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E17 3HR

Wood Street · Waltham Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Ward
Wood Street
Local authority
Waltham Forest
Constituency
Walthamstow
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E17 3HS 45 m
E17 4AT 66 m
E17 3JA 84 m
E17 3JB 85 m
E17 3HY 95 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E17 3HR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 3
Latitude
51.591216
Longitude
-0.006348
British National Grid easting
538,201
British National Grid northing
189,923

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Waltham Forest · E09000031
Electoral ward
Wood Street · E05013903
Parish or community
E43000221
Westminster constituency
Walthamstow · E14001563
Output area
E00022462
Lower layer super output area
Waltham Forest 013E · E01004470
Middle layer super output area
Waltham Forest 013 · E02000907

Postcode source versions

Explore E17

Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
740, Forest Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 3HR 24 June 1999 £269,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
178
Primary
103
Secondary
24

  1. The Woodside Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    179 m

  2. Holy Family Catholic School

    Voluntary aided school

    188 m

  3. Our Lady and St George's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    198 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,933
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,940
  • Anti social behaviour 947
  • Vehicle crime 708
  • Other theft 591
  • Drugs 471

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
33

15 female, 18 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
11.0
E17 3 residents
13,205

Age bands in E17 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.9%

2,944 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.6%

1,558 residents

Age 25 to 44
36.8%

4,936 residents

Age 45 to 64
22%

2,955 residents

Age 65 and over
7.7%

1,037 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E17 3 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

66

within 5 km

  • THE FOREST SURGERY

    2 MACDONALD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 4BA

    ODS code F86026

    402 m

  • DR DHITAL PRACTICE

    6 LINFORD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 3LA

    ODS code F86086

    445 m

  • WALTHAM FOREST COMM & FAM HTH SERV LTD

    6 LINFORD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 3LA

    ODS code F86644

    445 m

  • ADDISON ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    46 RAVENSWOOD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 9LY

    ODS code F86607

    913 m

  • THE BAILEY PRACTICE

    COMLEY BANK SITE, 46 RAVENSWOOD ROAD, LONDON, E17 9LY

    ODS code F86689

    913 m

  • THE ECCLESBOURNE PRACTICE

    ECCLESBOURNE, 1 WARWICK TERRACE, LEA BRIDGE ROAD, LEYTON, LONDON, E17 9DP

    ODS code F86018

    1.2 km

  • THE PENRHYN SURGERY

    2A PENRHYN AVENUE, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 5DB

    ODS code F86005

    1.4 km

  • GROVE SURGERY

    103-105 GROVE ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 9BU

    ODS code F86062

    1.4 km

  • DR SHANTIR PRACTICE

    354-358 FOREST ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 5JL

    ODS code F86626

    1.4 km

  • QUEENS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    48 QUEENS ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 8PX

    ODS code F86030

    1.6 km

  • HANDSWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HANDSWORTH AVENUE, HIGHAMS PARK, LONDON, E4 9PD

    ODS code F86004

    1.9 km

  • CLAREMONT MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 CLAREMONT ROAD, LONDON, E17 5RJ

    ODS code F86708

    1.9 km

  • HIGHAM HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    258-260 HIGHAM HILL ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 5RQ

    ODS code F86679

    2.0 km

  • QUEEN MARY PRACTICE

    SOUTH WOODFORD HEALTH CENTRE, 114 HIGH ROAD, SOUTH WOODFORD, LONDON, E18 2QS

    ODS code F86658

    2.1 km

  • THE ELMHURST PRACTICE

    114 HIGH ROAD, SOUTH WOODFORD, LONDON, E18 2QS

    ODS code F86064

    2.1 km

  • GLEBELANDS PRACTICE

    2 GLEBELANDS AVENUE, SOUTH WOODFORD, LONDON, E18 2AB

    ODS code F86020

    2.1 km

  • SINNOTT MEDICAL CENTRE

    8 ST ANDREW'S ROAD, WALTHAMWSTOW, LONDON, E17 6BD

    ODS code Y01839

    2.1 km

  • THE LYNDHURST SURGERY

    53 LYNDHURST DRIVE, LEYTON, LONDON, E10 6JB

    ODS code F86088

    2.1 km

  • SOUTHDENE SURGERY

    THE SHRUBBERIES, GEORGE LANE, SOUTH WOODFORD, LONDON, E18 1BD

    ODS code F86066

    2.2 km

  • THE SHRUBBERIES MEDICAL CENTRE

    12 THE SHRUBBERIES, GEORGE LANE, LONDON, E18 1BD

    ODS code F86641

    2.2 km

Showing 20 of 66 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

  • St John's Road

    BCT · Upper Walthamstow

    0.0 miles

  • Thorpe Coombe Hospital

    BCT · Upper Walthamstow

    0.1 miles

  • Forest Road / Wood Street Lib

    BCT · Upper Walthamstow

    0.1 miles

  • Forest Road / Wood Street Lib

    BCT · Upper Walthamstow

    0.1 miles

  • Wood Street

    BCT · Upper Walthamstow

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Waltham Forest 013E, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,749 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
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

Schools

178 open schools are in scope, including 103 primary and 24 secondary schools. The Woodside Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 179 m.

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

Recorded crime

6,933 published events cover 12 months, averaging 577.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,940 events.

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