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E7 8BQ

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 8BA 23 m
E7 0QL 55 m
E7 9FA 57 m
E7 0QE 62 m
E7 9FH 72 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E7 8BQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1995
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E7
Postcode sector
E7 8
Latitude
51.547310
Longitude
0.024891
British National Grid easting
540,500
British National Grid northing
185,100

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
226
Primary
131
Secondary
31

  1. Kay Rowe Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    164 m

  2. Forest Gate Community School

    Academy converter

    295 m

  3. Quwwat Ul Islam Girls' School

    Other independent school

    308 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11,816
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,352
  • Anti social behaviour 1,619
  • Vehicle crime 1,414
  • Theft from the person 989
  • Other theft 978

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

102

within 5 km straight-line

  • WOODGRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84724

    146 m

  • FIRST 4 HEALTH GROUP - E7 HEALTH

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

    ODS code F84672

    357 m

  • THE FOREST PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84086

    357 m

  • WESTBURY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84670

    406 m

  • UPTON LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84014

    460 m

  • CLAREMONT CLINIC

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

    ODS code F84097

    605 m

  • BIRCHDALE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84641

    943 m

  • DR CM PATEL'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84660

    1.0 km

  • EAST END MEDICAL CENTRE

    61 PLASHET ROAD, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0QA

    ODS code F84677

    1.1 km

  • NEWHAM VICARAGE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84077

    1.2 km

  • THE VICARAGE LANE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84730

    1.2 km

  • PLASHET ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84088

    1.2 km

  • LUCAS AVENUE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84642

    1.3 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

  • STRATFORD HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84022

    1.4 km

  • SHREWSBURY ROAD SURGERY

    SHREWSBURY ROAD, FOREST GATE, LONDON, E7 8QP

    ODS code F84006

    1.5 km

  • HIGH ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86045

    1.5 km

  • LIME TREE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86650

    1.6 km

Showing 20 of 102 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Claremont Road (E7)

    BCT · Forest Gate

    0.0 miles

  • Romford Road Forest Gate

    BCT · Forest Gate

    0.0 miles

  • Woodgrange Road

    BCT · Forest Gate

    0.1 miles

  • Woodgrange Road

    BCT · Forest Gate

    0.1 miles

  • Nursery Lane

    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

226 open schools are in scope, including 131 primary and 31 secondary schools. Kay Rowe Nursery School is the nearest published school at 164 m.

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

Recorded crime

11,816 published events cover 12 months, averaging 984.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,352 events.

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