Schools
207 open schools are in scope, including 117 primary and 25 secondary schools. St Matthew Academy is the nearest published school at 190 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SE3 9TU
Blackheath · Lewisham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- London
- Ward
- Blackheath
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Constituency
- Lewisham North
- Postcode district
- SE3
- Postcode sector
- SE3 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SE3 9TU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SE
- Postcode district
- SE3
- Postcode sector
- SE3 9
- Latitude
- 51.463778
- Longitude
- 0.002719
- British National Grid easting
- 539,217
- British National Grid northing
- 175,769
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Lewisham · E09000023
- Electoral ward
- Blackheath · E05013715
- Parish or community
- E43000213
- Westminster constituency
- Lewisham North · E14001332
- Output area
- E00016187
- Lower layer super output area
- Lewisham 009A · E01003198
- Middle layer super output area
- Lewisham 009 · E02000661
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 SE3
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Dowe House, The Glebe, London, SE3 9TU | 14 February 2017 | £200,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 207
- Primary
- 117
- Secondary
- 25
- 190 m
St Matthew Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 323 m
John Ball Primary School
Community school
- 375 m
Christ The King Sixth Form College
Further education
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 8,023
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,426
- Shoplifting 1,126
- Anti social behaviour 876
- Other theft 657
- Public order 636
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 22
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SE3 9 residents
- 10,063
13 female, 9 male
Age bands in SE3 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 38.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.1%
1,839 residents
884 residents
3,939 residents
2,243 residents
1,340 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SE3 9 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
54
within 5 km
LEE ROAD SURGERY
DOCTORS SURGERY, 20 LEE ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9RT
ODS code G85046
488 m
LEWISHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
308 LEE HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5PJ
ODS code G85023
597 m
TRIANGLE GROUP PRACTICE LIMITED
2 MORLEY ROAD, LEWISHAM, LONDON, SE13 6DQ
ODS code G85120
1.2 km
NIGHTINGALE SURGERY
LEE HEALTH CENTRE, 2 HANDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NP
ODS code G85727
1.3 km
PLUMBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
32-33 PLUMBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, SE10 8PA
ODS code G83641
1.6 km
WOODLANDS HEALTH CENTRE
4 EDWIN HALL PLACE, LONDON, SE13 6RN
ODS code G85722
1.7 km
MANOR BROOK PMS
117 BROOK LANE, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 0EN
ODS code G83001
1.7 km
PRIMECARE PMS (SOUTH STREET)
SOUTH ST MEDICAL CENTRE, 71A GREENWICH SOUTH STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8NT
ODS code G83058
1.7 km
THE LEWISHAM CARE PARTNERSHIP
56-60 LOAMPIT HILL, LEWISHAM, LONDON, SE13 7SX
ODS code G85038
1.8 km
BURNEY STREET PMS
48 BURNEY STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8EX
ODS code G83065
1.9 km
BLACKHEATH STANDARD PMS
BLACKHEATH SURGERY, 11-13 CHARLTON ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7HB
ODS code G83013
2.0 km
NOVUM HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, HAWSTEAD ROAD, LEWISHAM, LONDON, SE6 4JH
ODS code G85633
2.2 km
PARKVIEW SURGERY
DOCTORS SURGERY, 186 BROWNHILL ROAD, CATFORD, LONDON, SE6 1AT
ODS code G85121
2.2 km
WOODLANDS SURGERY
2 WOODLAND WALK, OFF TRAFALGAR ROAD, LONDON, SE10 9UB
ODS code G83651
2.3 km
DEPTFORD MEDICAL CENTRE
2 PEARSONS AVENUE, NEW CROSS, LONDON, SE14 6TG
ODS code G85736
2.4 km
DEPTFORD SURGERY
502-504 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6TJ
ODS code G85711
2.4 km
VANBRUGH GROUP PRACTICE
LEVEL 2, GREENWICH CENTRE, 12 LAMBARDE SQUARE, LONDON, SE10 9GB
ODS code G83021
2.5 km
TORRIDON ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
80 TORRIDON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1RB
ODS code G85032
2.7 km
CLIFTON RISE FAMILY PRACTICE
CLIFTON RISE FAMILY PRACT, WALDRON HLTH/CTR(SUITE 2), LONDON, SE8 4BG
ODS code G85026
2.8 km
AMERSHAM VALE TRAINING PRACTICE
SUITE 5, WALDRON HEALTH CENTRE, AMERSHAM VALE, NEW CROSS, LONDON, SE14 6LD
ODS code G85698
2.8 km
Showing 20 of 54 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
St Margaret's Church / Brandram Road
BCT · Blackheath
- 0.1 miles
St Margaret's Church / Brandram Road
BCT · Blackheath
- 0.2 miles
Blackheath Hospital
BCT · Blackheath
- 0.2 miles
Blackheath Hospital
BCT · Blackheath
- 0.3 miles
Tranquil Vale
BCT · Blackheath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lewisham 009A, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
17,949 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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
8,023 published events cover 12 months, averaging 668.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,426 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.