BR3 1FL Bromley
Live postcode, introduced September 2025. Ward: Beckenham Town & Copers Cope. Region: London.
Streets
- Unnamed street near Calverley Close, Bellingham: 20 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Bromley in 2026-27: Band D £2,140 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,427 | £1,664 | £1,902 | £2,140 | £2,616 | £3,091 | £3,567 | £4,280 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (31% of about 950 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Conifer House Southend Road BR3 1SL, permissioned (270 m)
- Conifer House, Southend Road , BR3 1SL, permissioned (270 m)
- 117 Dunfield Road, permissioned (590 m)
- Lidl, Southend Lane: up to 17 homes, not permissioned (800 m)
- Adj To 22 Southend Road BR3 1SD, permissioned (800 m)
- Adj To 22 Southend Road BR3 1SD, permissioned (800 m)
- Maybrey Business Park Worsley Bridge Road London SE26 5AZ, permissioned (820 m)
- Worsley Bridge Road Locally Significant Industrial Site: up to 179 homes, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 20 addresses are between 53 m and 54 m above sea level (53 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Beckenham Hill 379,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 630 m |
| Lower Sydenham 787,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.0 km | |
| New Beckenham 721,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.0 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Beckenham Junction Tram Stop | 1.1 km |
| Beckenham Road Tram Stop | 1.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m, 22 within 800 m; nearest Highland Croft Southend | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | West Dulwich - Croxted Road | 5.5 km |
| Ferry terminal | Greenwich Pier | 7.1 km |
| Car parks | Sainsbury's Sydenham Car Park | 1.5 km |
| EV charging points | 11 within 1.6 km; nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 630 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 10.9 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 31.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Bromleag Care Practice | 1.2 km |
| Pharmacies | 9 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Vantage Pharmacy | 1.3 km |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Miss Ea Dighe | 1.3 km |
| Hospital | University Hospital Lewisham | 3.7 km |
| Police station | Catford Police Base | 1.9 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Om Food & Wine Londis, Catford | 680 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Beckenham Place Park 105 ha | 50 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,050 m² | 200 m |
| Playing field | 4 within 800 m; nearest Kent County Cricket Ground 7.3 ha | 370 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 590 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 105 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 15.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 5 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 20 |
14 of the postcode's 20 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 42 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 8% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 3% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 57% | 17% |
| Private rented | 34% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 21% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 10% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 10% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 27% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 25% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 43% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 75% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 0% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 92% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Unnamed street near Calverley Close.