Schools
362 open schools are in scope, including 190 primary and 47 secondary schools. Ark Walworth Academy is the nearest published school at 186 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SE17 2GH
Faraday · Southwark · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SE17 2GH
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 May 2023
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SE
- Postcode district
- SE17
- Postcode sector
- SE17 2
- Latitude
- 51.488597
- Longitude
- -0.078284
- British National Grid easting
- 533,518
- British National Grid northing
- 178,378
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Southwark · E09000028
- Electoral ward
- Faraday · E05011102
- Parish or community
- E43000218
- Westminster constituency
- Peckham · E14001421
- Output area
- E00019931
- Lower layer super output area
- Southwark 015B · E01003966
- Middle layer super output area
- Southwark 015 · E02000821
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 SE17
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 362
- Primary
- 190
- Secondary
- 47
- 186 m
Ark Walworth Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 326 m
Surrey Square Primary School
Academy converter
- 387 m
THE BRIDGE SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS SCHOOL
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 17,507
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,324
- Anti social behaviour 2,272
- Theft from the person 2,140
- Other theft 1,641
- Shoplifting 1,272
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SE17 2 residents
- 12,697
Age bands in SE17 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 14.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 34.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.8%
2,272 residents
1,817 residents
4,202 residents
2,944 residents
950 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.
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
108
within 5 km
OLD KENT ROAD SURGERY
182-184 OLD KENT ROAD, LONDON, SE1 5TY
ODS code G85052
291 m
EAST STREET
HAROLD MOODY HEALTH CENTRE, THURLOW STREET, LONDON, SE17 2GN
ODS code G85721
539 m
THE VILLA STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
47 VILLA STREET, LONDON, SE17 2EL
ODS code G85632
730 m
SILVERLOCK MEDICAL CENTRE
2 VERNEY WAY, LONDON, SE16 3HA
ODS code G85087
1.1 km
BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE
EYOT HOUSE, 50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL
ODS code G85623
1.1 km
QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE
50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL
ODS code Y06113
1.1 km
PENROSE SURGERY
33 PENROSE STREET, LONDON, SE17 3DW
ODS code G85084
1.4 km
FALMOUTH ROAD GROUP PRACTICE
78 FALMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE1 4JW
ODS code G85029
1.4 km
THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY
1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP
ODS code G85705
1.4 km
THE LISTER PRACTICE
101 PECKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE15 5LJ
ODS code G85715
1.6 km
THE LISTER PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
101 PECKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE15 5LJ
ODS code G85134
1.6 km
BRUNSWICK PARK FAMILY PRACTICE
40 ST. GILES ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, SE5 7RF
ODS code G85726
1.6 km
ST GILES SURGERY
40 ST. GILES ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, SE5 7RF
ODS code G85042
1.6 km
PARKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
52 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AQ
ODS code G85030
1.7 km
THE ACORN & GAUMONT HOUSE SURGERY
153 PECKHAM HIGH STREET, PECKHAM, LONDON, SE15 5SL
ODS code G85006
1.8 km
NEXUS HEALTH GROUP
PRINCESS STREET GROUP PRACTICE, 2 PRINCESS STREET, LONDON, SE1 6JP
ODS code G85034
1.8 km
CAMBERWELL GREEN SURGERY
17 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AF
ODS code G85013
1.9 km
HURLEY AND RIVERSIDE PRACTICES
EBENEZER HOUSE, KENNINGTON LANE, LONDON, SE11 4HJ
ODS code G85053
2.0 km
PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE
ODS code G85125
2.0 km
ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE
FLAT 12, NIGHTINGALE HOUSE, 50 THOMAS MORE STREET, LONDON, E1W 1UA
ODS code F84731
2.2 km
Showing 20 of 108 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Dunton Road
BCT · Walworth
- 0.0 miles
Burgess Park / Dunton Road
BCT · Walworth
- 0.1 miles
Burgess Park / Dunton Road
BCT · Walworth
- 0.1 miles
Dunton Road / Old Kent Road
BCT · Walworth
- 0.1 miles
Humphrey Street
BCT · Old Kent Road
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southwark 015B, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
6,709 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
17,507 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,458.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,324 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.