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E7 8BG

Forest Gate South · Newham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Forest Gate South
Local authority
Newham
Constituency
Stratford and Bow
Postcode district
E7
Postcode sector
E7 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E7 8EJ 15 m
E7 9FB 42 m
E7 9FF 48 m
E7 9FG 48 m
E7 0QH 52 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E7 8BG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 2016
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E7
Postcode sector
E7 8
Latitude
51.548228
Longitude
0.024817
British National Grid easting
540,492
British National Grid northing
185,202

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Newham · E09000025
Electoral ward
Forest Gate South · E05013912
Parish or community
E43000215
Westminster constituency
Stratford and Bow · E14001525
Output area
E00017947
Lower layer super output area
Newham 008A · E01003556
Middle layer super output area
Newham 008 · E02000721

Postcode source versions

Explore E7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
230
Primary
133
Secondary
32

  1. Kay Rowe Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    106 m

  2. Forest Gate Community School

    Academy converter

    202 m

  3. Quwwat Ul Islam Girls' School

    Other independent school

    410 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11,206
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,165
  • Anti social behaviour 1,546
  • Vehicle crime 1,347
  • Other theft 931
  • Theft from the person 914

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
E7 8 residents
22,236

Age bands in E7 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
22.5%

5,006 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.5%

3,234 residents

Age 25 to 44
34.9%

7,772 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.3%

4,515 residents

Age 65 and over
7.8%

1,742 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

105

within 5 km straight-line

  • WOODGRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    40 WOODGRANGE ROAD, FOREST GATE, LONDON, E7 0QH

    ODS code F84724

    52 m

  • FIRST 4 HEALTH GROUP - E7 HEALTH

    LORD LISTER HEALTH CENTRE, 121 WOODGRANGE ROAD, FOREST GATE, LONDON, E7 0EP

    ODS code F84672

    255 m

  • THE FOREST PRACTICE

    LORD LISTER HEALTH CENTRE, 121 WOODGRANGE ROAD, FOREST GATE, LONDON, E7 0EP

    ODS code F84086

    255 m

  • WESTBURY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    32 WESTBURY ROAD, FOREST GATE, LONDON, E7 8BU

    ODS code F84670

    463 m

  • UPTON LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    75-77 UPTON LANE, FOREST GATE, LONDON, E7 9PB

    ODS code F84014

    561 m

  • CLAREMONT CLINIC

    459-463 ROMFORD ROAD, FOREST GATE, LONDON, E7 8AB

    ODS code F84097

    615 m

  • BIRCHDALE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 BIRCHDALE ROAD, FOREST GATE, LONDON, E7 8AR

    ODS code F84641

    960 m

  • DR CM PATEL'S SURGERY

    2 JEPHSON ROAD, FOREST GATE, LONDON, E7 8LZ

    ODS code F84660

    1.1 km

  • EAST END MEDICAL CENTRE

    61 PLASHET ROAD, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0QA

    ODS code F84677

    1.2 km

  • NEWHAM VICARAGE PRACTICE

    VICARAGE LANE HEALTH CENTRE, 10 VICARAGE LANE, STRATFORD, LONDON, E15 4ES

    ODS code F84077

    1.3 km

  • THE VICARAGE LANE SURGERY

    VICARAGE LANE HEALTH CENTRE, 10 VICARAGE LANE, LONDON, E15 4ES

    ODS code F84730

    1.3 km

  • PLASHET ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    152 PLASHET ROAD, UPTON PARK, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0QT

    ODS code F84088

    1.3 km

  • LUCAS AVENUE PRACTICE

    1A LUCAS AVENUE, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0QP

    ODS code F84642

    1.4 km

  • STRATFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    121-123 THE GROVE, STRATFORD, LONDON, E15 1EN

    ODS code F84022

    1.4 km

  • GYNAECOLOGY SERVICES

    50C ROMFORD ROAD, LONDON, E15 4BZ

    ODS code Y03433

    1.4 km

  • PATIENT FIRST SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

    50C ROMFORD ROAD, LONDON, E15 4BZ

    ODS code Y03434

    1.4 km

  • STRATFORD VILLAGE SURGERY

    50C ROMFORD ROAD, STRATFORD, LONDON, E15 4BZ

    ODS code F84009

    1.4 km

  • HIGH ROAD SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, 287 HIGH ROAD LEYTONSTONE, LONDON, E11 4HH

    ODS code F86045

    1.5 km

  • SHREWSBURY ROAD SURGERY

    SHREWSBURY ROAD, FOREST GATE, LONDON, E7 8QP

    ODS code F84006

    1.5 km

  • LIME TREE SURGERY

    321 HIGH ROAD LEYTONSTONE, LEYTONSTONE, LONDON, E11 4JT

    ODS code F86650

    1.6 km

Showing 20 of 105 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Claremont Road (E7)

    BCT · Forest Gate

    0.0 miles

  • Forest Gate Station

    BCT · Forest Gate

    0.0 miles

  • Forest Gate Station

    BCT · Forest Gate

    0.1 miles

  • Forest Gate Rail Station

    RLY · Forest Gate

    0.1 miles

  • Romford Road Forest Gate

    BCT · Forest Gate

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newham 008A, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

1,710 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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

230 open schools are in scope, including 133 primary and 32 secondary schools. Kay Rowe Nursery School is the nearest published school at 106 m.

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

Recorded crime

11,206 published events cover 12 months, averaging 933.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,165 events.

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