E1W 1YU

St Katharine's & Wapping · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1W 1YW 50 m
E1W 1AS 51 m
E1W 1AU 61 m
E1W 1AR 64 m
E1W 1WY 66 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1W 1YU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 1
Latitude
51.507625
Longitude
-0.067886
British National Grid easting
534,184
British National Grid northing
180,513

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
E00021635
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 027B · E01004293
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 027 · E02000890

Postcode source versions

Explore E1W

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
394
Primary
203
Secondary
53
  1. Mulberry Academy London Dock

    Free schools

    193 m
  2. Hermitage Primary School

    Academy converter

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

    Voluntary aided school

    310 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22,581
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,831
  • Other theft 3,695
  • Theft from the person 3,259
  • Anti social behaviour 2,130
  • Shoplifting 1,995

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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

116

within 5 km

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    76 m

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    644 m

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    652 m

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    802 m

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    1.1 km

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    1.1 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85623

    1.2 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    1.2 km

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    1.2 km

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    1.4 km

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85138

    1.4 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.6 km

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    1.8 km

  • OLD KENT ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code G85052

    2.1 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE

    ODS code G85125

    2.1 km

  • FALMOUTH ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

    78 FALMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE1 4JW

    ODS code G85029

    2.1 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    2.2 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    2.4 km

  • SILVERLOCK MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 VERNEY WAY, LONDON, SE16 3HA

    ODS code G85087

    2.4 km

  • THE NEAMAN PRACTICE

    15 HALF MOON COURT, LONDON, EC1A 7HF

    ODS code F84640

    2.4 km

Showing 20 of 116 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

  • The Highway (E1)

    BCT · Wapping

    0.0 miles
  • The Highway (E1)

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles
  • Nesham Street

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles
  • Stockholm Way

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles
  • Wellclose Street

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

394 open schools are in scope, including 203 primary and 53 secondary schools. Mulberry Academy London Dock is the nearest published school at 193 m.

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

Recorded crime

22,581 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,881.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,831 events.

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