SE1 7BJ

Waterloo & South Bank · Lambeth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Lambeth
Postcode district
SE1
Postcode sector
SE1 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SE1 7BU 36 m
SE1 7PZ 56 m
SE1 7BY 62 m
SE1 7BX 67 m
SE1 7BZ 75 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SE1 7BJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SE
Postcode district
SE1
Postcode sector
SE1 7
Latitude
51.496853
Longitude
-0.112125
British National Grid easting
531,145
British National Grid northing
179,235

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Lambeth · E09000022
Parish or community
E43000212
Output area
E00015168
Lower layer super output area
Lambeth 036B · E01003014
Middle layer super output area
Lambeth 036 · E02006801

Postcode source versions

Explore SE1

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
54, Kennington Road, London, SE1 7BJ 30 December 2019 £54,000,000
54, Kennington Road, London, SE1 7BJ 2 September 2019 £25,000
54, Kennington Road, London, SE1 7BJ 2 September 2019 £54,200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
388
Primary
183
Secondary
44
  1. King's College London Maths School

    Free schools 16 to 19

    84 m
  2. Oasis Academy South Bank

    Free schools

    174 m
  3. Morley College London

    Further education

    189 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
25,514
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Theft from the person 6,430
  • Violence and sexual offences 5,345
  • Other theft 3,885
  • Anti social behaviour 2,266
  • Public order 1,411

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
56

9 female, 47 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SE1 7 residents
6,987

Age bands in SE1 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
9.1%

665 residents

Age 15 to 24
24.3%

1,769 residents

Age 25 to 44
39.7%

2,890 residents

Age 45 to 64
19.1%

1,388 residents

Age 65 and over
7.9%

572 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SE1 7 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

118

within 5 km

  • WATERLOO HEALTH CENTRE

    114-118 LOWER MARSH, WATERLOO, LONDON, SE1 7AE

    ODS code G85136

    423 m

  • NEXUS HEALTH GROUP

    PRINCESS STREET GROUP PRACTICE, 2 PRINCESS STREET, LONDON, SE1 6JP

    ODS code G85034

    721 m

  • HURLEY AND RIVERSIDE PRACTICES

    EBENEZER HOUSE, KENNINGTON LANE, LONDON, SE11 4HJ

    ODS code G85053

    784 m

  • GRAY'S INN MEDICAL GROUP VAUXHALL

    8 JONATHAN STREET, KENNINGTON, LONDON, SE11 5NH

    ODS code G85102

    891 m

  • BLACKFRIARS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BLACKFRIARS MEDICAL PRACT, 45 COLOMBO STREET, LONDON, SE1 8EE

    ODS code G85642

    1.0 km

  • MILLBANK MEDICAL CENTRE

    MEDICAL CENTRE BUILDING, 20 PAGE STREET, LONDON, SW1P 4EN

    ODS code E87739

    1.3 km

  • FALMOUTH ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

    78 FALMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE1 4JW

    ODS code G85029

    1.3 km

  • THE DR HICKEY SURGERY FOR THE HOMELESS

    3-7 ARNEWAY STREET, LONDON, SW1P 2BG

    ODS code E87740

    1.3 km

  • PENROSE SURGERY

    33 PENROSE STREET, LONDON, SE17 3DW

    ODS code G85084

    1.4 km

  • KINGS COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE

    3RD FLOOR, BUSH HOUSE, SOUTH EAST WING, 300 STRAND, LONDON, WC2B 4PJ

    ODS code E87768

    1.8 km

  • ST PHILIPS MEDICAL CENTRE

    TOWER 3, 2ND FLOOR CLEMENTS INN, LONDON, WC2A 2AZ

    ODS code F83672

    1.9 km

  • VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE

    29 UPPER TACHBROOK STREET, LONDON, SW1V 1SN

    ODS code E87002

    1.9 km

  • PIMLICO HEALTH AT THE MARVEN SURGERY

    46-50 LUPUS STREET, WESTMINSTER, LONDON, SW1V 3EB

    ODS code E87034

    2.0 km

  • THE VILLA STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 VILLA STREET, LONDON, SE17 2EL

    ODS code G85632

    2.0 km

  • EAST STREET

    HAROLD MOODY HEALTH CENTRE, THURLOW STREET, LONDON, SE17 2GN

    ODS code G85721

    2.1 km

  • MAWBEY GROUP PRACTICE

    MAWBREY BROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, 39 WILCOX CLOSE, LONDON, SW8 2UD

    ODS code G85130

    2.2 km

  • VASSALL MEDICAL CENTRE

    DOCTORS SURGERY, 89 VASSALL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6NA

    ODS code G85073

    2.2 km

  • COVENT GARDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 SHORTS GARDENS, LONDON, WC2H 9AA

    ODS code E87045

    2.2 km

  • OLD KENT ROAD SURGERY

    182-184 OLD KENT ROAD, LONDON, SE1 5TY

    ODS code G85052

    2.3 km

  • THE SOUTH LAMBETH RD PRACTICE

    1 SELWAY HOUSE, 272 SOUTH LAMBETH ROAD, LONDON, SW8 1UL

    ODS code G85086

    2.4 km

Showing 20 of 118 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

  • Lambeth Road / Kennington Road

    BCT · Lambeth

    0.0 miles
  • Lambeth Road / Kennington Road

    BCT · Lambeth

    0.0 miles
  • Imperial War Museum

    BCT · Lambeth

    0.1 miles
  • Kennington Road / Imperial War Museum

    BCT · Lambeth

    0.1 miles
  • Lambeth North

    BCT · Lambeth North

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lambeth 036B, 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

8,115 of 33,755

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

388 open schools are in scope, including 183 primary and 44 secondary schools. King's College London Maths School is the nearest published school at 84 m.

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

Recorded crime

25,514 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2,126.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Theft from the person with 6,430 events.

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