Schools
145 open schools are in scope, including 91 primary and 23 secondary schools. Welling School is the nearest published school at 283 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DA16 3EB
East Wickham · Bexley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Welling
- Ward
- East Wickham
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup
- Postcode district
- DA16
- Postcode sector
- DA16 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DA16 3EB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- DA
- Postcode district
- DA16
- Postcode sector
- DA16 3
- Latitude
- 51.468450
- Longitude
- 0.110106
- British National Grid easting
- 546,661
- British National Grid northing
- 176,498
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Bexley · E09000004
- Electoral ward
- East Wickham · E05011224
- Parish or community
- E43000194
- Westminster constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup · E14001414
- Output area
- E00001963
- Lower layer super output area
- Bexley 013A · E01000401
- Middle layer super output area
- Bexley 013 · E02000077
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 DA16
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 178a, Upper Wickham Lane, Welling, DA16 3EB | 21 July 1995 | £63,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 145
- Primary
- 91
- Secondary
- 23
- 283 m
Welling School
Academy converter
- 540 m
East Wickham Primary Academy
Academy converter
- 593 m
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,825
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 866
- Anti social behaviour 421
- Shoplifting 333
- Vehicle crime 282
- Other theft 170
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DA16 3 residents
- 10,104
Age bands in DA16 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.5%
1,787 residents
1,037 residents
2,818 residents
2,613 residents
1,754 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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
34
within 5 km
BEXLEY GROUP PRACTICE
76-78 UPPER WICKHAM LANE, WELLING, DA16 3HQ
ODS code G83028
293 m
WELLING MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 DANSON CRESCENT, WELLING, DA16 2AT
ODS code G83025
859 m
THE WESTWOOD SURGERY
24 WESTWOOD LANE, WELLING, DA16 2HE
ODS code G83002
1.1 km
BELLEGROVE SURGERY
174 BELLEGROVE ROAD, WELLING, DA16 3RE
ODS code G83009
1.1 km
BEXLEY MEDICAL GROUP
171 KING HAROLDS WAY, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5RB
ODS code G83053
1.4 km
INGLETON AVENUE SURGERY
84 INGLETON AVENUE, WELLING, DA16 2JZ
ODS code G83024
1.7 km
DR DAVIES & PARTNER
55 LITTLE HEATH ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5HL
ODS code G83033
2.1 km
ABBEYSLADE PMS (DR CHAND)
111 BASILDON ROAD, ABBEY WOOD, LONDON, SE2 0ER
ODS code G83631
2.2 km
PLUMSTEAD H/C PMS
TEWSON ROAD, LONDON, SE18 1BB
ODS code G83019
2.3 km
PLUMSTEAD AND WICKHAM LANE SURGERY
141 PLUMSTEAD HIGH STREET, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 1SE
ODS code G83647
2.4 km
BANNOCKBURN SURGERY
20-22 BANNOCKBURN ROAD, LONDON, SE18 1ES
ODS code G83654
2.4 km
WAVERLEY PMS
37 WAVERLEY CRESCENT, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7QU
ODS code G83635
2.5 km
CONWAY PMS
44 CONWAY ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 1AH
ODS code G83633
2.7 km
BELVEDERE MEDICAL CENTRE
15 ALBERT ROAD, BELVEDERE, DA17 5LQ
ODS code G83052
2.9 km
ST MARKS PMS
24 WROTTESLEY ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3EP
ODS code G83039
3.0 km
GLYNDON PMS
GLYNDON MEDICAL CENTRE, 188 ANN STREET, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7LU
ODS code G83060
3.0 km
THE ALBION SURGERY
6 PINCOTT ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA6 7LP
ODS code G83006
3.1 km
ABBEY WOOD SURGERY
9 GODSTOW ROAD, ABBEY WOOD, LONDON, SE2 9AT
ODS code G83031
3.2 km
LAKESIDE MEDICAL
LAKESIDE HEALTH CENTRE, YARNTON WAY, LONDON, SE2 9LH
ODS code G83018
3.2 km
ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTRE PMS
13A RIPON ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3PS
ODS code G83030
3.3 km
Showing 20 of 34 matching practices.
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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Lovel Avenue
BCT · East Wickham
- 0.0 miles
Elsa Road / Upper Wickham Lane
BCT · East Wickham
- 0.1 miles
Elsa Road / Upper Wickham Lane
BCT · East Wickham
- 0.1 miles
Lovel Avenue
BCT · East Wickham
- 0.1 miles
East Road (DA16)
BCT · Welling
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bexley 013A, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
10,910 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 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.
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
2,825 published events cover 12 months, averaging 235.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 866 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.