Schools
197 open schools are in scope, including 117 primary and 24 secondary schools. New Directions is the nearest published school at 472 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
E16 2LB
Royal Albert · Newham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- London
- 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 2LB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- E
- Postcode district
- E16
- Postcode sector
- E16 2
- Latitude
- 51.501033
- Longitude
- 0.057910
- British National Grid easting
- 542,934
- British National Grid northing
- 180,018
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
- E00018208
- Lower layer super output area
- Newham 041A · E01033581
- 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
Property
5 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Dunedin House, Flat 52, Manwood Street, London, E16 2LB | 26 April 2018 | £180,000 |
| Dunedin House, Flat 64, Manwood Street, London, E16 2LB | 30 November 2015 | £162,500 |
| Dunedin House, Flat 52, Manwood Street, London, E16 2LB | 14 August 2014 | £122,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 197
- Primary
- 117
- Secondary
- 24
- 472 m
New Directions
Pupil referral unit
- 768 m
Drew Primary School
Academy converter
- 861 m
University of East London
Higher education institutions
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,875
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,048
- Anti social behaviour 761
- Vehicle crime 637
- Other theft 593
- Shoplifting 491
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 81
- Postcode households
- 29
- Residents per household
- 2.8
- E16 2 residents
- 19,319
39 female, 42 male
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
This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E16 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+
- 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
59
within 5 km
THE PRACTICE ALBERT ROAD
KENNARD STREET HEALTH CENTRE, 76 ALBERT ROAD, LONDON, E16 2DY
ODS code Y02928
337 m
ROYAL DOCKS MEDICAL PRACTICE
ROYAL DOCKS MEDICAL CENTRE, 21 EAST HAM MANOR WAY, BECKTON, LONDON, E6 5NA
ODS code F84717
1.0 km
VALENTINE HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
25-27 JOHN WILSON STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 6PZ
ODS code G83067
1.0 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
1.4 km
TOLLGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
220 TOLLGATE ROAD, LONDON, E6 5JS
ODS code F84093
1.6 km
GLYNDON PMS
GLYNDON MEDICAL CENTRE, 188 ANN STREET, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7LU
ODS code G83060
2.1 km
THAMESMEAD HEALTH CENTRE
4-5 THAMES REACH, LONDON, SE28 0NY
ODS code Y02974
2.3 km
FAIRFIELD PMS
THE FAIRFIELD CENTRE, 41- 43 FAIRFIELD GROVE, CHARLTON, LONDON, SE7 8TX
ODS code G83044
2.3 km
ST MARKS PMS
24 WROTTESLEY ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3EP
ODS code G83039
2.4 km
CONWAY PMS
44 CONWAY ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 1AH
ODS code G83633
2.5 km
ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTRE PMS
13A RIPON ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3PS
ODS code G83030
2.5 km
CUSTOM HOUSE SURGERY
16 FREEMASONS ROAD, CANNING TOWN, LONDON, E16 3NA
ODS code F84047
2.6 km
WAVERLEY PMS
37 WAVERLEY CRESCENT, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7QU
ODS code G83635
2.7 km
PLUMSTEAD AND WICKHAM LANE SURGERY
141 PLUMSTEAD HIGH STREET, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 1SE
ODS code G83647
2.8 km
PLUMSTEAD H/C PMS
TEWSON ROAD, LONDON, SE18 1BB
ODS code G83019
2.9 km
BANNOCKBURN SURGERY
20-22 BANNOCKBURN ROAD, LONDON, SE18 1ES
ODS code G83654
2.9 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
3.1 km
GREENWICH PENINSULA
GREENWICH PENINSULA PRACTICE, SCHOOLBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE10 0QN
ODS code Y03755
3.3 km
Showing 20 of 59 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
- 0.0 miles
Fernhill Street
BCT · North Woolwich
- 0.1 miles
Fernhill Street
BCT · North Woolwich
- 0.1 miles
St Johns Church
BCT · North Woolwich
- 0.2 miles
Kennard Street
BCT · North Woolwich
- 0.2 miles
Woolwich Ferry Pier
BCT · North Woolwich
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newham 041A, 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
5,927 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 5 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
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 33
- 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
6,875 published events cover 12 months, averaging 572.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,048 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.