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E17 6BQ

Higham Hill · Waltham Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Higham Hill
Local authority
Waltham Forest
Constituency
Walthamstow
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E17 6BB 26 m
E17 6NZ 34 m
E17 6GJ 52 m
E17 6AS 60 m
E17 6GT 60 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E17 6BQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 6
Latitude
51.593045
Longitude
-0.038060
British National Grid easting
535,999
British National Grid northing
190,067

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Waltham Forest · E09000031
Electoral ward
Higham Hill · E05013892
Parish or community
E43000221
Westminster constituency
Walthamstow · E14001563
Output area
E00185691
Lower layer super output area
Waltham Forest 014C · E01004401
Middle layer super output area
Waltham Forest 014 · E02000908

Postcode source versions

Explore E17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
221
Primary
126
Secondary
30

  1. Big Creative Independent School

    Other independent school

    164 m

  2. Hillyfield Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    263 m

  3. Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest

    Free schools

    329 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,525
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,836
  • Anti social behaviour 890
  • Other theft 599
  • Vehicle crime 534
  • Theft from the person 469

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
E17 6 residents
19,712

Age bands in E17 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.3%

3,602 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

2,113 residents

Age 25 to 44
43.2%

8,494 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.5%

4,040 residents

Age 65 and over
7.2%

1,420 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+
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

89

within 5 km straight-line

  • SINNOTT MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y01839

    87 m

  • HIGHAM HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F86679

    312 m

  • CLAREMONT MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 CLAREMONT ROAD, LONDON, E17 5RJ

    ODS code F86708

    352 m

  • DR SHANTIR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86626

    906 m

  • THE PENRHYN SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86005

    1.1 km

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE LIMITED

    THE FIRS MEDICAL CENTRE, 26 STEPHENSON ROAD, LONDON, E17 7JT

    ODS code F86058

    1.4 km

  • THE FIRS

    26 STEPHENSON ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 7JT

    ODS code F86001

    1.4 km

  • WELBOURNE GP SURGERY, WELBOURNE H C

    UNIT 1, WALTER TULL HOUSE, MONUMENT WAY, LONDON, N17 9QX

    ODS code F85628

    1.9 km

  • WELBOURNE MED PRAC, WELBOURNE H C

    UNIT 1, WALTER TULL HOUSE, MONUMENT WAY, LONDON, N17 9QX

    ODS code Y05330

    1.9 km

  • QUEENS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    48 QUEENS ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 8PX

    ODS code F86030

    1.9 km

  • CHARLTON HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    581 HIGH ROAD, LONDON, N17 6SB

    ODS code F85017

    2.2 km

  • BRUCE GROVE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CTR

    463 HIGH ROAD, TOTTENHAM, LONDON, N17 6QB

    ODS code F85028

    2.2 km

  • TYNEMOUTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    TYNEMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, N15 4RH

    ODS code F85013

    2.2 km

  • ADDISON ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    46 RAVENSWOOD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 9LY

    ODS code F86607

    2.3 km

  • THE BAILEY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86689

    2.3 km

  • THE FOREST SURGERY

    2 MACDONALD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 4BA

    ODS code F86026

    2.3 km

  • GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86062

    2.4 km

  • TOTTENHAM HEALTH CENTRE

    759 HIGH ROAD, TOTTENHAM, LONDON, N17 8AH

    ODS code F85615

    2.5 km

  • DR DHITAL PRACTICE

    6 LINFORD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 3LA

    ODS code F86086

    2.5 km

  • WALTHAM FOREST COMM & FAM HTH SERV LTD

    6 LINFORD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 3LA

    ODS code F86644

    2.5 km

Showing 20 of 89 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Shakespeare Road / Walthamstow

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.1 miles

  • Shakespeare Road / Walthamstow

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.1 miles

  • Priestley Way

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.1 miles

  • St. Andrews Road

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.2 miles

  • St. Andrews Road

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Waltham Forest 014C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,121 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
4 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
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

221 open schools are in scope, including 126 primary and 30 secondary schools. Big Creative Independent School is the nearest published school at 164 m.

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

Recorded crime

6,525 published events cover 12 months, averaging 543.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,836 events.

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