Schools
109 open schools are in scope, including 59 primary and 17 secondary schools. Fairlop Primary School is the nearest published school at 97 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
IG6 2LJ
Fairlop · Redbridge · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Fairlop
- Local authority
- Redbridge
- Constituency
- Ilford North
- Postcode district
- IG6
- Postcode sector
- IG6 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- IG6 2LJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 November 2018
- Postcode area
- IG
- Postcode district
- IG6
- Postcode sector
- IG6 2
- Latitude
- 51.599187
- Longitude
- 0.081505
- British National Grid easting
- 544,261
- British National Grid northing
- 190,979
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Redbridge · E09000026
- Electoral ward
- Fairlop · E05011242
- Parish or community
- E43000216
- Westminster constituency
- Ilford North · E14001300
- Output area
- E00018622
- Lower layer super output area
- Redbridge 006A · E01003698
- Middle layer super output area
- Redbridge 006 · E02000756
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore IG6
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 109
- Primary
- 59
- Secondary
- 17
- 97 m
Fairlop Primary School
Community school
- 273 m
New Rush Hall School
Community special school
- 555 m
Clore Tikva School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,044
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,006
- Shoplifting 431
- Anti social behaviour 392
- Vehicle crime 265
- Other theft 207
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- IG6 2 residents
- 13,997
Age bands in IG6 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 31.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 12.2%
2,903 residents
1,687 residents
4,480 residents
3,382 residents
1,723 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
43
within 5 km straight-line
FENCE PIECE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
83 FENCEPIECE ROAD, HAINAULT, ILFORD, IG6 2NB
ODS code F86707
224 m
HAINAULT SURGERY
34 NEW NORTH ROAD, HAINAULT, ILFORD, IG6 2XG
ODS code F86085
462 m
FULLWELL CROSS MED. CTR.
1 TOMSWOOD HILL, BARKINGSIDE, ILFORD, IG6 2HG
ODS code F86010
532 m
THE FULLWELL AVENUE SURGERY
272 FULLWELL AVENUE, CLAYHALL, ILFORD, IG5 0SB
ODS code F86612
721 m
CHIGWELL MEDICAL CENTRE
300 FENCEPIECE ROAD, ILFORD, IG6 2TA
ODS code F81062
723 m
THE FOREST EDGE PRACTICE
HAINAULT HEALTH CENTRE, MANFORD WAY, CHIGWELL, IG7 4DF
ODS code F86007
1.8 km
THE WILLOWS PRACTICE
HAINAULT HEALTH CENTRE, MANFORD WAY, CHIGWELL, IG7 4DF
ODS code F86057
1.8 km
KENWOOD MEDICAL
KENWOOD GARDENS, ILFORD, IG2 6YG
ODS code F86081
2.1 km
THE HEATHCOTE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
KENWOOD GARDENS, ILFORD, IG2 6YG
ODS code F86624
2.1 km
CRANBROOK SURGERY
737A CRANBROOK ROAD, ILFORD, IG2 6RJ
ODS code F86698
2.1 km
THE EASTERN AVENUE MEDICAL CENTRE
737 A CRANBROOK ROAD, ILFORD, IG2 6RJ
ODS code F86083
2.1 km
CLAYHALL CLINIC
14 CLAYHALL AVENUE, CLAYHALL, ILFORD, IG5 0LG
ODS code F86691
2.3 km
THE PALMS MEDICAL CENTRE
97-101 NETLEY ROAD, ILFORD, IG2 7NW
ODS code F86009
2.5 km
NEWBURY GROUP PRACTICE
NEWBURY PARK HEALTH CTRE, 40 PERRYMANS FARM ROAD, NEWBURY PARK, ILFORD, IG2 7LE
ODS code F86060
2.5 km
GANTS HILL MED CTR & THE REDBRIDGE SURG
63 ETHELBERT GARDENS, GANTS HILL, ILFORD, IG2 6UP
ODS code F86008
2.8 km
THE BROADWAY SURGERY
3 BROADWAY GARDENS, MONKHAMS AVENUE, WOODFORD GREEN, IG8 0HF
ODS code F86013
3.5 km
THE DRIVE SURGERY
68 THE DRIVE, CRANBROOK, ILFORD, IG1 3HZ
ODS code F86652
3.8 km
GROVE SURGERY
200 CHADWELL HEATH LANE, CHADWELL HEATH, ROMFORD, RM6 4YU
ODS code Y00155
3.8 km
THE DOCTORS HOUSE
40 CAMERON ROAD, SEVEN KINGS, ILFORD, IG3 8LF
ODS code Y00090
3.9 km
THE RIVER SURGERY
16 ROUS ROAD, BUCKHURST HILL, IG9 6BN
ODS code F81216
3.9 km
Showing 20 of 43 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Kingsley Road (IG6)
BCT · Fulwell Cross
- 0.1 miles
Benrek Close
BCT · Fulwell Cross
- 0.2 miles
Neville Road
BCT · Fulwell Cross
- 0.2 miles
New North Road Fullwell Cross
BCT · Fulwell Cross
- 0.2 miles
Neville Road
BCT · Fulwell Cross
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Redbridge 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
24,090 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,044 published events cover 12 months, averaging 253.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,006 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.