SW2 1QA

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
SW2
Postcode sector
SW2 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW2 1PZ 31 m
SW2 1PY 56 m
SE24 0NU 60 m
SW2 1PX 71 m
SW2 1QG 75 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW2 1QA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW2
Postcode sector
SW2 1
Latitude
51.456115
Longitude
-0.109258
British National Grid easting
531,461
British National Grid northing
174,710

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
E00015523
Lower layer super output area
Lambeth 018D · E01003071
Middle layer super output area
Lambeth 018 · E02000635

Postcode source versions

Explore SW2

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Turnmill House, Flat 6, Effra Parade, London, SW2 1QA 7 March 2025 £545,000
Turnmill House, Flat 10, Effra Parade, London, SW2 1QA 7 July 2023 £450,000
Turnmill House, Flat 3, Effra Parade, London, SW2 1QA 18 June 2021 £378,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
300
Primary
159
Secondary
40
  1. Triangle Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    78 m
  2. Effra Nursery School and Children's Centre

    Local authority nursery school

    125 m
  3. St Jude's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    356 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12,396
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,440
  • Anti social behaviour 1,464
  • Other theft 1,066
  • Theft from the person 986
  • Shoplifting 858

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

12 female, 14 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
2.0
SW2 1 residents
7,678

Age bands in SW2 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.5%

963 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.5%

1,112 residents

Age 25 to 44
45.4%

3,493 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.5%

1,578 residents

Age 65 and over
7.1%

546 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SW2 1 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

102

within 5 km

  • HERNE HILL GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85016

    726 m

  • HETHERINGTON AT THE PAVILION

    9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, LONDON, SW9 8DJ

    ODS code Y03063

    788 m

  • LARC CLINIC (LA)

    9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW9 8DJ

    ODS code Y05163

    788 m

  • BRIXTON HILL GROUP PRACTICE

    SURGERY, 22 RALEIGH GARDENS, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW2 1AE

    ODS code G85025

    870 m

  • BROCKWELL PARK SURGERY

    117 NORWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9AE

    ODS code G85137

    977 m

  • ELM LODGE SURGERY

    2 BURBAGE ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9HJ

    ODS code G85051

    1.0 km

  • HERNE HILL ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85690

    1.2 km

  • HETHERINGTON GROUP PRACTICE

    18 HETHERINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SW4 7NU

    ODS code G85045

    1.4 km

  • STOCKWELL GROUP PRACTICE

    107 STOCKWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 9TJ

    ODS code G85028

    1.4 km

  • SANDMERE PRACTICE

    10-14 SANDMERE ROAD, CLAPHAM, LONDON, SW4 7QJ

    ODS code G85083

    1.5 km

  • PALACE ROAD SURGERY

    1 PALACE ROAD, STREATHAM HILL, LONDON, SW2 3DY

    ODS code G85041

    1.6 km

  • THE CORNER SURGERY

    99 COLDHARBOUR LANE, LONDON, SE5 9NS

    ODS code G85127

    1.8 km

  • BECKETT HOUSE PRACTICE

    BECKET HOUSE SURGERY, GRANTHAM ROAD, STOCKWELL, LONDON, SW9 9DL

    ODS code G85100

    1.8 km

  • CLAPHAM PARK GROUP PRACTICE

    72 CLARENCE AVENUE, LONDON, SW4 8JP

    ODS code G85109

    1.9 km

  • CLAPHAM FAMILY PRACTICE

    MARY SEACOLE CENTRE, 89 CLAPHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SW4 7DB

    ODS code G85011

    1.9 km

  • THE GRANTHAM PRACTICE

    275-277 CLAPHAM ROAD, STOCKWELL, LONDON, SW9 9BH

    ODS code Y00020

    1.9 km

  • EDITH CAVELL PRACTICE

    41A-41C STREATHAM HILL, LONDON, SW2 4TP

    ODS code G85724

    2.0 km

  • TESSA JOWELL GP SURGERY

    72H EAST DULWICH GROVE, LONDON, SE22 8EY

    ODS code G85132

    2.0 km

  • THE DEERBROOK SURGERY

    216 NORWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE27 9AW

    ODS code G85129

    2.0 km

  • BINFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    1 BINFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SW4 6TB

    ODS code G85123

    2.1 km

Showing 20 of 102 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

  • Chaucer Road / Effra Parade

    BCT · Brixton

    0.1 miles
  • Dalberg Road / Effra Parade

    BCT · Brixton

    0.1 miles
  • Effra Parade

    BCT · Brixton

    0.1 miles
  • Effra Parade

    BCT · Brixton

    0.1 miles
  • Milton Road (SE24)

    BCT · Herne Hill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lambeth 018D, 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

20,732 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
7 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
12
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 £497,500 from 2 recorded sales in SW2 1QA. 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

300 open schools are in scope, including 159 primary and 40 secondary schools. Triangle Nursery School is the nearest published school at 78 m.

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

Recorded crime

12,396 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,033 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,440 events.

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