Schools
148 open schools are in scope, including 95 primary and 23 secondary schools. Willow Dene School is the nearest published school at 212 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SE18 2HW
Plumstead Common · Greenwich · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Plumstead Common
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Constituency
- Erith and Thamesmead
- Postcode district
- SE18
- Postcode sector
- SE18 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SE18 2HW
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SE
- Postcode district
- SE18
- Postcode sector
- SE18 2
- Latitude
- 51.474718
- Longitude
- 0.092553
- British National Grid easting
- 545,422
- British National Grid northing
- 177,160
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Greenwich · E09000011
- Electoral ward
- Plumstead Common · E05014088
- Parish or community
- E43000201
- Westminster constituency
- Erith and Thamesmead · E14001229
- Output area
- E00008390
- Lower layer super output area
- Greenwich 017A · E01001678
- Middle layer super output area
- Greenwich 017 · E02000329
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 SE18
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 148
- Primary
- 95
- Secondary
- 23
- 212 m
Willow Dene School
Academy special converter
- 311 m
ADO River Valley School
Other independent special school
- 311 m
Timbercroft Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,411
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,458
- Anti social behaviour 664
- Vehicle crime 526
- Other theft 321
- Criminal damage and arson 288
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 60
- Postcode households
- 32
- Residents per household
- 1.9
- SE18 2 residents
- 10,897
43 female, 17 male
Age bands in SE18 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.5%
2,232 residents
1,115 residents
3,186 residents
2,834 residents
1,457 residents
This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SE18 2 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
35
within 5 km
WAVERLEY PMS
37 WAVERLEY CRESCENT, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7QU
ODS code G83635
1.1 km
BELLEGROVE SURGERY
174 BELLEGROVE ROAD, WELLING, DA16 3RE
ODS code G83009
1.2 km
PLUMSTEAD H/C PMS
TEWSON ROAD, LONDON, SE18 1BB
ODS code G83019
1.3 km
THE WESTWOOD SURGERY
24 WESTWOOD LANE, WELLING, DA16 2HE
ODS code G83002
1.3 km
PLUMSTEAD AND WICKHAM LANE SURGERY
141 PLUMSTEAD HIGH STREET, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 1SE
ODS code G83647
1.4 km
CONWAY PMS
44 CONWAY ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 1AH
ODS code G83633
1.5 km
BANNOCKBURN SURGERY
20-22 BANNOCKBURN ROAD, LONDON, SE18 1ES
ODS code G83654
1.5 km
BEXLEY GROUP PRACTICE
76-78 UPPER WICKHAM LANE, WELLING, DA16 3HQ
ODS code G83028
1.5 km
ST MARKS PMS
24 WROTTESLEY ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3EP
ODS code G83039
1.6 km
GLYNDON PMS
GLYNDON MEDICAL CENTRE, 188 ANN STREET, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7LU
ODS code G83060
1.7 km
ABBEYSLADE PMS (DR CHAND)
111 BASILDON ROAD, ABBEY WOOD, LONDON, SE2 0ER
ODS code G83631
1.8 km
WELLING MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 DANSON CRESCENT, WELLING, DA16 2AT
ODS code G83025
1.9 km
ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTRE PMS
13A RIPON ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3PS
ODS code G83030
1.9 km
INGLETON AVENUE SURGERY
84 INGLETON AVENUE, WELLING, DA16 2JZ
ODS code G83024
2.4 km
BEXLEY MEDICAL GROUP
171 KING HAROLDS WAY, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5RB
ODS code G83053
2.5 km
ROYAL ARSENAL MEDICAL CENTRE
21 ARSENAL WAY, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 6TE
ODS code G83016
2.5 km
THAMESMEAD HEALTH CENTRE
4-5 THAMES REACH, LONDON, SE28 0NY
ODS code Y02974
2.6 km
VALENTINE HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
25-27 JOHN WILSON STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 6PZ
ODS code G83067
2.9 km
TRIVENI PMS
ESCREET SURGERY, ESCREET GROVE, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 5TE
ODS code G83026
2.9 km
ABBEY WOOD SURGERY
9 GODSTOW ROAD, ABBEY WOOD, LONDON, SE2 9AT
ODS code G83031
3.0 km
Showing 20 of 35 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
- 0.1 miles
Thornhill Avenue
BCT · Plumstead Common
- 0.1 miles
Thornhill Avenue
BCT · Plumstead Common
- 0.1 miles
Combeside
BCT · Plumstead Common
- 0.2 miles
The Glenmore Arms
BCT · Plumstead Common
- 0.2 miles
Barden Street
BCT · Plumstead Common
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Greenwich 017A, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
14,347 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 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
- 32
- 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
Recorded crime
4,411 published events cover 12 months, averaging 367.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,458 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.