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BR8 8TJ

Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth · Sevenoaks · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth
Local authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks
Postcode district
BR8
Postcode sector
BR8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BR8 8TS 143 m
BR8 8DZ 307 m
BR8 8PP 389 m
BR8 8DY 410 m
BR8 8EE 452 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BR8 8TJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BR
Postcode district
BR8
Postcode sector
BR8 8
Latitude
51.387400
Longitude
0.196479
British National Grid easting
552,930
British National Grid northing
167,662

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Sevenoaks · E07000111
Electoral ward
Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth · E05005016
Parish or community
E04004991
Westminster constituency
Sevenoaks · E14001465
Output area
E00124025
Lower layer super output area
Sevenoaks 005C · E01024433
Middle layer super output area
Sevenoaks 005 · E02005091

Postcode source versions

Explore BR8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
14
Secondary
4

  1. Parkwood Hall Academy Trust

    Academy special converter

    920 m

  2. Downsview Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km

  3. High Firs Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
332
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 122
  • Anti social behaviour 43
  • Shoplifting 32
  • Vehicle crime 27
  • Drugs 25

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

2

within 5 km

  • SWANLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    26-28 SWANLEY CENTRE, SWANLEY, BR8 7AH

    ODS code G82028

    1.8 km

  • RIVER DARENT MEDICAL GROUP

    GORSE HILL, FARNINGHAM, DARTFORD, DA4 0JU

    ODS code G82218

    2.6 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Button Street

    BCT · Farningham

    0.3 miles

  • Wested Lane

    BCT · Swanley

    0.3 miles

  • Wested Lane

    BCT · Swanley

    0.3 miles

  • Button Street

    BCT · Farningham

    0.3 miles

  • Beechenlea Corner

    BCT · Swanley

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sevenoaks 005C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,370 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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

22 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 4 secondary schools. Parkwood Hall Academy Trust is the nearest published school at 920 m.

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

Recorded crime

332 published events cover 12 months, averaging 27.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 122 events.

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