Schools
80 open schools are in scope, including 52 primary and 15 secondary schools. Woodside Academy is the nearest published school at 480 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DA8 3RQ
Erith · Bexley · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeLocation overview
Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DA8 3RQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 April 2015
- Postcode area
- DA
- Postcode district
- DA8
- Postcode sector
- DA8 3
- Latitude
- 51.473963
- Longitude
- 0.177004
- British National Grid easting
- 551,289
- British National Grid northing
- 177,247
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Bexley · E09000004
- Electoral ward
- Erith · E05011225
- Parish or community
- E43000194
- Westminster constituency
- Erith and Thamesmead · E14001229
- Output area
- E00001821
- Lower layer super output area
- Bexley 008A · E01000373
- Middle layer super output area
- Bexley 008 · E02000072
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
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Cambria House, Flat 59, Larner Road, Erith, DA8 3RQ | 16 December 2014 | £100,000 |
| Cambria House, Flat 53, Larner Road, Erith, DA8 3RQ | 25 November 2011 | £76,000 |
| Cambria House, Flat 59, Larner Road, Erith, DA8 3RQ | 11 October 2006 | £60,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 80
- Primary
- 52
- Secondary
- 15
- 480 m
Woodside Academy
Academy special converter
- 490 m
Peareswood Primary School
Academy converter
- 546 m
Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,993
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,477
- Anti social behaviour 602
- Criminal damage and arson 300
- Vehicle crime 290
- Public order 285
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DA8 3 residents
- 11,663
Age bands in DA8 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.6%
2,454 residents
1,335 residents
3,162 residents
2,809 residents
1,675 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
19
within 5 km straight-line
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
ERITH HEALTH CENTRE, 50 PIER ROAD, ERITH, DA8 1RQ
ODS code G83630
684 m
NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH MED.CTR.
HIND CRESCENT, NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH, ERITH, DA8 3DB
ODS code G83010
831 m
SLADE GREEN MEDICAL CTR.
156 BRIDGE ROAD, SLADE GREEN, ERITH, DA8 2HS
ODS code G83062
970 m
LYNDHURST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
41 LYNDHURST ROAD, BARNEHURST, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 6DL
ODS code G83049
1.9 km
BELVEDERE MEDICAL CENTRE
15 ALBERT ROAD, BELVEDERE, DA17 5LQ
ODS code G83052
2.5 km
DR DAVIES & PARTNER
55 LITTLE HEATH ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5HL
ODS code G83033
2.6 km
CRAYFORD TOWN SURGERY
CRAYFORD ROAD, (NEXT TO TOWN HALL), DARTFORD, DA1 4ER
ODS code G83642
2.7 km
THE ALBION SURGERY
6 PINCOTT ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA6 7LP
ODS code G83006
3.0 km
BEXLEY MEDICAL GROUP
171 KING HAROLDS WAY, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5RB
ODS code G83053
3.4 km
REDWOOD PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82185
3.8 km
THE WELLCOME PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82056
3.8 km
PLAS MEDDYG SURGERY
40 PARKHILL ROAD, BEXLEY, DA5 1HU
ODS code G83029
4.1 km
TEMPLE HILL SURGERY
ST EDMUNDS CHURCH LIVING, ST. EDMUNDS ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 5ND
ODS code G82647
4.4 km
HORSMAN'S PLACE SURGERY
HORSMANS PLACE, INSTONE ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2JP
ODS code G82048
4.4 km
PURFLEET CARE CENTRE
TANK HILL ROAD, PURFLEET, RM19 1SX
ODS code Y00033
4.4 km
LOWFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
65-67 LOWFIELD STREET, DARTFORD, DA1 1HP
ODS code G82143
4.5 km
LAKESIDE MEDICAL
LAKESIDE HEALTH CENTRE, YARNTON WAY, LONDON, SE2 9LH
ODS code G83018
4.5 km
BEXLEY GROUP PRACTICE
76-78 UPPER WICKHAM LANE, WELLING, DA16 3HQ
ODS code G83028
4.8 km
ABBEY WOOD SURGERY
9 GODSTOW ROAD, ABBEY WOOD, LONDON, SE2 9AT
ODS code G83031
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Larner Road
BCT · Erith
- 0.2 miles
Larner Road
BCT · Erith
- 0.2 miles
Erith Leisure Centre
BCT · Erith
- 0.2 miles
Beechfield Road / Erith
BCT · Erith
- 0.2 miles
Avenue Road / Erith
BCT · Erith
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bexley 008A, 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
10,354 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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
3,993 published events cover 12 months, averaging 332.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,477 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.