Schools
257 open schools are in scope, including 150 primary and 32 secondary schools. Tidemill Academy is the nearest published school at 197 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SE8 3LE
Deptford · Lewisham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Deptford
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Constituency
- Lewisham North
- Postcode district
- SE8
- Postcode sector
- SE8 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SE8 3LE
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 April 2019
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SE
- Postcode district
- SE8
- Postcode sector
- SE8 3
- Latitude
- 51.477243
- Longitude
- -0.020755
- British National Grid easting
- 537,546
- British National Grid northing
- 177,222
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Lewisham · E09000023
- Electoral ward
- Deptford · E05013719
- Parish or community
- E43000213
- Westminster constituency
- Lewisham North · E14001332
- Output area
- E00182557
- Lower layer super output area
- Lewisham 039E · E01032579
- Middle layer super output area
- Lewisham 039 · E02006798
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 SE8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 257
- Primary
- 150
- Secondary
- 32
- 197 m
Tidemill Academy
Academy converter
- 237 m
Trinity Laban
Higher education institutions
- 366 m
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 9,915
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,989
- Anti social behaviour 1,340
- Other theft 851
- Shoplifting 805
- Public order 619
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SE8 3 residents
- 12,715
Age bands in SE8 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 16.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 43.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 19.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 5.4%
2,024 residents
2,127 residents
5,742 residents
2,534 residents
704 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+
- 95.5%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 95.5%
- Gigabit-capable
- 95.5%
- 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
73
within 5 km
DEPTFORD MEDICAL CENTRE
2 PEARSONS AVENUE, NEW CROSS, LONDON, SE14 6TG
ODS code G85736
532 m
DEPTFORD SURGERY
502-504 NEW CROSS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 6TJ
ODS code G85711
573 m
PRIMECARE PMS (SOUTH STREET)
SOUTH ST MEDICAL CENTRE, 71A GREENWICH SOUTH STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8NT
ODS code G83058
589 m
PLUMBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
32-33 PLUMBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, SE10 8PA
ODS code G83641
652 m
CLIFTON RISE FAMILY PRACTICE
CLIFTON RISE FAMILY PRACT, WALDRON HLTH/CTR(SUITE 2), LONDON, SE8 4BG
ODS code G85026
747 m
AMERSHAM VALE TRAINING PRACTICE
SUITE 5, WALDRON HEALTH CENTRE, AMERSHAM VALE, NEW CROSS, LONDON, SE14 6LD
ODS code G85698
767 m
NEW CROSS CENTRE (HURLEY GROUP)
SUITE 3, WALDRON HEALTH CENTRE, AMERSHAM VALE, LONDON, SE14 6LD
ODS code G85076
767 m
BURNEY STREET PMS
48 BURNEY STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8EX
ODS code G83065
831 m
KINGFISHER MEDICAL CENTRE
3 KINGFISHER SQUARE, STAUNTON STREET, DEPTFORD, LONDON, SE8 5DA
ODS code G85020
850 m
THE LEWISHAM CARE PARTNERSHIP
56-60 LOAMPIT HILL, LEWISHAM, LONDON, SE13 7SX
ODS code G85038
1.1 km
DOCKLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
100 SPINDRIFT AVENUE, ISLE OF DOGS, LONDON, E14 9WU
ODS code F84656
1.5 km
VESTA ROAD SURGERY
58 VESTA ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2NH
ODS code G85105
1.7 km
GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE
WINDLASS PLACE, DEPTFORD, LONDON, SE8 3QH
ODS code G85085
1.8 km
THE QRP SURGERY
387 QUEENS ROAD, NEW CROSS GATE, LONDON, SE14 5HD
ODS code G85015
1.9 km
WOODLANDS SURGERY
2 WOODLAND WALK, OFF TRAFALGAR ROAD, LONDON, SE10 9UB
ODS code G83651
2.0 km
ISLAND HEALTH
145 EAST FERRY ROAD, ISLE OF DOGS, LONDON, E14 3BQ
ODS code F84710
2.1 km
VANBRUGH GROUP PRACTICE
LEVEL 2, GREENWICH CENTRE, 12 LAMBARDE SQUARE, LONDON, SE10 9GB
ODS code G83021
2.3 km
TRIANGLE GROUP PRACTICE LIMITED
2 MORLEY ROAD, LEWISHAM, LONDON, SE13 6DQ
ODS code G85120
2.3 km
ROSERTON STREET SURGERY
THE ISLAND MEDICAL CENTRE, ROSERTON STREET, LONDON, E14 3PG
ODS code F84647
2.5 km
PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE
ODS code G85125
2.6 km
Showing 20 of 73 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Wavelengths Leisure Centre
BCT · Deptford
- 0.1 miles
Miller House
BCT · Greenwich
- 0.1 miles
Wavelengths Leisure Centre
BCT · Deptford
- 0.1 miles
Miller House
BCT · Greenwich
- 0.2 miles
Greenwich High Road /Blackheath Road
BCT · Greenwich
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lewisham 039E, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,049 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 2 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
- 18
- 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
9,915 published events cover 12 months, averaging 826.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,989 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.