Schools
93 open schools are in scope, including 57 primary and 21 secondary schools. Maypole Primary School is the nearest published school at 272 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DA2 7WZ
Maypole & Leyton Cross · Dartford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DA2 7WZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 September 2003
- Terminated
- 1 September 2005
- Postcode area
- DA
- Postcode district
- DA2
- Postcode sector
- DA2 7
- Latitude
- 51.433299
- Longitude
- 0.172019
- British National Grid easting
- 551,077
- British National Grid northing
- 172,715
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Dartford · E07000107
- Electoral ward
- Maypole & Leyton Cross · E05012402
- Parish or community
- E43000286
- Westminster constituency
- Dartford · E14001191
- Output area
- E00167454
- Lower layer super output area
- Dartford 010C · E01024152
- Middle layer super output area
- Dartford 010 · E02005037
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 DA2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 93
- Primary
- 57
- Secondary
- 21
- 272 m
Maypole Primary School
Academy converter
- 778 m
Joydens Wood Junior School
Academy converter
- 789 m
Joydens Wood Infant School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 576
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 208
- Anti social behaviour 85
- Criminal damage and arson 80
- Vehicle crime 59
- Other theft 37
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DA2 7 residents
- 11,246
Age bands in DA2 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.4%
2,130 residents
1,278 residents
2,748 residents
3,287 residents
2,573 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
17
within 5 km straight-line
CRAYFORD TOWN SURGERY
CRAYFORD ROAD, (NEXT TO TOWN HALL), DARTFORD, DA1 4ER
ODS code G83642
2.0 km
PLAS MEDDYG SURGERY
40 PARKHILL ROAD, BEXLEY, DA5 1HU
ODS code G83029
2.2 km
REDWOOD PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82185
2.8 km
THE WELLCOME PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82056
2.8 km
THE ALBION SURGERY
6 PINCOTT ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA6 7LP
ODS code G83006
2.9 km
HORSMAN'S PLACE SURGERY
HORSMANS PLACE, INSTONE ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2JP
ODS code G82048
3.2 km
LOWFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
65-67 LOWFIELD STREET, DARTFORD, DA1 1HP
ODS code G82143
3.2 km
LYNDHURST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
41 LYNDHURST ROAD, BARNEHURST, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 6DL
ODS code G83049
3.2 km
SWANLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
26-28 SWANLEY CENTRE, SWANLEY, BR8 7AH
ODS code G82028
4.2 km
SLADE GREEN MEDICAL CTR.
156 BRIDGE ROAD, SLADE GREEN, ERITH, DA8 2HS
ODS code G83062
4.3 km
TEMPLE HILL SURGERY
ST EDMUNDS CHURCH LIVING, ST. EDMUNDS ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 5ND
ODS code G82647
4.6 km
DR CJ SHIMMINS & PARTNERS
PILGRIMS WAY, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82006
4.6 km
PILGRIMS WAY SURGERY
DARTFORD EAST HEALTH CENTRE, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82212
4.6 km
BARNARD MEDICAL GROUP
43 GRANVILLE ROAD, SIDCUP, DA14 4TA
ODS code G83004
4.7 km
SIDCUP MEDICAL CENTRE
2 CHURCH AVENUE, SIDCUP, DA14 6BU
ODS code G83066
4.7 km
NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH MED.CTR.
HIND CRESCENT, NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH, ERITH, DA8 3DB
ODS code G83010
4.9 km
DR DAVIES & PARTNER
55 LITTLE HEATH ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5HL
ODS code G83033
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Bexley Park
BCT · Maypole
- 0.1 miles
Bexley Park
BCT · Maypole
- 0.3 miles
Baldwyns Park
BCT · Coldblow
- 0.3 miles
Old Bexley Lane
BCT · Coldblow
- 0.3 miles
Baldwyns Park / Dartford Road
BCT · Coldblow
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dartford 010C, 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
20,051 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 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
Recorded crime
576 published events cover 12 months, averaging 48 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 208 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.