Schools
107 open schools are in scope, including 66 primary and 19 secondary schools. Hurst Primary School is the nearest published school at 433 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DA5 3DX
Blendon & Penhill · Bexley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Bexley
- Ward
- Blendon & Penhill
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup
- Postcode district
- DA5
- Postcode sector
- DA5 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DA5 3DX
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- DA
- Postcode district
- DA5
- Postcode sector
- DA5 3
- Latitude
- 51.439037
- Longitude
- 0.122419
- British National Grid easting
- 547,611
- British National Grid northing
- 173,252
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Bexley · E09000004
- Electoral ward
- Blendon & Penhill · E05011221
- Parish or community
- E43000194
- Westminster constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup · E14001414
- Output area
- E00002195
- Lower layer super output area
- Bexley 024C · E01000445
- Middle layer super output area
- Bexley 024 · E02000088
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 DA5
Property
6 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 290, Hurst Road, Bexley, DA5 3DX | 25 September 2019 | £430,000 |
| 294, Hurst Road, Bexley, DA5 3DX | 22 June 2018 | £435,000 |
| 290, Hurst Road, Bexley, DA5 3DX | 23 August 2013 | £329,995 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 107
- Primary
- 66
- Secondary
- 19
- 433 m
Hurst Primary School
Academy converter
- 557 m
Hurstmere School
Academy converter
- 1.1 km
Royal Park Primary Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,328
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 355
- Anti social behaviour 234
- Vehicle crime 156
- Public order 109
- Burglary 103
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 10
- Postcode households
- 4
- Residents per household
- 2.5
- DA5 3 residents
- 8,401
6 female, 4 male
Age bands in DA5 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.2%
1,394 residents
867 residents
1,895 residents
2,238 residents
1,615 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DA5 3 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+
- 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
20
within 5 km
PLAS MEDDYG SURGERY
40 PARKHILL ROAD, BEXLEY, DA5 1HU
ODS code G83029
1.6 km
BARNARD MEDICAL GROUP
43 GRANVILLE ROAD, SIDCUP, DA14 4TA
ODS code G83004
1.7 km
SIDCUP MEDICAL CENTRE
2 CHURCH AVENUE, SIDCUP, DA14 6BU
ODS code G83066
2.1 km
INGLETON AVENUE SURGERY
84 INGLETON AVENUE, WELLING, DA16 2JZ
ODS code G83024
2.1 km
WOODLANDS SURGERY
146 HALFWAY STREET, SIDCUP, DA15 8DF
ODS code G83057
2.3 km
THE ALBION SURGERY
6 PINCOTT ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA6 7LP
ODS code G83006
2.4 km
WELLING MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 DANSON CRESCENT, WELLING, DA16 2AT
ODS code G83025
2.6 km
BEXLEY GROUP PRACTICE
76-78 UPPER WICKHAM LANE, WELLING, DA16 3HQ
ODS code G83028
3.1 km
THE WESTWOOD SURGERY
24 WESTWOOD LANE, WELLING, DA16 2HE
ODS code G83002
3.2 km
BELLEGROVE SURGERY
174 BELLEGROVE ROAD, WELLING, DA16 3RE
ODS code G83009
3.4 km
NEW ELTHAM AND BLACKFEN MEDICAL CENTRE
52 THAXTED ROAD, NEW ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 3PT
ODS code G83628
3.4 km
LYNDHURST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
41 LYNDHURST ROAD, BARNEHURST, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 6DL
ODS code G83049
3.5 km
DR DAVIES & PARTNER
55 LITTLE HEATH ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5HL
ODS code G83033
3.9 km
BEXLEY MEDICAL GROUP
171 KING HAROLDS WAY, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5RB
ODS code G83053
4.0 km
BROOMWOOD HEALTH CENTRE
41 BROOMWOOD ROAD, ST. PAULS CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2JP
ODS code G84019
4.2 km
CRAYFORD TOWN SURGERY
CRAYFORD ROAD, (NEXT TO TOWN HALL), DARTFORD, DA1 4ER
ODS code G83642
4.3 km
THE CHISLEHURST PARTNERSHIP
42 HIGH STREET, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5AQ
ODS code G84010
4.4 km
ELMSTEAD MEDICAL CLINIC
81 WILLIAM BAREFOOT DRIVE, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 3JD
ODS code G83673
4.5 km
ELTHAM MEDICAL PRACTICE
ELTHAM COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, PASSEY PLACE, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5DQ
ODS code G83680
4.9 km
ELTHAM PALACE SURGERY
ELTHAM PALACE SURGERY, 30 PASSEY PLACE, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5DQ
ODS code G83015
4.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Crofton Avenue
BCT · Bexley
- 0.1 miles
Eynsford Crescent
BCT · Blackfen
- 0.1 miles
Crofton Avenue
BCT · Bexley
- 0.2 miles
Foots Cray Lane / Hurst Road
BCT · Blackfen
- 0.2 miles
Foots Cray Lane / Hurst Road
BCT · Blackfen
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bexley 024C, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
30,998 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 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
- 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
1,328 published events cover 12 months, averaging 110.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 355 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.