Schools
39 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 7 secondary schools. Glebe Primary School is the nearest published school at 327 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SS6 7BP
Wheatley · Rochford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SS6 7BP
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 1993
- Terminated
- 1 April 2017
- Postcode area
- SS
- Postcode district
- SS6
- Postcode sector
- SS6 7
- Latitude
- 51.590730
- Longitude
- 0.603499
- British National Grid easting
- 580,443
- British National Grid northing
- 191,197
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Rochford · E07000075
- Electoral ward
- Wheatley · E05010856
- Parish or community
- E04004087
- Westminster constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford · E14001437
- Output area
- E00111556
- Lower layer super output area
- Rochford 008E · E01021964
- Middle layer super output area
- Rochford 008 · E02004570
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
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Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Barnard House, 78, London Hill, Rayleigh, SS6 7BP | 20 September 2017 | £520,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 39
- Primary
- 28
- Secondary
- 7
- 327 m
Glebe Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 604 m
Rayleigh Primary School
Academy converter
- 617 m
The FitzWimarc School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,440
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 663
- Anti social behaviour 130
- Shoplifting 122
- Criminal damage and arson 106
- Vehicle crime 102
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SS6 7 residents
- 7,502
Age bands in SS6 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 26.5%
1,154 residents
711 residents
1,506 residents
2,019 residents
1,939 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.
GP practices
12
within 5 km straight-line
WILLIAM HARVEY SURGERY
83 LONDON ROAD, RAYLEIGH, SS6 9HR
ODS code F81065
481 m
AUDLEY MILLS SURGERY
57 EASTWOOD ROAD, RAYLEIGH, SS6 7JF
ODS code F81123
688 m
DOWNHALL PARK SURGERY
49 RAWRETH LANE, RAYLEIGH, SS6 9QD
ODS code F81704
1.3 km
GRACE HOUSE SURGERY
85 HART ROAD, THUNDERSLEY, BENFLEET, SS7 3PR
ODS code F81032
2.8 km
CONNER & PARTNERS
175 FERRY ROAD, HULLBRIDGE, HOCKLEY, SS5 6JH
ODS code F81061
3.8 km
CHURCH VIEW SURGERY
THE JONES FAMILY PRACTICE, 55 SOUTHEND ROAD, HOCKLEY, SS5 4PZ
ODS code F81125
3.8 km
THE HOLLIES
41 RECTORY ROAD, HADLEIGH, BENFLEET, SS7 2NA
ODS code F81075
4.0 km
DR KHAN & PARTNERS
RUSHBOTTOM LANE SURGERY, 91 RUSHBOTTOM LANE, BENFLEET, SS7 4EA
ODS code F81001
4.4 km
ST GEORGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
91 RUSHBOTTOM LANE, BENFLEET, SS7 4EA
ODS code F81142
4.4 km
ROBERT FREW MEDICAL CENTRE
SILVA ISLAND WAY, WICKFORD, SS12 9NR
ODS code F81036
4.9 km
THE GREENSWARD SURGERY
GREENSWARD LANE, HOCKLEY, SS5 5HQ
ODS code F81066
4.9 km
BENFLEET SURGERY
12 CONSTITUTION HILL, BENFLEET, SS7 1ED
ODS code F81713
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
The Travellers Joy
BCT · Rayleigh
- 0.1 miles
The Travellers Joy
BCT · Rayleigh
- 0.1 miles
Railway Station
BCT · Rayleigh
- 0.1 miles
Rayleigh Rail Station
RSE · Rayleigh
- 0.1 miles
Railway Station
BCT · Rayleigh
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochford 008E, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
28,286 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,440 published events cover 12 months, averaging 120 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 663 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.