Schools
68 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 13 secondary schools. Crofton Infant School is the nearest published school at 270 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BR6 8QP
Petts Wood & Knoll · Bromley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Petts Wood & Knoll
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Constituency
- Orpington
- Postcode district
- BR6
- Postcode sector
- BR6 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BR6 8QP
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1992
- Terminated
- 1 December 1996
- Postcode area
- BR
- Postcode district
- BR6
- Postcode sector
- BR6 8
- Latitude
- 51.379091
- Longitude
- 0.079250
- British National Grid easting
- 544,800
- British National Grid northing
- 166,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Bromley · E09000006
- Electoral ward
- Petts Wood & Knoll · E05014003
- Parish or community
- E43000196
- Westminster constituency
- Orpington · E14001417
- Output area
- E00003685
- Lower layer super output area
- Bromley 031B · E01000754
- Middle layer super output area
- Bromley 031 · E02000157
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
- 68
- Primary
- 38
- Secondary
- 13
- 270 m
Crofton Infant School
Academy converter
- 411 m
Crofton Junior School
Academy converter
- 1.1 km
Clannad Education Centre
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,765
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 396
- Shoplifting 269
- Anti social behaviour 246
- Vehicle crime 215
- Public order 125
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BR6 8 residents
- 7,781
Age bands in BR6 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 23.5%
1,418 residents
860 residents
1,663 residents
2,238 residents
1,900 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
22
within 5 km straight-line
WHITEHOUSE SURGERY
123 TOWNCOURT LANE, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1EL
ODS code G84621
575 m
TUDOR WAY SURGERY
42 TUDOR WAY, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1LH
ODS code G84035
1.1 km
BALLATER SURGERY
108 CHISLEHURST ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 0DP
ODS code G84040
1.2 km
KNOLL MEDICAL PRACTICE
19 HOMEFIELD RISE, ORPINGTON, BR6 0FE
ODS code G84032
1.6 km
SUMMERCROFT SURGERY
STARTS HILL ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 7AR
ODS code G84006
1.9 km
POVEREST MEDICAL CENTRE
42 POVEREST ROAD, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2DQ
ODS code G84007
2.0 km
GILLMANS ROAD SURGERY
1 GILLMANS ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 4LA
ODS code G84041
2.2 km
CRESCENT SURGERY
38 MARION CRESCENT, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2DD
ODS code G84630
2.2 km
BANK HOUSE SURGERY
84 HIGH STREET, FARNBOROUGH, ORPINGTON, BR6 7BA
ODS code G84609
2.3 km
ST MARY CRAY PRACTICE
322 HIGH STREET, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 4AR
ODS code G84013
2.6 km
DERRY DOWNS SURGERY
29 DERRY DOWNS, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 4DU
ODS code G84005
2.7 km
FAMILY SURGERY
7 HIGH STREET, GREEN STREET GREEN, ORPINGTON, BR6 6BG
ODS code G84009
2.9 km
GREEN STREET GREEN MED CT
21 HIGH STREET, GREEN STREET GREEN, ORPINGTON, BR6 6BG
ODS code G84627
2.9 km
BROMLEY COMMON PRACTICE
CROWN MEDICAL CENTRE, 3 MACKINTOSH STREET, BROMLEY, BR2 9GT
ODS code G84024
3.0 km
SOUTHBOROUGH LANE SURGERY
CROWN MEDICAL CENTRE, 3 MACKINTOSH STREET, BROMLEY, BR2 9GT
ODS code G84023
3.0 km
CHELSFIELD SURGERY
62 WINDSOR DRIVE, CHELSFIELD, ORPINGTON, BR6 6HD
ODS code G84020
3.1 km
BROOMWOOD HEALTH CENTRE
41 BROOMWOOD ROAD, ST. PAULS CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2JP
ODS code G84019
3.3 km
FORGE CLOSE SURGERY
FORGE CLOSE, HAYES, BROMLEY, BR2 7LL
ODS code G84030
4.4 km
THE CHISLEHURST PARTNERSHIP
42 HIGH STREET, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5AQ
ODS code G84010
4.6 km
SOUTH VIEW PARTNERSHIP
SOUTHVIEW LODGE, SOUTH VIEW, BROMLEY, BR1 3DR
ODS code G84001
4.7 km
Showing 20 of 22 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Place Farm Avenue
BCT · Crofton
- 0.0 miles
Place Farm Avenue
BCT · Crofton
- 0.1 miles
Turnberry Way
BCT · Crofton
- 0.1 miles
Turnberry Way
BCT · Crofton
- 0.1 miles
Crofton School
BCT · Broom Hill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bromley 031B, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
30,751 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,765 published events cover 12 months, averaging 147.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 396 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.