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E2 8AU

Haggerston · Hackney · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Hackney
Postcode district
E2
Postcode sector
E2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E2 8BT 44 m
E2 8BX 63 m
E8 4FS 63 m
E8 4TA 69 m
E2 8BZ 72 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E2 8AU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E2
Postcode sector
E2 8
Latitude
51.536053
Longitude
-0.074036
British National Grid easting
533,674
British National Grid northing
183,663

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Hackney · E09000012
Parish or community
E43000202
Output area
E00176249
Lower layer super output area
Hackney 025E · E01001773
Middle layer super output area
Hackney 025 · E02000369

Postcode source versions

Explore E2

46 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Amber Wharf, 3, Flat 26, Nursery Lane, London, E2 8AU 7 February 2025 £600,000
Amber Wharf, 3, Flat 13, Nursery Lane, London, E2 8AU 22 November 2024 £565,000
Amber Wharf, 3, Flat 23, Nursery Lane, London, E2 8AU 6 September 2024 £550,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
380
Primary
195
Secondary
53
  1. The Bridge Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    93 m
  2. Waterside Academy

    Free schools

    352 m
  3. Queensbridge Primary School

    Community school

    394 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22,031
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,035
  • Theft from the person 2,755
  • Anti social behaviour 2,547
  • Other theft 2,098
  • Shoplifting 1,817

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
63
29 female, 34 male
Postcode households
31
Residents per household
2.0
E2 8 residents
8,986

Age bands in E2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.2%
1,184 residents
Age 15 to 24
14.5%
1,296 residents
Age 25 to 44
48.1%
4,313 residents
Age 45 to 64
17.9%
1,605 residents
Age 65 and over
6.3%
561 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E2 8 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

127

within 5 km straight-line

  • DE BEAUVOIR SURGERY

    30 HERTFORD ROAD, LONDON, N1 5QT

    ODS code F84072

    393 m

  • THE LAWSON PRACTICE

    ST LEONARDS, 85 NUTTALL ST, LONDON, N1 5HZ

    ODS code F84096

    452 m

  • QUEENSBRIDGE GROUP PRACTICE

    24 HOLLY STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E8 3XP

    ODS code F84117

    629 m

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 STROUTS PLACE, PELTER STREET, LONDON, E2 7QU

    ODS code F84051

    731 m

  • LONDON FIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    38-44 BROADWAY MARKET, LONDON, E8 4QJ

    ODS code F84021

    866 m

  • SHOREDITCH PARK SURGERY

    6-10 RUSHTON STREET, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84635

    929 m

  • THE HOXTON SURGERY

    12 RUSHTON STREET, HOXTON, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84692

    929 m

  • RICHMOND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    136 RICHMOND ROAD, LONDON, E8 3HN

    ODS code F84035

    978 m

  • SANDRINGHAM PRACTICE

    RICHMOND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE, 136 RICHMOND ROAD, LONDON, E8 3HN

    ODS code F84621

    978 m

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    86A DALSTON LANE, LONDON, E8 3AH

    ODS code F84038

    1.1 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    1.2 km

  • NEW NORTH HEALTH CENTRE

    287-293 NEW NORTH ROAD, LONDON, N1 7AA

    ODS code F83034

    1.2 km

  • ELIZABETH AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    2 ELIZABETH AVENUE, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 3BS

    ODS code F83012

    1.3 km

  • THE MISSION PRACTICE

    MISSION MEDICAL PRACTICE, 208 CAMBRIDGE HEATH ROAD, BETHNAL GREEN, LONDON, E2 9LS

    ODS code F84016

    1.3 km

  • THE GREENHOUSE WALK-IN

    19 TUDOR ROAD, LONDON, E9 7SN

    ODS code F84632

    1.3 km

  • THE MITCHISON ROAD SURGERY

    2 MITCHISON ROAD, LONDON, N1 3NG

    ODS code F83056

    1.4 km

  • DALSTON PRACTICE

    1B MADINAH ROAD, LONDON, E8 1PG

    ODS code F84063

    1.4 km

  • CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    CITY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE, UNIT 1-3 GROUND FLOOR, CITY HOUSE, 190-196 CITY ROAD, LONDON, EC1V 2QH

    ODS code F83064

    1.5 km

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    1.5 km

  • WELL STREET SURGERY

    28 SHORE ROAD, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 7TA

    ODS code F84069

    1.5 km

Showing 20 of 127 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Thurtle Road

    BCT · Haggerston

    189 m
  • Laburnum Street

    BCT · De Beauvoir Town

    204 m
  • Thurtle Road

    BCT · Haggerston

    204 m
  • Laburnum Street

    BCT · De Beauvoir Town

    213 m
  • Whiston Road

    BCT · Haggerston

    224 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hackney 025E, 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

9,100 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
6 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
16
Low risk addresses
8
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 £540,500 from 6 recorded sales in E2 8AU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Hackney is £605,442 in June 2026, up 0.4% year on year.

Schools

380 open schools are in scope, including 195 primary and 53 secondary schools. The Bridge Academy is the nearest published school at 93 m.

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

Recorded crime

22,031 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,836 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,035 events.

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