E1W 1LF

St Katharine's & Wapping · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1W 1LG 0 m
E1W 1LQ 0 m
E1W 1UR 46 m
E1W 1UJ 63 m
E1W 1BE 87 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1W 1LF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 1
Latitude
51.505328
Longitude
-0.068761
British National Grid easting
534,130
British National Grid northing
180,256

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Parish or community
E43000220
Westminster constituency
Poplar and Limehouse · E14001430
Output area
E00021608
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 027B · E01004293
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 027 · E02000890

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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32 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Matilda House, Flat 133, St Katharines Way, London, E1W 1LF 11 February 2025 £450,000
Matilda House, Flat 113, St Katharines Way, London, E1W 1LF 28 February 2024 £402,000
Matilda House, Flat 112, St Katharines Way, London, E1W 1LF 23 May 2023 £435,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
391
Primary
202
Secondary
52
  1. Hermitage Primary School

    Academy converter

    214 m
  2. Mulberry Academy London Dock

    Free schools

    447 m
  3. St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    568 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
21,698
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,523
  • Other theft 3,566
  • Theft from the person 3,203
  • Anti social behaviour 2,122
  • Shoplifting 1,840

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
49

26 female, 23 male

Postcode households
29
Residents per household
1.7
E1W 1 residents
2,226

Age bands in E1W 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10%

240 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

200 residents

Age 25 to 44
46.9%

1,129 residents

Age 45 to 64
25%

601 residents

Age 65 and over
9.8%

236 residents

This postcode contained 2.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E1W 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

116

within 5 km

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

    FLAT 12, NIGHTINGALE HOUSE, 50 THOMAS MORE STREET, LONDON, E1W 1UA

    ODS code F84731

    187 m

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    539 m

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

    THE WAPPING HEALTH CENTRE, 22 WAPPING LANE, LONDON, E1W 2RL

    ODS code F84079

    689 m

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    906 m

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

    EYOT HOUSE, 50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code G85623

    934 m

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    934 m

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    1.3 km

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    1.3 km

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

    ALBION STREET HEALTH CENTRE, 87 ALBION STREET, LONDON, SE16 7JX

    ODS code G85138

    1.3 km

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    1.5 km

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    1.6 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.8 km

  • OLD KENT ROAD SURGERY

    182-184 OLD KENT ROAD, LONDON, SE1 5TY

    ODS code G85052

    1.9 km

  • FALMOUTH ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

    78 FALMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE1 4JW

    ODS code G85029

    2.0 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE

    ODS code G85125

    2.0 km

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    2.1 km

  • SILVERLOCK MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 VERNEY WAY, LONDON, SE16 3HA

    ODS code G85087

    2.2 km

  • EAST STREET

    HAROLD MOODY HEALTH CENTRE, THURLOW STREET, LONDON, SE17 2GN

    ODS code G85721

    2.3 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    2.4 km

  • THE VILLA STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 VILLA STREET, LONDON, SE17 2EL

    ODS code G85632

    2.5 km

Showing 20 of 116 matching practices.

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Stockholm Way

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles
  • Nesham Street

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles
  • Hermitage Wall

    BCT · Wapping

    0.2 miles
  • Hermitage Wall

    BCT · Wapping

    0.2 miles
  • The Highway (E1)

    BCT · Wapping

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 027B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,562 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
8 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
35
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £435,000 from 3 recorded sales in E1W 1LF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Tower Hamlets is £456,898 in June 2026, down 13.1% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

391 open schools are in scope, including 202 primary and 52 secondary schools. Hermitage Primary School is the nearest published school at 214 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

21,698 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,808.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,523 events.

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