E1W 3GN

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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1W 3SR 53 m
E1W 3TD 77 m
E1W 3SG 98 m
E1W 3DJ 111 m
E1W 3TF 114 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1W 3GN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
1 September 2000
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 3
Latitude
51.508366
Longitude
-0.051268
British National Grid easting
535,335
British National Grid northing
180,626

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
E00021656
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 025D · E01004303
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 025 · E02000888

Postcode source versions

Explore E1W

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
363
Primary
194
Secondary
51
  1. Blue Gate Fields Infants' School

    Community school

    321 m
  2. Blue Gate Fields Junior School

    Community school

    321 m
  3. St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    373 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15,115
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,080
  • Anti social behaviour 2,096
  • Other theft 1,394
  • Theft from the person 1,332
  • Shoplifting 1,181

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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

109

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    584 m

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    587 m

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    658 m

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85138

    820 m

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    1.2 km

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    1.3 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.4 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    1.4 km

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    1.6 km

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    1.6 km

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    1.6 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

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    1.8 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE

    ODS code G85125

    1.8 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    2.0 km

  • THE BARKANTINE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84747

    2.0 km

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    2.0 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    2.3 km

  • GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WINDLASS PLACE, DEPTFORD, LONDON, SE8 3QH

    ODS code G85085

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 109 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Shadwell Basin

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.0 miles
  • King Edward Memorial Park

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles
  • Shadwell Basin

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles
  • King Edward Memorial Park

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles
  • St Paul's Church (E1)

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

363 open schools are in scope, including 194 primary and 51 secondary schools. Blue Gate Fields Infants' School is the nearest published school at 321 m.

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

Recorded crime

15,115 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,259.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,080 events.

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