Schools
46 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 7 secondary schools. Horizon Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 240 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BR8 7AP
Swanley White Oak · Sevenoaks · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BR8 7AP
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BR
- Postcode district
- BR8
- Postcode sector
- BR8 7
- Latitude
- 51.400186
- Longitude
- 0.168596
- British National Grid easting
- 550,948
- British National Grid northing
- 169,026
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Sevenoaks · E07000111
- Electoral ward
- Swanley White Oak · E05005032
- Parish or community
- E04012399
- Westminster constituency
- Sevenoaks · E14001465
- Output area
- E00124257
- Lower layer super output area
- Sevenoaks 002F · E01024482
- Middle layer super output area
- Sevenoaks 002 · E02005088
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
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Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| White Oak Dental Practice, London Road, Swanley, BR8 7AP | 25 March 2021 | £225,000 |
| White Oak Dental Practice, London Road, Swanley, BR8 7AP | 30 November 2018 | £242,500 |
Schools
Within 5 km of this postcode
- Open schools
- 46
- Primary
- 30
- Secondary
- 7
- 240 m
Horizon Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 429 m
St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley
Academy converter
- 449 m
Orchards Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,598
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 587
- Anti social behaviour 236
- Shoplifting 153
- Criminal damage and arson 150
- Other theft 103
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BR8 7 residents
- 16,056
Age bands in BR8 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19%
- 3,019 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- 1,637 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.8%
- 3,947 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.9%
- 4,115 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 20.1%
- 3,192 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.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
7
within 5 km straight-line
SWANLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
26-28 SWANLEY CENTRE, SWANLEY, BR8 7AH
ODS code G82028
600 m
DERRY DOWNS SURGERY
29 DERRY DOWNS, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 4DU
ODS code G84005
4.0 km
ST MARY CRAY PRACTICE
322 HIGH STREET, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 4AR
ODS code G84013
4.1 km
BROOMWOOD HEALTH CENTRE
41 BROOMWOOD ROAD, ST. PAULS CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2JP
ODS code G84019
4.2 km
CRESCENT SURGERY
38 MARION CRESCENT, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2DD
ODS code G84630
4.5 km
GILLMANS ROAD SURGERY
1 GILLMANS ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 4LA
ODS code G84041
4.8 km
POVEREST MEDICAL CENTRE
42 POVEREST ROAD, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2DQ
ODS code G84007
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 63 m
Lesley Close
BCT · Swanley
- 84 m
Garrolds Close
BCT · Swanley
- 85 m
Garrolds Close
BCT · Swanley
- 105 m
Lesley Close
BCT · Swanley
- 161 m
Shurlock Avenue
BCT · Swanley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sevenoaks 002F, 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
7,664 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
1,598 published events cover 12 months, averaging 133 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 587 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.