Schools
27 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 7 secondary schools. Downe Primary School is the nearest published school at 251 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BR6 7HU
Darwin · Bromley · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BR6 7HU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1998
- Postcode area
- BR
- Postcode district
- BR6
- Postcode sector
- BR6 7
- Latitude
- 51.335699
- Longitude
- 0.053829
- British National Grid easting
- 543,166
- British National Grid northing
- 161,625
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
- E00003650
- Lower layer super output area
- Bromley 042B · E01000747
- Middle layer super output area
- Bromley 042 · E02006789
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 27
- Primary
- 19
- Secondary
- 7
- 251 m
Downe Primary School
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- 2.3 km
Cudham Church of England Primary School
Academy converter
- 2.3 km
Charles Darwin School
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Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 69
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 21
- Anti social behaviour 14
- Vehicle crime 12
- Public order 6
- Burglary 5
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BR6 7 residents
- 8,600
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
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
7
within 5 km straight-line
BANK HOUSE SURGERY
84 HIGH STREET, FARNBOROUGH, ORPINGTON, BR6 7BA
ODS code G84609
2.8 km
NORHEADS LANE SURGERY
14A NORHEADS LANE, BIGGIN HILL, WESTERHAM, TN16 3XS
ODS code G84039
3.0 km
STOCK HILL SURGERY
THE SURGERY, STOCK HILL, BIGGIN HILL, WESTERHAM, TN16 3TJ
ODS code G84004
3.0 km
FAMILY SURGERY
7 HIGH STREET, GREEN STREET GREEN, ORPINGTON, BR6 6BG
ODS code G84009
3.3 km
GREEN STREET GREEN MED CT
21 HIGH STREET, GREEN STREET GREEN, ORPINGTON, BR6 6BG
ODS code G84627
3.3 km
SUMMERCROFT SURGERY
STARTS HILL ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 7AR
ODS code G84006
3.4 km
CHELSFIELD SURGERY
62 WINDSOR DRIVE, CHELSFIELD, ORPINGTON, BR6 6HD
ODS code G84020
4.1 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Downe Church
BCT · Downe
- 0.0 miles
Downe Church
BCT · Downe
- 0.1 miles
Downe / Luxted Road
BCT · Downe
- 0.1 miles
Downe High Street
BCT · Downe
- 0.2 miles
North End Lane
BCT · Downe
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bromley 042B, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
14,010 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
69 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 21 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.