SW8 1XW

Oval · Lambeth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Ward
Oval
Local authority
Lambeth
Postcode district
SW8
Postcode sector
SW8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW8 1XH 48 m
SW8 1UU 49 m
SW8 1XJ 57 m
SW8 1BJ 60 m
SW8 1XN 66 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW8 1XW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW8
Postcode sector
SW8 1
Latitude
51.477551
Longitude
-0.123075
British National Grid easting
530,440
British National Grid northing
177,069

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Lambeth · E09000022
Electoral ward
Oval · E05014108
Parish or community
E43000212
Output area
E00015789
Lower layer super output area
Lambeth 004E · E01003129
Middle layer super output area
Lambeth 004 · E02000621

Postcode source versions

Explore SW8

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
169, Ground Floor And Basement, South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1XW 6 January 2025 £56,999
169, Ground Floor And Basement, South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1XW 11 April 2022 £69,500
171, South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1XW 19 May 2015 £200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
326
Primary
148
Secondary
38
  1. Herbert Morrison Primary School

    Community school

    230 m
  2. St Stephen's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    250 m
  3. Wyvil Primary School and Resource Bases for Speech, Language and Communication Needs, and Autism

    Foundation school

    448 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15,276
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,979
  • Theft from the person 2,065
  • Anti social behaviour 1,840
  • Other theft 1,348
  • Shoplifting 1,318

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

6 female, 15 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
1.8
SW8 1 residents
11,710

Age bands in SW8 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11%

1,304 residents

Age 15 to 24
16.3%

1,928 residents

Age 25 to 44
41.3%

4,887 residents

Age 45 to 64
22%

2,602 residents

Age 65 and over
9.5%

1,121 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SW8 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+
80%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
80%
Gigabit-capable
80%
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

112

within 5 km

  • THE SOUTH LAMBETH RD PRACTICE

    1 SELWAY HOUSE, 272 SOUTH LAMBETH ROAD, LONDON, SW8 1UL

    ODS code G85086

    116 m

  • MAWBEY GROUP PRACTICE

    MAWBREY BROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, 39 WILCOX CLOSE, LONDON, SW8 2UD

    ODS code G85130

    243 m

  • BINFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    1 BINFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SW4 6TB

    ODS code G85123

    550 m

  • THE GRANTHAM PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y00020

    795 m

  • BECKETT HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85100

    897 m

  • VASSALL MEDICAL CENTRE

    DOCTORS SURGERY, 89 VASSALL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6NA

    ODS code G85073

    1.0 km

  • SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    110 UNION ROAD, LONDON, SW8 2SH

    ODS code G85673

    1.0 km

  • STOCKWELLBEING AH

    SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, 110 UNION ROAD, LONDON, SW8 2SH

    ODS code Y05187

    1.0 km

  • STOCKWELL GROUP PRACTICE

    107 STOCKWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 9TJ

    ODS code G85028

    1.1 km

  • AKERMAN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85695

    1.3 km

  • FIVEWAYS PCN EA HUB

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

    ODS code Y05161

    1.3 km

  • LAMBETH WALK GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85054

    1.3 km

  • MINET GREEN HEALTH PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85135

    1.3 km

  • GRAY'S INN MEDICAL GROUP VAUXHALL

    8 JONATHAN STREET, KENNINGTON, LONDON, SE11 5NH

    ODS code G85102

    1.4 km

  • PIMLICO HEALTH AT THE MARVEN SURGERY

    46-50 LUPUS STREET, WESTMINSTER, LONDON, SW1V 3EB

    ODS code E87034

    1.6 km

  • DR CURRAN & PARTNERS

    THE CLAPHAM MANOR HEALTH CENTRE, 86 CLAPHAM MANOR STREET, LONDON, SW4 6EB

    ODS code G85708

    1.6 km

  • SANDMERE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85083

    1.7 km

  • CLAPHAM FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85011

    1.8 km

  • HETHERINGTON AT THE PAVILION

    9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, LONDON, SW9 8DJ

    ODS code Y03063

    1.8 km

  • LARC CLINIC (LA)

    9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW9 8DJ

    ODS code Y05163

    1.8 km

Showing 20 of 112 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

  • Thorne Road

    BCT · South Lambeth

    0.0 miles
  • Thorne Road

    BCT · South Lambeth

    0.1 miles
  • Tate Library

    BCT · South Lambeth

    0.1 miles
  • Lansdowne Way

    BCT · Stockwell

    0.2 miles
  • Tate Library

    BCT · South Lambeth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lambeth 004E, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,218 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
1 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
10
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 £63,250 from 2 recorded sales in SW8 1XW. 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

326 open schools are in scope, including 148 primary and 38 secondary schools. Herbert Morrison Primary School is the nearest published school at 230 m.

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

Recorded crime

15,276 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,273 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,979 events.

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