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BR8 8EP

St Mary Cray · Bromley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Swanley
Ward
St Mary Cray
Local authority
Bromley
Constituency
Orpington
Postcode district
BR8
Postcode sector
BR8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BR8 8LW 604 m
BR8 8LS 635 m
BR5 4EU 713 m
BR8 8LN 721 m
BR8 8LQ 782 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BR8 8EP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BR
Postcode district
BR8
Postcode sector
BR8 8
Latitude
51.384290
Longitude
0.145481
British National Grid easting
549,392
British National Grid northing
167,211

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Bromley · E09000006
Electoral ward
St Mary Cray · E05014006
Parish or community
E43000196
Westminster constituency
Orpington · E14001417
Output area
E00003520
Lower layer super output area
Bromley 019B · E01000720
Middle layer super output area
Bromley 019 · E02000145

Postcode source versions

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Property

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6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Filmer House, Crockenhill Road, Swanley, BR8 8EP 22 July 2024 £750,000
Sunnybank, Crockenhill Road, Swanley, BR8 8EP 8 December 2020 £730,000
2, Crouch Farm Bungalows, Swanley, BR8 8EP 10 July 2014 £417,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
43
Primary
29
Secondary
4

  1. Crockenhill Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km

  2. Woodview

    Other independent special school

    1.5 km

  3. Manor Oak Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
168
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 45
  • Vehicle crime 28
  • Criminal damage and arson 28
  • Anti social behaviour 16
  • Robbery 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

12 female, 8 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.5
BR8 8 residents
7,674

Age bands in BR8 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.1%

1,396 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

712 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.6%

2,131 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.5%

1,968 residents

Age 65 and over
19.6%

1,509 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BR8 8 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

12

within 5 km straight-line

  • DERRY DOWNS SURGERY

    29 DERRY DOWNS, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 4DU

    ODS code G84005

    2.0 km

  • ST MARY CRAY PRACTICE

    322 HIGH STREET, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 4AR

    ODS code G84013

    2.2 km

  • SWANLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    26-28 SWANLEY CENTRE, SWANLEY, BR8 7AH

    ODS code G82028

    2.4 km

  • GILLMANS ROAD SURGERY

    1 GILLMANS ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 4LA

    ODS code G84041

    2.6 km

  • CRESCENT SURGERY

    38 MARION CRESCENT, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2DD

    ODS code G84630

    2.8 km

  • POVEREST MEDICAL CENTRE

    42 POVEREST ROAD, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2DQ

    ODS code G84007

    3.1 km

  • KNOLL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    19 HOMEFIELD RISE, ORPINGTON, BR6 0FE

    ODS code G84032

    3.2 km

  • BROOMWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    41 BROOMWOOD ROAD, ST. PAULS CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2JP

    ODS code G84019

    3.3 km

  • BALLATER SURGERY

    108 CHISLEHURST ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 0DP

    ODS code G84040

    3.5 km

  • CHELSFIELD SURGERY

    62 WINDSOR DRIVE, CHELSFIELD, ORPINGTON, BR6 6HD

    ODS code G84020

    4.3 km

  • TUDOR WAY SURGERY

    42 TUDOR WAY, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1LH

    ODS code G84035

    4.7 km

  • WHITEHOUSE SURGERY

    123 TOWNCOURT LANE, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1EL

    ODS code G84621

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Crouch Farm

    BCT · Kevington

    0.0 miles

  • Crouch Farm

    BCT · Kevington

    0.0 miles

  • Waldens Farm

    BCT · Kevington

    0.3 miles

  • Waldens Farm

    BCT · Kevington

    0.4 miles

  • Bransell Close

    BCT · Crockenhill

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bromley 019B, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,258 of 33,755

Income
2 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
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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
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

Property market

The five-year median is £750,000 from 1 recorded sale in BR8 8EP. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Bromley is £518,235 in June 2026, down 1.4% year on year.

Schools

43 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 4 secondary schools. Crockenhill Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

168 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 45 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.