Schools
194 open schools are in scope, including 123 primary and 27 secondary schools. Forest Hill School is the nearest published school at 155 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SE23 2BF
Perry Vale · Lewisham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- London
- Ward
- Perry Vale
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Constituency
- Lewisham West and East Dulwich
- Postcode district
- SE23
- Postcode sector
- SE23 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SE23 2BF
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 September 2022
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SE
- Postcode district
- SE23
- Postcode sector
- SE23 2
- Latitude
- 51.433145
- Longitude
- -0.046645
- British National Grid easting
- 535,879
- British National Grid northing
- 172,270
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Lewisham · E09000023
- Electoral ward
- Perry Vale · E05013729
- Parish or community
- E43000213
- Westminster constituency
- Lewisham West and East Dulwich · E14001333
- Output area
- E00016731
- Lower layer super output area
- Lewisham 027E · E01003313
- Middle layer super output area
- Lewisham 027 · E02000679
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 SE23
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Willows Court, Flat 1, Acorn Way, London, SE23 2BF | 26 May 2021 | £560,400 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 194
- Primary
- 123
- Secondary
- 27
- 155 m
Forest Hill School
Community school
- 428 m
Perrymount Primary School
Community school
- 449 m
Adamsrill Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,895
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,040
- Anti social behaviour 833
- Vehicle crime 694
- Other theft 429
- Criminal damage and arson 352
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SE23 2 residents
- 13,760
Age bands in SE23 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 36.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 10.2%
2,823 residents
1,344 residents
5,221 residents
3,379 residents
1,457 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
66
within 5 km
VALE MEDICAL CENTRE
195-197 PERRY VALE, FOREST HILL, LONDON, SE23 2JF
ODS code G85696
333 m
SYDENHAM GREEN GROUP PRACTICE
26 HOLMSHAW CLOSE, SYDENHAM, LONDON, SE26 4TH
ODS code G85024
681 m
WOOLSTONE MEDICAL CENTRE
WOOLSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2SG
ODS code G85061
904 m
MODALITY LEWISHAM (ML)
JENNER HEALTH CENTRE 201-203, STANSTEAD ROAD, FOREST HILL, LONDON, SE23 1HU
ODS code G85004
1.1 km
ONE CARE LAMBETH
JENNER DENTAL SUITE, 14 ST. GERMAN'S ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RJ
ODS code Y07020
1.2 km
ONE CARE LEWISHAM
THE JENNER DENTAL SUITE, 14 ST GERMANS ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RJ
ODS code Y08411
1.2 km
SEL SPECIAL ALLOCATION PRACTICE
THE JENNER DENTAL SUITE, 14 ST. GERMANS ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RJ
ODS code Y06545
1.2 km
SPECIAL ALLOCATION SCHEME (NEL)
JENNER DENTAL CLINIC, 14 ST GERMANS ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RJ
ODS code Y06592
1.2 km
WELLS PARK PRACTICE
1 WELLS PARK ROAD, SYDENHAM, LONDON, SE26 6JQ
ODS code G85114
1.2 km
FOREST HILL GROUP PRACTICE
1 FOREST HILL ROAD, DULWICH, LONDON, SE22 0SQ
ODS code G85001
2.5 km
THE LORDSHIP LANE SURGERY
417 LORDSHIP LANE, EAST DULWICH, LONDON, SE22 8JN
ODS code G85681
2.5 km
OAKFIELD SURGERY
17 OAKFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE20 8QA
ODS code G84625
2.6 km
THE PARK PRACTICE
OAKS PARK MEDICAL CENTRE, 17 OAKFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE20 8QA
ODS code G84025
2.6 km
NOVUM HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, HAWSTEAD ROAD, LEWISHAM, LONDON, SE6 4JH
ODS code G85633
2.7 km
ROBIN HOOD SURGERY
94 CROYDON ROAD, ANERLEY, LONDON, SE20 7AB
ODS code G84029
2.7 km
PAXTON GREEN GROUP PRACTICE
PAXTON GREEN HEALTH CENTRE, 1 ALLEYN PARK, LONDON, SE21 8AU
ODS code G85039
2.8 km
THE THREE ZERO SIX MEDICAL CENTRE
306 MEDICAL CENTRE, 306 LORDSHIP LANE, LONDON, SE22 8LY
ODS code G85091
2.8 km
ANERLEY SURGERY
224 ANERLEY ROAD, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 8TJ
ODS code G84624
2.9 km
BROMLEAG CARE PRACTICE
BECKENHAM CLINIC, 14 THE CRESCENT, BECKENHAM, BR3 1DU
ODS code Y06345
3.0 km
PARKVIEW SURGERY
DOCTORS SURGERY, 186 BROWNHILL ROAD, CATFORD, LONDON, SE6 1AT
ODS code G85121
3.0 km
Showing 20 of 66 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
Inglemere Road
BCT · Forest Hill
- 0.1 miles
Inglemere Road
BCT · Forest Hill
- 0.1 miles
Dacres Road
BCT · Lower Sydenham
- 0.1 miles
Dacres Road
BCT · Lower Sydenham
- 0.2 miles
Siddons Road
BCT · Bell Green
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lewisham 027E, 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
5,660 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
Recorded crime
5,895 published events cover 12 months, averaging 491.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,040 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.