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E1 2LH

Shadwell · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
London
Ward
Shadwell
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney
Postcode district
E1
Postcode sector
E1 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1 2LF 9 m
E1 2BE 27 m
E1 2LG 35 m
E1 2LA 46 m
E1 2EZ 49 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1 2LH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1
Postcode sector
E1 2
Latitude
51.513815
Longitude
-0.061513
British National Grid easting
534,608
British National Grid northing
181,213

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Electoral ward
Shadwell · E05009332
Parish or community
E43000220
Westminster constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney · E14001086
Output area
E00021659
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 022C · E01004304
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 022 · E02000885

Postcode source versions

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Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
126, Cannon Street Road, London, E1 2LH 30 June 2023 £775,000
120a, Cannon Street Road, London, E1 2LH 23 August 2002 £226,500
120a, Cannon Street Road, London, E1 2LH 9 April 1999 £130,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
384
Primary
194
Secondary
52

  1. Buttercup Primary School

    Other independent school

    59 m

  2. Daffodil Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    128 m

  3. Wapping High School

    Free schools

    134 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
21,815
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,291
  • Other theft 2,788
  • Anti social behaviour 2,405
  • Shoplifting 2,246
  • Theft from the person 2,048

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
84

43 female, 41 male

Postcode households
31
Residents per household
2.7
E1 2 residents
8,555

Age bands in E1 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.8%

1,509 residents

Age 15 to 24
18.5%

1,491 residents

Age 25 to 44
40.3%

3,244 residents

Age 45 to 64
16.8%

1,350 residents

Age 65 and over
5.6%

452 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E1 2 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+
71.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
71.4%
Gigabit-capable
71.4%
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

115

within 5 km

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    438 m

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    486 m

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    685 m

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    741 m

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    763 m

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    854 m

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

    THE WAPPING HEALTH CENTRE, 22 WAPPING LANE, LONDON, E1W 2RL

    ODS code F84079

    873 m

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

    FLAT 12, NIGHTINGALE HOUSE, 50 THOMAS MORE STREET, LONDON, E1W 1UA

    ODS code F84731

    893 m

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    1.1 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    1.5 km

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    1.6 km

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

    ALBION STREET HEALTH CENTRE, 87 ALBION STREET, LONDON, SE16 7JX

    ODS code G85138

    1.6 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    1.7 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    1.8 km

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 STROUTS PLACE, PELTER STREET, LONDON, E2 7QU

    ODS code F84051

    1.9 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

    EYOT HOUSE, 50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code G85623

    2.0 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    2.0 km

  • THE MISSION PRACTICE

    MISSION MEDICAL PRACTICE, 208 CAMBRIDGE HEATH ROAD, BETHNAL GREEN, LONDON, E2 9LS

    ODS code F84016

    2.0 km

  • SUTTONS WHARF HEALTH CENTRE

    26 PALMERS ROAD, LONDON, E2 0FA

    ODS code F84123

    2.2 km

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 115 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Commercial Road

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.0 miles

  • Commercial Road

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.0 miles

  • New Road (E1)

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles

  • New Road (E1)

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles

  • Chapman Street

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 022C, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

3,364 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
5
Medium risk addresses
4
Low risk addresses
6
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

Property market

The five-year median is £775,000 from 1 recorded sale in E1 2LH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Tower Hamlets is £456,898 in June 2026, down 13.1% year on year.

Schools

384 open schools are in scope, including 194 primary and 52 secondary schools. Buttercup Primary School is the nearest published school at 59 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

21,815 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,817.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,291 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.