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E1 8LY

Whitechapel · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Ward
Whitechapel
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney
Postcode district
E1
Postcode sector
E1 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1 8LR 48 m
E1 8LG 61 m
E1 8LS 66 m
E1 8NB 66 m
E1 8ZU 72 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1 8LY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 1982
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1
Postcode sector
E1 8
Latitude
51.509867
Longitude
-0.070760
British National Grid easting
533,978
British National Grid northing
180,757

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Electoral ward
Whitechapel · E05009336
Parish or community
E43000220
Westminster constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney · E14001086
Output area
E00021595
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 026F · E01035697
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 026 · E02000889

Postcode source versions

Explore E1

Property

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7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
17, Cartwright Street, London, E1 8LY 18 July 2025 £650,000
15, Cartwright Street, London, E1 8LY 5 June 2020 £500,000
17, Cartwright Street, London, E1 8LY 15 August 2019 £500,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
396
Primary
198
Secondary
54

  1. Mulberry Academy London Dock

    Free schools

    327 m

  2. English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    338 m

  3. St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    344 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
24,091
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,904
  • Other theft 4,210
  • Theft from the person 3,475
  • Shoplifting 2,224
  • Anti social behaviour 2,167

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
33

20 female, 13 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.8
E1 8 residents
8,334

Age bands in E1 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.5%

1,161 residents

Age 15 to 24
21.6%

1,619 residents

Age 25 to 44
45.9%

3,451 residents

Age 45 to 64
13.5%

1,012 residents

Age 65 and over
3.6%

268 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E1 8 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

123

within 5 km

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    365 m

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    431 m

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    837 m

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    920 m

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    940 m

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    1.0 km

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    1.2 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85623

    1.4 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    1.4 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.5 km

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    1.5 km

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    1.6 km

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85138

    1.7 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    1.9 km

  • FALMOUTH ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

    78 FALMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE1 4JW

    ODS code G85029

    2.1 km

  • THE NEAMAN PRACTICE

    15 HALF MOON COURT, LONDON, EC1A 7HF

    ODS code F84640

    2.1 km

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84051

    2.2 km

  • OLD KENT ROAD SURGERY

    182-184 OLD KENT ROAD, LONDON, SE1 5TY

    ODS code G85052

    2.3 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE

    ODS code G85125

    2.5 km

  • CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    CITY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE, UNIT 1-3 GROUND FLOOR, CITY HOUSE, 190-196 CITY ROAD, LONDON, EC1V 2QH

    ODS code F83064

    2.5 km

Showing 20 of 123 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

  • Tower Hill / Tower Gateway Station

    BCT · Tower Gateway

    0.1 miles

  • Tower Gateway Station DLR

    TMU · Tower Gateway

    0.1 miles

  • St Katherine Dock

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles

  • St Katherine Dock

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles

  • Tower Gateway DLR Station

    PLT · Tower Gateway

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 026F, 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

13,182 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
0
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
3
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 £650,000 from 1 recorded sale in E1 8LY. 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

396 open schools are in scope, including 198 primary and 54 secondary schools. Mulberry Academy London Dock is the nearest published school at 327 m.

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

Recorded crime

24,091 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2,007.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,904 events.

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