SW8 4HU

Shaftesbury & Queenstown · Wandsworth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Wandsworth
Constituency
Battersea
Postcode district
SW8
Postcode sector
SW8 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW8 4FL 5 m
SW8 4FN 5 m
SW8 4HL 67 m
SW8 4HR 67 m
SW8 4XN 73 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW8 4HU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 2009
Terminated
1 May 2017
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW8
Postcode sector
SW8 4
Latitude
51.474392
Longitude
-0.135877
British National Grid easting
529,560
British National Grid northing
176,695

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Wandsworth · E09000032
Parish or community
E43000222
Westminster constituency
Battersea · E14001081
Output area
E00022990
Lower layer super output area
Wandsworth 039C · E01035499
Middle layer super output area
Wandsworth 039 · E02007084

Postcode source versions

Explore SW8

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
British Lion, Thessaly Road, London, SW8 4HU 9 October 2007 £300,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
323
Primary
148
Secondary
37
  1. Griffin Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    174 m
  2. St George's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    361 m
  3. Larkhall Primary Campus

    Community school

    596 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15,037
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,598
  • Theft from the person 2,009
  • Shoplifting 1,727
  • Anti social behaviour 1,703
  • Other theft 1,338

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SW8 4 residents
7,899

Age bands in SW8 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

1,222 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.3%

1,056 residents

Age 25 to 44
42.6%

3,389 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.3%

1,692 residents

Age 65 and over
7.5%

594 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

118

within 5 km straight-line

  • SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    110 UNION ROAD, LONDON, SW8 2SH

    ODS code G85673

    434 m

  • STOCKWELLBEING AH

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

    ODS code Y05187

    434 m

  • BINFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    1 BINFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SW4 6TB

    ODS code G85123

    874 m

  • THE SOUTH LAMBETH RD PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85086

    884 m

  • THE GRANTHAM PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y00020

    917 m

  • MAWBEY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85130

    920 m

  • BECKETT HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85100

    1.0 km

  • DR CURRAN & PARTNERS

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

    ODS code G85708

    1.0 km

  • GRAFTON SQUARE SURGERY

    8B GRAFTON SQUARE, LONDON, SW4 0DE

    ODS code G85674

    1.1 km

  • CLAPHAM FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85011

    1.3 km

  • QUEENSTOWN ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    14 QUEENSTOWN ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW8 3RX

    ODS code H85003

    1.3 km

  • BATTERSEA FIELDS PRACTICE

    3 AUSTIN ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 5JP

    ODS code H85111

    1.3 km

  • SANDMERE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85083

    1.4 km

  • STOCKWELL GROUP PRACTICE

    107 STOCKWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 9TJ

    ODS code G85028

    1.5 km

  • PIMLICO HEALTH AT THE MARVEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87034

    1.6 km

  • HETHERINGTON GROUP PRACTICE

    18 HETHERINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SW4 7NU

    ODS code G85045

    1.6 km

  • LAVENDER HILL GROUP PRACTICE

    19 POUNTNEY ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 5TU

    ODS code H85069

    1.7 km

  • VASSALL MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85073

    1.9 km

  • HETHERINGTON AT THE PAVILION

    9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, LONDON, SW9 8DJ

    ODS code Y03063

    2.0 km

  • LARC CLINIC (LA)

    9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW9 8DJ

    ODS code Y05163

    2.0 km

Showing 20 of 118 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Condell Road

    BCT · Nine Elms

    0.0 miles
  • Blore Close

    BCT · Clapham North

    0.1 miles
  • Carey Gardens

    BCT · Nine Elms

    0.1 miles
  • Clyston Street

    BCT · Clapham North

    0.1 miles
  • Union Road Clapham

    BCT · Clapham North

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wandsworth 039C, 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

10,201 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
4 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

323 open schools are in scope, including 148 primary and 37 secondary schools. Griffin Primary School is the nearest published school at 174 m.

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

Recorded crime

15,037 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,253.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,598 events.

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