E7 9LF

Forest Gate South · Newham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E7 9LE 78 m
E7 9HS 114 m
E7 9LG 125 m
E7 9LB 137 m
E7 9LD 138 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E7 9LF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E7
Postcode sector
E7 9
Latitude
51.541217
Longitude
0.019401
British National Grid easting
540,138
British National Grid northing
184,412

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
E00017976
Lower layer super output area
Newham 016A · E01003552
Middle layer super output area
Newham 016 · E02000729

Postcode source versions

Explore E7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
241
Primary
146
Secondary
33
  1. Stratford School Academy

    Academy converter

    289 m
  2. Park Primary School

    Community school

    308 m
  3. St Antony's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    391 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15,511
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,289
  • Anti social behaviour 2,000
  • Vehicle crime 1,597
  • Theft from the person 1,458
  • Other theft 1,365

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
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% 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

101

within 5 km

  • UPTON LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84014

    543 m

  • EAST END MEDICAL CENTRE

    61 PLASHET ROAD, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0QA

    ODS code F84677

    595 m

  • NEWHAM VICARAGE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84077

    649 m

  • THE VICARAGE LANE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84730

    649 m

  • WESTBURY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84670

    906 m

  • GYNAECOLOGY SERVICES

    50C ROMFORD ROAD, LONDON, E15 4BZ

    ODS code Y03433

    908 m

  • PATIENT FIRST SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

    50C ROMFORD ROAD, LONDON, E15 4BZ

    ODS code Y03434

    908 m

  • STRATFORD VILLAGE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84009

    908 m

  • WOODGRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84724

    917 m

  • LUCAS AVENUE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84642

    958 m

  • THE PROJECT SURGERY

    10 LETTSOM WALK, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0LN

    ODS code F84124

    999 m

  • PLASHET ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84088

    1.0 km

  • STRATFORD HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84022

    1.1 km

  • FIRST 4 HEALTH GROUP - E7 HEALTH

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

    ODS code F84672

    1.1 km

  • THE FOREST PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84086

    1.1 km

  • DR CM PATEL'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84660

    1.1 km

  • ABBEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    28A ABBEY ROAD, LONDON, E15 3LT

    ODS code F84111

    1.2 km

  • CLAREMONT CLINIC

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

    ODS code F84097

    1.2 km

  • BIRCHDALE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84641

    1.5 km

  • ESSEX LODGE

    GREENGATE STREET, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0AS

    ODS code F84052

    1.6 km

Showing 20 of 101 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

  • Stratford School

    BCT · Upton

    0.2 miles
  • West Ham Park

    BCT · Upton

    0.2 miles
  • Upton Avenue

    BCT · Upton

    0.2 miles
  • West Ham Park

    BCT · Upton

    0.2 miles
  • Atherton Leisure Centre

    BCT · Forest Gate

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newham 016A, 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

7,082 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
1 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
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

Schools

241 open schools are in scope, including 146 primary and 33 secondary schools. Stratford School Academy is the nearest published school at 289 m.

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

Recorded crime

15,511 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,292.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,289 events.

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