E17 3LZ

Wood Street · Waltham Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Waltham Forest
Constituency
Walthamstow
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E17 3TJ 76 m
E17 3LA 77 m
E17 3LJ 77 m
E17 3LX 81 m
E17 3LN 82 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E17 3LZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 September 1991
Terminated
1 December 1992
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 3
Latitude
51.587342
Longitude
-0.002201
British National Grid easting
538,500
British National Grid northing
189,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Waltham Forest · E09000031
Parish or community
E43000221
Westminster constituency
Walthamstow · E14001563
Output area
E00022468
Lower layer super output area
Waltham Forest 013F · E01004471
Middle layer super output area
Waltham Forest 013 · E02000907

Postcode source versions

Explore E17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
179
Primary
103
Secondary
27
  1. St Mary's CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    422 m
  2. Holy Family Catholic School

    Voluntary aided school

    438 m
  3. The Woodside Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    441 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,977
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,963
  • Anti social behaviour 905
  • Vehicle crime 685
  • Other theft 657
  • Theft from the person 478

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

68

within 5 km straight-line

  • DR DHITAL PRACTICE

    6 LINFORD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 3LA

    ODS code F86086

    77 m

  • WALTHAM FOREST COMM & FAM HTH SERV LTD

    6 LINFORD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 3LA

    ODS code F86644

    77 m

  • ADDISON ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    46 RAVENSWOOD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 9LY

    ODS code F86607

    662 m

  • THE BAILEY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86689

    662 m

  • THE ECCLESBOURNE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86018

    749 m

  • THE FOREST SURGERY

    2 MACDONALD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 4BA

    ODS code F86026

    844 m

  • GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86062

    1.1 km

  • QUEENS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    48 QUEENS ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 8PX

    ODS code F86030

    1.5 km

  • DR SHANTIR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86626

    1.7 km

  • THE LYNDHURST SURGERY

    53 LYNDHURST DRIVE, LEYTON, LONDON, E10 6JB

    ODS code F86088

    1.7 km

  • THE PENRHYN SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86005

    1.8 km

  • SMA MEDICAL PRACTICE

    693 HIGH ROAD LEYTON, LEYTON, LONDON, E10 6RA

    ODS code F86038

    1.9 km

  • GLEBELANDS PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86020

    1.9 km

  • THE ALLUM MEDICAL CENTRE

    FAIRLOP ROAD, LEYTONSTONE, LONDON, E11 1BN

    ODS code F86036

    2.0 km

  • QUEEN MARY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86658

    2.0 km

  • THE ELMHURST PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86064

    2.0 km

  • SOUTHDENE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86066

    2.0 km

  • THE SHRUBBERIES MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F86641

    2.0 km

  • WANSTEAD PLACE SURGERY

    45 WANSTEAD PLACE, WANSTEAD, LONDON, E11 2SW

    ODS code F86032

    2.0 km

  • DR MOHAMMED GREEN MAN MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 HANBURY DRIVE, LEYTONSTONE, LONDON, E11 1GA

    ODS code F86621

    2.1 km

Showing 20 of 68 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Wood Street Station

    BCT · Upper Walthamstow

    0.0 miles
  • Wood Street Rail Station

    RLY · Upper Walthamstow

    0.1 miles
  • Wood Street Station

    BCT · Upper Walthamstow

    0.1 miles
  • Wood Street Station

    BCT · Upper Walthamstow

    0.1 miles
  • Wood Street Station

    RSE · Upper Walthamstow

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Waltham Forest 013F, 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

9,853 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

179 open schools are in scope, including 103 primary and 27 secondary schools. St Mary's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 422 m.

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

Recorded crime

6,977 published events cover 12 months, averaging 581.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,963 events.

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