG | 28 August 2015 | £2,400,000 |
| Copper Beeches, North End Lane, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7HG | 31 January 2007 | £615,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 40
- Primary
- 25
- Secondary
- 8
- 904 m
Downe Primary School
Academy converter
- 1.8 km
Farnborough Primary School
Academy converter
- 2.3 km
Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School
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Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 64
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 20
- Anti social behaviour 14
- Vehicle crime 11
- Public order 6
- Other theft 4
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 28
- Postcode households
- 10
- Residents per household
- 2.8
- BR6 7 residents
- 8,600
15 female, 13 male
Age bands in BR6 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 24.4%
1,367 residents
852 residents
1,730 residents
2,314 residents
2,026 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BR6 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
14
within 5 km
BANK HOUSE SURGERY
84 HIGH STREET, FARNBOROUGH, ORPINGTON, BR6 7BA
ODS code G84609
1.7 km
SUMMERCROFT SURGERY
STARTS HILL ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 7AR
ODS code G84006
2.3 km
FAMILY SURGERY
7 HIGH STREET, GREEN STREET GREEN, ORPINGTON, BR6 6BG
ODS code G84009
2.4 km
GREEN STREET GREEN MED CT
21 HIGH STREET, GREEN STREET GREEN, ORPINGTON, BR6 6BG
ODS code G84627
2.4 km
CHELSFIELD SURGERY
62 WINDSOR DRIVE, CHELSFIELD, ORPINGTON, BR6 6HD
ODS code G84020
3.3 km
NORHEADS LANE SURGERY
14A NORHEADS LANE, BIGGIN HILL, WESTERHAM, TN16 3XS
ODS code G84039
4.1 km
STOCK HILL SURGERY
THE SURGERY, STOCK HILL, BIGGIN HILL, WESTERHAM, TN16 3TJ
ODS code G84004
4.1 km
KNOLL MEDICAL PRACTICE
19 HOMEFIELD RISE, ORPINGTON, BR6 0FE
ODS code G84032
4.5 km
WHITEHOUSE SURGERY
123 TOWNCOURT LANE, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1EL
ODS code G84621
4.5 km
FORGE CLOSE SURGERY
FORGE CLOSE, HAYES, BROMLEY, BR2 7LL
ODS code G84030
4.6 km
BALLATER SURGERY
108 CHISLEHURST ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 0DP
ODS code G84040
4.8 km
BROMLEY COMMON PRACTICE
CROWN MEDICAL CENTRE, 3 MACKINTOSH STREET, BROMLEY, BR2 9GT
ODS code G84024
4.9 km
SOUTHBOROUGH LANE SURGERY
CROWN MEDICAL CENTRE, 3 MACKINTOSH STREET, BROMLEY, BR2 9GT
ODS code G84023
4.9 km
PICKHURST SURGERY
56 PICKHURST LANE, HAYES, BROMLEY, BR2 7JF
ODS code G84033
5.0 km
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
Orange Court Lane
BCT · Downe
- 0.1 miles
Orange Court Lane
BCT · Downe
- 0.3 miles
North End Lane / Mill Lane
BCT · Downe
- 0.3 miles
Bogey Lane
BCT · Downe
- 0.3 miles
Standard Road Downe
BCT · Downe
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bromley 036A, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
26,303 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
- 0
- 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
64 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 20 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.