SW6 5BU

Walham Green · Hammersmith and Fulham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Hammersmith and Fulham
Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham
Postcode district
SW6
Postcode sector
SW6 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW6 5NT 49 m
SW6 5BT 59 m
SW6 5BS 63 m
SW6 5NN 66 m
SW6 5AS 71 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW6 5BU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1991
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW6
Postcode sector
SW6 5
Latitude
51.478157
Longitude
-0.201393
British National Grid easting
525,000
British National Grid northing
177,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Hammersmith and Fulham · E09000013
Parish or community
E43000203
Westminster constituency
Chelsea and Fulham · E14001160
Output area
E00009768
Lower layer super output area
Hammersmith and Fulham 021A · E01001947
Middle layer super output area
Hammersmith and Fulham 021 · E02000392

Postcode source versions

Explore SW6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
300
Primary
128
Secondary
33
  1. Kensington Prep School GDST

    Other independent school

    105 m
  2. The Fulham Boys School

    Free schools

    176 m
  3. Evergreen Primary School

    Other independent school

    215 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
10,722
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,097
  • Anti social behaviour 1,466
  • Other theft 1,062
  • Shoplifting 916
  • Vehicle crime 778

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SW6 5 residents
7,533

Age bands in SW6 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%

1,355 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.5%

1,246 residents

Age 25 to 44
40.3%

3,469 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.1%

1,821 residents

Age 65 and over
8.4%

727 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

113

within 5 km straight-line

  • CASSIDY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    651A FULHAM ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 5PX

    ODS code E85025

    200 m

  • ASHVILLE SURGERY

    SWAN HOUSE, PARSONS GREEN LANE, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 4HS

    ODS code E85719

    216 m

  • THE LILYVILLE SURGERY

    PARSONS GREEN HEALTH CENT, 5-7 PARSONS GREEN, LONDON, SW6 4UL

    ODS code E85685

    513 m

  • THE FULHAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    446 FULHAM ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 1BG

    ODS code E85118

    644 m

  • GP AT HAND

    139 LILLIE ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 7SX

    ODS code E85124

    754 m

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE, DR JEFFERIES & PARTN

    292 MUNSTER ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 6BQ

    ODS code E85029

    850 m

  • SANDS END HEALTH CLINIC

    BRIDGE HOUSE CENTRE FOR HEALTH, 1 BROUGHTON APPROACH ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 2FE

    ODS code E85128

    893 m

  • NORTH FULHAM SURGERY

    82 LILLIE ROAD, LONDON, SW6 1TN

    ODS code E85008

    928 m

  • FULHAM CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE

    322 LILLIE ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 7PP

    ODS code E85649

    1.0 km

  • PALACE SURGERY

    510 FULHAM PALACE ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 6JD

    ODS code E85038

    1.0 km

  • NORTH END MEDICAL CENTRE

    160 NORTH END ROAD, WEST KENSINGTON, LONDON, W14 9PR

    ODS code E85003

    1.1 km

  • KINGS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    529 KINGS ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, SW10 0UD

    ODS code E87063

    1.2 km

  • EARLS COURT SURGERY

    269 OLD BROMPTON ROAD, EARLS COURT, LONDON, SW5 9JA

    ODS code E87750

    1.3 km

  • BROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    237-335 OLD BROMPTON ROAD, LONDON, SW5 0EA

    ODS code E87746

    1.5 km

  • EARLS COURT MEDICAL CENTRE

    248 EARLS COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW5 9AD

    ODS code E87047

    1.6 km

  • THE GOOD PRACTICE

    KINGS ROAD, LONDON, SW10 0LR

    ODS code E87762

    1.7 km

  • HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE, EARLS COURT

    2B HOGARTH ROAD, LONDON, SW5 0PT

    ODS code Y03441

    1.7 km

  • CHATFIELD HEALTH CARE

    CHATFIELD ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 3UJ

    ODS code H85047

    1.9 km

  • ROSARY GARDEN SURGERY

    45 ROSARY GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 4NQ

    ODS code E87048

    2.0 km

  • THE ABINGDON HEALTH CENTRE

    88-92 EARLS COURT ROAD, KENSINGTON, LONDON, W8 6EG

    ODS code E87701

    2.0 km

Showing 20 of 113 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Parsons Green Lane /Fulham Lib

    BCT · Parsons Green

    0.0 miles
  • Parsons Green Lane /Fulham Lib

    BCT · Parsons Green

    0.1 miles
  • North End Road Walham Green

    BCT · Walham Green

    0.2 miles
  • Shorrolds Road

    BCT · Walham Green

    0.2 miles
  • North End Road Walham Green

    BCT · Walham Green

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hammersmith and Fulham 021A, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,107 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

300 open schools are in scope, including 128 primary and 33 secondary schools. Kensington Prep School GDST is the nearest published school at 105 m.

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

Recorded crime

10,722 published events cover 12 months, averaging 893.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,097 events.

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