E17 6LF

High 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E17 6LE 37 m
E17 6LG 47 m
E17 6JX 54 m
E17 6LB 62 m
E17 6LD 74 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E17 6LF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
1 July 1995
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 6
Latitude
51.587003
Longitude
-0.035418
British National Grid easting
536,200
British National Grid northing
189,400

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
E00022101
Lower layer super output area
Waltham Forest 012A · E01004396
Middle layer super output area
Waltham Forest 012 · E02000906

Postcode source versions

Explore E17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
235
Primary
133
Secondary
30
  1. Stoneydown Park School

    Community school

    147 m
  2. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    252 m
  3. Big Creative Academy

    Free schools 16 to 19

    254 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7,533
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,042
  • Anti social behaviour 1,051
  • Other theft 686
  • Vehicle crime 596
  • Theft from the person 596

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.

GP practices

97

within 5 km straight-line

  • SINNOTT MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y01839

    700 m

  • DR SHANTIR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86626

    709 m

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE LIMITED

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

    ODS code F86058

    746 m

  • THE FIRS

    26 STEPHENSON ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 7JT

    ODS code F86001

    746 m

  • CLAREMONT MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 CLAREMONT ROAD, LONDON, E17 5RJ

    ODS code F86708

    857 m

  • HIGHAM HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F86679

    873 m

  • QUEENS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    48 QUEENS ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 8PX

    ODS code F86030

    1.3 km

  • THE PENRHYN SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86005

    1.4 km

  • ADDISON ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    46 RAVENSWOOD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 9LY

    ODS code F86607

    1.9 km

  • THE BAILEY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86689

    1.9 km

  • GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86062

    1.9 km

  • THE MANOR PRACTICE

    454 LEA BRIDGE ROAD, LEYTON, LONDON, E10 7DY

    ODS code F86011

    2.0 km

  • WELBOURNE GP SURGERY, WELBOURNE H C

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

    ODS code F85628

    2.0 km

  • WELBOURNE MED PRAC, WELBOURNE H C

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

    ODS code Y05330

    2.0 km

  • SEYMOUR MEDICAL CENTRE

    266 LEA BRIDGE ROAD, LEYTON, LONDON, E10 7LD

    ODS code F86006

    2.1 km

  • DR DHITAL PRACTICE

    6 LINFORD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 3LA

    ODS code F86086

    2.2 km

  • WALTHAM FOREST COMM & FAM HTH SERV LTD

    6 LINFORD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 3LA

    ODS code F86644

    2.2 km

  • THE FOREST SURGERY

    2 MACDONALD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 4BA

    ODS code F86026

    2.3 km

  • TYNEMOUTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    TYNEMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, N15 4RH

    ODS code F85013

    2.3 km

  • THE ECCLESBOURNE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86018

    2.5 km

Showing 20 of 97 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • King Edward Road (E17)

    BCT · Blackhorse Road

    0.1 miles
  • Pretoria Avenue

    BCT · Blackhorse Road

    0.1 miles
  • Century Road

    BCT · Blackhorse Road

    0.1 miles
  • Longfield Avenue Walthamstow

    BCT · Blackhorse Road

    0.2 miles
  • Blackhorse Road Station

    BCT · Blackhorse Road

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Waltham Forest 012A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,312 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
1 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

235 open schools are in scope, including 133 primary and 30 secondary schools. Stoneydown Park School is the nearest published school at 147 m.

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

Recorded crime

7,533 published events cover 12 months, averaging 627.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,042 events.

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