TN8 7LY

Cowden and Hever · Sevenoaks · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Tonbridge
Postcode district
TN8
Postcode sector
TN8 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TN8 7LH 274 m
TN8 7LJ 417 m
TN8 7LX 437 m
TN8 7LU 471 m
TN8 7LQ 507 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TN8 7LY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
TN
Postcode district
TN8
Postcode sector
TN8 7
Latitude
51.178885
Longitude
0.110291
British National Grid easting
547,600
British National Grid northing
144,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Sevenoaks · E07000111
Parish or community
E04004995
Westminster constituency
Tonbridge · E14001549
Output area
E00123962
Lower layer super output area
Sevenoaks 015A · E01024420
Middle layer super output area
Sevenoaks 015 · E02005101

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
5
Secondary
0
  1. Hever Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    459 m
  2. Chiddingstone Church of England School

    Academy converter

    2.7 km
  3. The View School

    Other independent special school

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
16
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Public order 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
TN8 7 residents
2,646

Age bands in TN8 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

461 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

259 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.4%

545 residents

Age 45 to 64
34.2%

960 residents

Age 65 and over
20.6%

578 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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • EDENBRIDGE MED PRACTICE

    EDENBRIDGE MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTRE, FOUR ELMS ROAD, EDENBRIDGE, TN8 6FY

    ODS code G82019

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Brook Corner

    BCT · Hever

    0.4 miles
  • Brook Corner

    BCT · Hever

    0.4 miles
  • Hever - Brocas Farm

    BCQ · Hever

    0.6 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Hever

    0.7 miles
  • Hever Rail Station

    RSE · Hever

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sevenoaks 015A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,967 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Hever Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 459 m.

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

Recorded crime

16 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 9 events.

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