Schools
110 open schools are in scope, including 73 primary and 18 secondary schools. Belmont Academy is the nearest published school at 204 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DA8 1LE
Northumberland Heath · Bexley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Erith
- Ward
- Northumberland Heath
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Bexleyheath and Crayford
- Postcode district
- DA8
- Postcode sector
- DA8 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DA8 1LE
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- DA
- Postcode district
- DA8
- Postcode sector
- DA8 1
- Latitude
- 51.472906
- Longitude
- 0.148975
- British National Grid easting
- 549,346
- British National Grid northing
- 177,072
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Bexley · E09000004
- Electoral ward
- Northumberland Heath · E05011228
- Parish or community
- E43000194
- Westminster constituency
- Bexleyheath and Crayford · E14001089
- Output area
- E00002150
- Lower layer super output area
- Bexley 007D · E01000440
- Middle layer super output area
- Bexley 007 · E02000071
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 DA8
Property
33 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 189, Belmont Road, Erith, DA8 1LE | 29 April 2021 | £478,000 |
| 205, Belmont Road, Erith, DA8 1LE | 9 April 2021 | £415,000 |
| 187, Belmont Road, Erith, DA8 1LE | 26 February 2021 | £440,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 110
- Primary
- 73
- Secondary
- 18
- 204 m
Belmont Academy
Academy converter
- 540 m
Northumberland Heath Primary School
Academy converter
- 649 m
Bursted Wood Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,680
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 941
- Anti social behaviour 407
- Shoplifting 211
- Vehicle crime 203
- Other theft 186
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 79
- Postcode households
- 28
- Residents per household
- 2.8
- DA8 1 residents
- 14,579
42 female, 37 male
Age bands in DA8 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 23.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.6%
3,530 residents
1,778 residents
4,423 residents
3,636 residents
1,749 residents
This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DA8 1 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
25
within 5 km
DR DAVIES & PARTNER
55 LITTLE HEATH ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5HL
ODS code G83033
659 m
BELVEDERE MEDICAL CENTRE
15 ALBERT ROAD, BELVEDERE, DA17 5LQ
ODS code G83052
1.1 km
NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH MED.CTR.
HIND CRESCENT, NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH, ERITH, DA8 3DB
ODS code G83010
1.3 km
LYNDHURST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
41 LYNDHURST ROAD, BARNEHURST, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 6DL
ODS code G83049
1.5 km
BEXLEY MEDICAL GROUP
171 KING HAROLDS WAY, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5RB
ODS code G83053
1.5 km
THE ALBION SURGERY
6 PINCOTT ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA6 7LP
ODS code G83006
2.1 km
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
ERITH HEALTH CENTRE, 50 PIER ROAD, ERITH, DA8 1RQ
ODS code G83630
2.3 km
BEXLEY GROUP PRACTICE
76-78 UPPER WICKHAM LANE, WELLING, DA16 3HQ
ODS code G83028
2.8 km
SLADE GREEN MEDICAL CTR.
156 BRIDGE ROAD, SLADE GREEN, ERITH, DA8 2HS
ODS code G83062
2.9 km
WELLING MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 DANSON CRESCENT, WELLING, DA16 2AT
ODS code G83025
3.1 km
LAKESIDE MEDICAL
LAKESIDE HEALTH CENTRE, YARNTON WAY, LONDON, SE2 9LH
ODS code G83018
3.2 km
ABBEYSLADE PMS (DR CHAND)
111 BASILDON ROAD, ABBEY WOOD, LONDON, SE2 0ER
ODS code G83631
3.3 km
PLAS MEDDYG SURGERY
40 PARKHILL ROAD, BEXLEY, DA5 1HU
ODS code G83029
3.4 km
CRAYFORD TOWN SURGERY
CRAYFORD ROAD, (NEXT TO TOWN HALL), DARTFORD, DA1 4ER
ODS code G83642
3.4 km
ABBEY WOOD SURGERY
9 GODSTOW ROAD, ABBEY WOOD, LONDON, SE2 9AT
ODS code G83031
3.5 km
THE WESTWOOD SURGERY
24 WESTWOOD LANE, WELLING, DA16 2HE
ODS code G83002
3.7 km
INGLETON AVENUE SURGERY
84 INGLETON AVENUE, WELLING, DA16 2JZ
ODS code G83024
3.8 km
BELLEGROVE SURGERY
174 BELLEGROVE ROAD, WELLING, DA16 3RE
ODS code G83009
3.8 km
BANNOCKBURN SURGERY
20-22 BANNOCKBURN ROAD, LONDON, SE18 1ES
ODS code G83654
4.1 km
PLUMSTEAD H/C PMS
TEWSON ROAD, LONDON, SE18 1BB
ODS code G83019
4.2 km
Showing 20 of 25 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
- 0.2 miles
Little Heath Road
BCT · Lessness Heath
- 0.2 miles
Hollingbourne Avenue
BCT · Northumberland Heath
- 0.2 miles
Little Heath Road
BCT · Lessness Heath
- 0.2 miles
Hollingbourne Avenue
BCT · Northumberland Heath
- 0.3 miles
Swaylands Road
BCT · Lessness Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bexley 007D, 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
31,013 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
2,680 published events cover 12 months, averaging 223.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 941 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.