E7 9BU

Forest Gate North · Newham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Newham
Constituency
Stratford and Bow
Postcode district
E7
Postcode sector
E7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E7 9BY 33 m
E7 9BQ 39 m
E7 9DA 58 m
E7 9BH 79 m
E7 9BD 86 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E7 9BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E7
Postcode sector
E7 9
Latitude
51.550041
Longitude
0.018234
British National Grid easting
540,030
British National Grid northing
185,391

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Newham · E09000025
Parish or community
E43000215
Westminster constituency
Stratford and Bow · E14001525
Output area
E00017931
Lower layer super output area
Newham 006A · E01003545
Middle layer super output area
Newham 006 · E02000719

Postcode source versions

Explore E7

17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
62, Wellington Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 9BU 28 April 2025 £480,000
50, Wellington Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 9BU 13 September 2023 £450,000
56, Wellington Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 9BU 7 August 2018 £412,700

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
240
Primary
142
Secondary
34
  1. Odessa Infant School

    Community school

    73 m
  2. St James' CofE Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    116 m
  3. Earlham Primary School

    Academy converter

    345 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11,188
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,228
  • Anti social behaviour 1,502
  • Vehicle crime 1,217
  • Other theft 974
  • Shoplifting 744

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
31

12 female, 19 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
3.4
E7 9 residents
17,776

Age bands in E7 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.2%

3,755 residents

Age 15 to 24
13%

2,423 residents

Age 25 to 44
36.7%

6,835 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.6%

4,025 residents

Age 65 and over
8.6%

1,594 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E7 9 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

106

within 5 km

  • FIRST 4 HEALTH GROUP - E7 HEALTH

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

    ODS code F84672

    465 m

  • THE FOREST PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84086

    465 m

  • WOODGRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84724

    515 m

  • UPTON LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84014

    944 m

  • WESTBURY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84670

    957 m

  • HIGH ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86045

    992 m

  • STRATFORD HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84022

    1.1 km

  • LIME TREE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86650

    1.1 km

  • CLAREMONT CLINIC

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

    ODS code F84097

    1.1 km

  • NEWHAM VICARAGE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84077

    1.1 km

  • THE VICARAGE LANE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84730

    1.1 km

  • HARROW ROAD GP CENTRE

    2-8 HARROW ROAD, LEYTONSTONE, LONDON, E11 3QF

    ODS code F86666

    1.2 km

  • GYNAECOLOGY SERVICES

    50C ROMFORD ROAD, LONDON, E15 4BZ

    ODS code Y03433

    1.2 km

  • PATIENT FIRST SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

    50C ROMFORD ROAD, LONDON, E15 4BZ

    ODS code Y03434

    1.2 km

  • STRATFORD VILLAGE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84009

    1.2 km

  • KIYANI MEDICAL PRACTICE

    13 LANGTHORNE ROAD, LEYTONSTONE, LONDON, E11 4HX

    ODS code F86701

    1.3 km

  • LANGTHORNE SHARMA FAMILY PRACTICE

    13 LANGTHORNE ROAD, LEYTONSTONE, LONDON, E11 4HX

    ODS code F86705

    1.3 km

  • LL MEDICAL CARE LTD

    13 LANGTHORNE ROAD, LONDON, E11 4HX

    ODS code F86625

    1.3 km

  • BIRCHDALE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84641

    1.4 km

  • EAST END MEDICAL CENTRE

    61 PLASHET ROAD, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0QA

    ODS code F84677

    1.5 km

Showing 20 of 106 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 James' School

    BCT · Forest Gate

    0.1 miles
  • St James' School

    BCT · Forest Gate

    0.1 miles
  • Magpie Close

    BCT · Forest Gate

    0.2 miles
  • Forest Gate Station

    BCT · Forest Gate

    0.2 miles
  • Mcgrath Road

    BCT · Forest Gate

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newham 006A, 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

8,906 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
5 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 £465,000 from 2 recorded sales in E7 9BU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Newham is £403,032 in June 2026, down 0.7% year on year.

Schools

240 open schools are in scope, including 142 primary and 34 secondary schools. Odessa Infant School is the nearest published school at 73 m.

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

Recorded crime

11,188 published events cover 12 months, averaging 932.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,228 events.

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