Schools
203 open schools are in scope, including 120 primary and 27 secondary schools. Drew Primary School is the nearest published school at 563 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
E16 2EL
Royal Albert · Newham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Royal Albert
- Local authority
- Newham
- Constituency
- West Ham and Beckton
- Postcode district
- E16
- Postcode sector
- E16 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- E16 2EL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- E
- Postcode district
- E16
- Postcode sector
- E16 2
- Latitude
- 51.500553
- Longitude
- 0.054502
- British National Grid easting
- 542,699
- British National Grid northing
- 179,958
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Newham · E09000025
- Electoral ward
- Royal Albert · E05013922
- Parish or community
- E43000215
- Westminster constituency
- West Ham and Beckton · E14001576
- Output area
- E00182074
- Lower layer super output area
- Newham 041D · E01034224
- Middle layer super output area
- Newham 041 · E02006998
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 E16
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 203
- Primary
- 120
- Secondary
- 27
- 563 m
Drew Primary School
Academy converter
- 712 m
New Directions
Pupil referral unit
- 1.1 km
University of East London
Higher education institutions
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,561
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,943
- Anti social behaviour 695
- Vehicle crime 604
- Other theft 581
- Shoplifting 490
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- E16 2 residents
- 19,319
Age bands in E16 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 14.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 49.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 15%
- Age 65 and over
- 3.5%
3,594 residents
2,879 residents
9,964 residents
3,035 residents
710 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.
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+
- 66.7%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 50%
- Gigabit-capable
- 50%
- 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
60
within 5 km straight-line
THE PRACTICE ALBERT ROAD
KENNARD STREET HEALTH CENTRE, 76 ALBERT ROAD, LONDON, E16 2DY
ODS code Y02928
147 m
VALENTINE HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
25-27 JOHN WILSON STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 6PZ
ODS code G83067
1.0 km
ROYAL DOCKS MEDICAL PRACTICE
ROYAL DOCKS MEDICAL CENTRE, 21 EAST HAM MANOR WAY, BECKTON, LONDON, E6 5NA
ODS code F84717
1.2 km
TRIVENI PMS
ESCREET SURGERY, ESCREET GROVE, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 5TE
ODS code G83026
1.2 km
ROYAL ARSENAL MEDICAL CENTRE
21 ARSENAL WAY, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 6TE
ODS code G83016
1.5 km
TOLLGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
220 TOLLGATE ROAD, LONDON, E6 5JS
ODS code F84093
1.7 km
FAIRFIELD PMS
THE FAIRFIELD CENTRE, 41- 43 FAIRFIELD GROVE, CHARLTON, LONDON, SE7 8TX
ODS code G83044
2.1 km
GLYNDON PMS
GLYNDON MEDICAL CENTRE, 188 ANN STREET, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7LU
ODS code G83060
2.3 km
CUSTOM HOUSE SURGERY
16 FREEMASONS ROAD, CANNING TOWN, LONDON, E16 3NA
ODS code F84047
2.4 km
THAMESMEAD HEALTH CENTRE
4-5 THAMES REACH, LONDON, SE28 0NY
ODS code Y02974
2.5 km
ST MARKS PMS
24 WROTTESLEY ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3EP
ODS code G83039
2.5 km
ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTRE PMS
13A RIPON ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3PS
ODS code G83030
2.5 km
CONWAY PMS
44 CONWAY ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 1AH
ODS code G83633
2.7 km
WAVERLEY PMS
37 WAVERLEY CRESCENT, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7QU
ODS code G83635
2.8 km
GLEN ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
1-9 GLEN ROAD, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 8RU
ODS code F84092
2.9 km
COMMUNITY DERMATOLOGY CLINIC
63 APPLEBY ROAD, CANNING TOWN, LONDON, E16 1LQ
ODS code F84750
2.9 km
PLUMSTEAD AND WICKHAM LANE SURGERY
141 PLUMSTEAD HIGH STREET, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 1SE
ODS code G83647
3.0 km
GREENWICH PENINSULA
GREENWICH PENINSULA PRACTICE, SCHOOLBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE10 0QN
ODS code Y03755
3.1 km
PLUMSTEAD H/C PMS
TEWSON ROAD, LONDON, SE18 1BB
ODS code G83019
3.1 km
BANNOCKBURN SURGERY
20-22 BANNOCKBURN ROAD, LONDON, SE18 1ES
ODS code G83654
3.1 km
Showing 20 of 60 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Kennard Street
BCT · North Woolwich
- 0.1 miles
Kennard Street
BCT · North Woolwich
- 0.1 miles
Fernhill Street
BCT · North Woolwich
- 0.1 miles
Fernhill Street
BCT · North Woolwich
- 0.1 miles
Tate Road
BCT · North Woolwich
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newham 041D, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
6,043 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
- 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
6,561 published events cover 12 months, averaging 546.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,943 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.