E17 7AY

St James · Waltham Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Waltham Forest
Constituency
Walthamstow
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E17 7AQ 34 m
E17 7AX 41 m
E17 6LX 69 m
E17 7AZ 69 m
E17 6PB 72 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E17 7AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 7
Latitude
51.583033
Longitude
-0.039444
British National Grid easting
535,933
British National Grid northing
188,951

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Waltham Forest · E09000031
Electoral ward
St James · E05013899
Parish or community
E43000221
Westminster constituency
Walthamstow · E14001563
Output area
E00022084
Lower layer super output area
Waltham Forest 014B · E01004393
Middle layer super output area
Waltham Forest 014 · E02000908

Postcode source versions

Explore E17

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Oster Terrace, London, E17 7AY 14 October 2022 £580,000
7, Oster Terrace, London, E17 7AY 22 July 2022 £635,000
6, Oster Terrace, London, E17 7AY 20 July 2022 £650,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
239
Primary
135
Secondary
31
  1. Coppermill Primary School

    Community school

    203 m
  2. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    273 m
  3. Willowfield School

    Community school

    317 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7,075
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,883
  • Anti social behaviour 944
  • Other theft 685
  • Theft from the person 609
  • Vehicle crime 535

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
27

12 female, 15 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
3.9
E17 7 residents
12,983

Age bands in E17 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18%

2,208 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

1,236 residents

Age 25 to 44
42.5%

5,200 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.8%

2,671 residents

Age 65 and over
7.6%

931 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E17 7 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

100

within 5 km

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE LIMITED

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

    ODS code F86058

    428 m

  • THE FIRS

    26 STEPHENSON ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 7JT

    ODS code F86001

    428 m

  • SINNOTT MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y01839

    1.1 km

  • DR SHANTIR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86626

    1.2 km

  • CLAREMONT MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 CLAREMONT ROAD, LONDON, E17 5RJ

    ODS code F86708

    1.4 km

  • HIGHAM HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F86679

    1.4 km

  • QUEENS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    48 QUEENS ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 8PX

    ODS code F86030

    1.4 km

  • SEYMOUR MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F86006

    1.7 km

  • THE MANOR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86011

    1.8 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

  • THE PENRHYN SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86005

    1.9 km

  • GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86062

    2.0 km

  • TYNEMOUTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    TYNEMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, N15 4RH

    ODS code F85013

    2.0 km

  • ADDISON ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    46 RAVENSWOOD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 9LY

    ODS code F86607

    2.1 km

  • THE BAILEY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86689

    2.1 km

  • THE CLAPTON SURGERY

    THEYDON ROAD HEALTH CTR, 14 URBAN HIVE, THEYDON RD, LONDON, E5 9BQ

    ODS code F84668

    2.1 km

  • THE RIVERSIDE PRACTICE

    14 URBAN HIVE, THEYDON ROAD, LONDON, E5 9BQ

    ODS code F84619

    2.1 km

  • HEALY MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 UPPER CLAPTON ROAD, LONDON, E5 9DH

    ODS code F84720

    2.3 km

  • BRUCE GROVE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CTR

    463 HIGH ROAD, TOTTENHAM, LONDON, N17 6QB

    ODS code F85028

    2.4 km

Showing 20 of 100 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

  • Longfield Avenue Walthamstow

    BCT · Blackhorse Road

    0.1 miles
  • Longfield Avenue Walthamstow

    BCT · Blackhorse Road

    0.1 miles
  • Blackhorse Road Station

    BCT · Blackhorse Road

    0.2 miles
  • Rensburg Road

    BCT · Walthamstow

    0.2 miles
  • Blackhorse Road Station

    BCT · Blackhorse Road

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Waltham Forest 014B, 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

7,341 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £635,000 from 3 recorded sales in E17 7AY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Waltham Forest is £522,743 in June 2026, up 2.5% year on year.

Schools

239 open schools are in scope, including 135 primary and 31 secondary schools. Coppermill Primary School is the nearest published school at 203 m.

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

Recorded crime

7,075 published events cover 12 months, averaging 589.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,883 events.

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