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BR8 8HY

Swanley White Oak · Sevenoaks · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Swanley White Oak
Local authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks
Postcode district
BR8
Postcode sector
BR8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BR8 7WL 7 m
BR8 7AB 48 m
BR8 7AA 50 m
BR8 7UQ 71 m
BR8 9AD 71 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BR8 8HY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 October 2016
Postcode area
BR
Postcode district
BR8
Postcode sector
BR8 8
Latitude
51.396095
Longitude
0.175849
British National Grid easting
551,466
British National Grid northing
168,586

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
E00124248
Lower layer super output area
Sevenoaks 002D · E01024480
Middle layer super output area
Sevenoaks 002 · E02005088

Postcode source versions

Explore BR8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
26
Secondary
6

  1. St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley

    Academy converter

    314 m

  2. Orchards Academy

    Academy converter

    413 m

  3. SupaJam Education In Music and Media

    Special post 16 institution

    413 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,592
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 587
  • Anti social behaviour 231
  • Shoplifting 152
  • Criminal damage and arson 149
  • Other theft 103

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • SWANLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    26-28 SWANLEY CENTRE, SWANLEY, BR8 7AH

    ODS code G82028

    147 m

  • DERRY DOWNS SURGERY

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

    ODS code G84005

    4.3 km

  • RIVER DARENT MEDICAL GROUP

    GORSE HILL, FARNINGHAM, DARTFORD, DA4 0JU

    ODS code G82218

    4.4 km

  • ST MARY CRAY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G84013

    4.4 km

  • BROOMWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code G84019

    4.7 km

  • CRESCENT SURGERY

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

    ODS code G84630

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • High Street

    BCT · Swanley

    0.1 miles

  • Bartholomew Way Asda

    BCT · Swanley

    0.1 miles

  • High Street

    BCT · Swanley

    0.1 miles

  • Asda

    TXR · Swanley

    0.1 miles

  • Bartholomew Way Asda

    BCT · Swanley

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sevenoaks 002D, 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

5,384 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Schools

39 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley is the nearest published school at 314 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,592 published events cover 12 months, averaging 132.667 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.