E1W 3BB

Shadwell · 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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1 0DY 24 m
E1W 3DH 45 m
E1 0ED 70 m
E1 0EE 91 m
E1W 3QZ 91 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1W 3BB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2016
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 3
Latitude
51.509884
Longitude
-0.053293
British National Grid easting
535,190
British National Grid northing
180,791

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Electoral ward
Shadwell · E05009332
Parish or community
E43000220
Output area
E00021656
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 025D · E01004303
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 025 · E02000888

Postcode source versions

Explore E1W

30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Ginger Line Building, 281, Flat 12, The Highway, London, E1W 3BB 23 August 2023 £417,000
Ginger Line Building, 281, Flat 11, The Highway, London, E1W 3BB 26 July 2022 £615,000
Ginger Line Building, 281, Flat 28, The Highway, London, E1W 3BB 21 December 2017 £890,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
372
Primary
191
Secondary
53
  1. Blue Gate Fields Infants' School

    Community school

    102 m
  2. Blue Gate Fields Junior School

    Community school

    102 m
  3. Bishop Challoner Catholic School

    Academy converter

    415 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
16,689
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,459
  • Anti social behaviour 2,210
  • Other theft 1,606
  • Theft from the person 1,499
  • Shoplifting 1,271

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
115

57 female, 58 male

Postcode households
39
Residents per household
2.9
E1W 3 residents
7,493

Age bands in E1W 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

1,263 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.7%

884 residents

Age 25 to 44
45.1%

3,411 residents

Age 45 to 64
19.8%

1,496 residents

Age 65 and over
6.7%

505 residents

This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E1W 3 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

107

within 5 km

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    450 m

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    456 m

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    572 m

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85138

    1.0 km

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    1.1 km

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    1.1 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.2 km

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    1.4 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    1.4 km

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    1.6 km

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    1.6 km

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    1.7 km

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    1.8 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85623

    1.8 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    1.8 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    1.9 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE

    ODS code G85125

    2.0 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    2.0 km

  • THE BARKANTINE PRACTICE

    BARKANTINE CENTRE, 121 WESTFERRY ROAD, LONDON, E14 8JH

    ODS code F84747

    2.2 km

  • SUTTONS WHARF HEALTH CENTRE

    26 PALMERS ROAD, LONDON, E2 0FA

    ODS code F84123

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 107 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • St Paul's Church (E1)

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.0 miles
  • King David Lane

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles
  • King Edward Memorial Park

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles
  • Glamis Place

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles
  • Shadwell DLR

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 025D, 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

7,318 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
2 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 £516,000 from 2 recorded sales in E1W 3BB. 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

372 open schools are in scope, including 191 primary and 53 secondary schools. Blue Gate Fields Infants' School is the nearest published school at 102 m.

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

Recorded crime

16,689 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,390.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,459 events.

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