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SE5 8EA

Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction · Lambeth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Lambeth
Postcode district
SE5
Postcode sector
SE5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SE5 8EW 77 m
SE24 0AB 78 m
SE5 8ED 78 m
SE5 8EB 107 m
SE5 8DX 126 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SE5 8EA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SE
Postcode district
SE5
Postcode sector
SE5 8
Latitude
51.461482
Longitude
-0.094165
British National Grid easting
532,494
British National Grid northing
175,334

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Lambeth · E09000022
Parish or community
E43000212
Westminster constituency
Dulwich and West Norwood · E14001205
Output area
E00015513
Lower layer super output area
Lambeth 014E · E01003078
Middle layer super output area
Lambeth 014 · E02000631

Postcode source versions

Explore SE5

34 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
32, Sunset Road, Herne Hill, London, SE5 8EA 23 October 2025 £890,000
4, Sunset Road, Herne Hill, London, SE5 8EA 24 February 2025 £1,200,000
21, Sunset Road, Herne Hill, London, SE5 8EA 2 August 2024 £1,360,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
310
Primary
171
Secondary
42
  1. St Saviour's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    359 m
  2. Heron Academy

    Academy special sponsor led

    450 m
  3. Jessop Primary School

    Community school

    533 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12,305
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,329
  • Anti social behaviour 1,265
  • Theft from the person 1,223
  • Other theft 1,060
  • Shoplifting 1,036

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
86
41 female, 45 male
Postcode households
31
Residents per household
2.8
SE5 8 residents
14,457

Age bands in SE5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.7%
2,258 residents
Age 15 to 24
13.5%
2,077 residents
Age 25 to 44
38.8%
5,966 residents
Age 45 to 64
24.2%
3,727 residents
Age 65 and over
8.8%
1,361 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SE5 8 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

100

within 5 km straight-line

  • HERNE HILL ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1-3 HERNE HILL ROAD, LONDON, SE24 0AU

    ODS code G85690

    629 m

  • HERNE HILL GROUP PRACTICE

    74 HERNE HILL, HERNE HILL, LONDON, SE24 9QP

    ODS code G85016

    708 m

  • THE CORNER SURGERY

    99 COLDHARBOUR LANE, LONDON, SE5 9NS

    ODS code G85127

    918 m

  • TESSA JOWELL GP SURGERY

    72H EAST DULWICH GROVE, LONDON, SE22 8EY

    ODS code G85132

    981 m

  • ELM LODGE SURGERY

    2 BURBAGE ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9HJ

    ODS code G85051

    1.1 km

  • CAMBERWELL GREEN SURGERY

    17 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AF

    ODS code G85013

    1.5 km

  • BROCKWELL PARK SURGERY

    117 NORWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9AE

    ODS code G85137

    1.5 km

  • HETHERINGTON AT THE PAVILION

    9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, LONDON, SW9 8DJ

    ODS code Y03063

    1.5 km

  • LARC CLINIC (LA)

    9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW9 8DJ

    ODS code Y05163

    1.5 km

  • DMC CHADWICK ROAD

    60 CHADWICK ROAD, PECKHAM, LONDON, SE15 4PU

    ODS code G85031

    1.6 km

  • PARKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    52 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AQ

    ODS code G85030

    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

  • THE DULWICH MEDICAL CENTRE

    163-169 CRYSTAL PALACE ROAD, EAST DULWICH, LONDON, SE22 9EP

    ODS code G85651

    1.7 km

  • THE THREE ZERO SIX MEDICAL CENTRE

    306 MEDICAL CENTRE, 306 LORDSHIP LANE, LONDON, SE22 8LY

    ODS code G85091

    1.7 km

  • AKERMAN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF

    ODS code G85695

    1.8 km

  • FIVEWAYS PCN EA HUB

    AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF

    ODS code Y05161

    1.8 km

  • LAMBETH WALK GROUP PRACTICE

    AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF

    ODS code G85054

    1.8 km

  • MINET GREEN HEALTH PRACTICE

    AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF

    ODS code G85135

    1.8 km

  • STOCKWELL GROUP PRACTICE

    107 STOCKWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 9TJ

    ODS code G85028

    1.8 km

Showing 20 of 100 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Herne Hill Road

    BCT · East Dulwich

    158 m
  • Haredale Road / Carnegie Library

    BCT · Herne Hill

    159 m
  • Deepdene Road Herne Hill

    BCT · Herne Hill

    171 m
  • Denmark Hill

    BCT · Brixton

    180 m
  • Deepdene Road Herne Hill

    BCT · Herne Hill

    181 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lambeth 014E, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,999 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 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

Property market

The five-year median is £1,050,000 from 4 recorded sales in SE5 8EA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Lambeth is £548,034 in June 2026, down 3.3% year on year.

Schools

310 open schools are in scope, including 171 primary and 42 secondary schools. St Saviour's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 359 m.

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

Recorded crime

12,305 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,025 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,329 events.

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