DA18 4DL Bexley
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Thamesmead East. Region: London.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Bexley in 2026-27: Band D £2,366 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,578 | £1,841 | £2,103 | £2,366 | £2,892 | £3,418 | £3,944 | £4,733 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (63% of about 560 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
- Lesnes Estate/Coralline Walk: up to 1,104 homes, permissioned (520 m)
- 42 Rushdene: up to 9 homes, permissioned (520 m)
- Land West Of Sedgemere Road And East Of Harrow Manorway, Abbey Wood: up to 219 homes, permissioned (600 m)
- Land West Of Sedgemere Road And East Of Harrow Manorway, Abbey Wood, permissioned (710 m)
- Land At Coralline Walk, Harrow Manorway, Abbey Wood, permissioned (760 m)
- ōLand At Harrow Manorway & Felixstowe Rd Abbey Woodō: up to 245 homes, permissioned (840 m)
- Land At Southmere Village, Yarnton Way,Thamesmead, permissioned (890 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 6 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 27 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 6 low and 21 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 1 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 44%, gigabit 44% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Abbey Wood 12 million journeys in 2024–25 | 740 m |
| Belvedere 696,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km | |
| Bexleyheath 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m, 38 within 800 m; nearest Buckwheat Court Thamesmead South | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Albany Park - Hurst Road/Valentine Avenue Sidcup | 6.0 km |
| Ferry terminal | Barking Riverside Pier Creekmouth | 2.9 km |
| Car parks | Abery Street Temporary Car Park | 2.9 km |
| EV charging points | 21 within 1.6 km; nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 140 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 5.5 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 41.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Lakeside Medical | 830 m |
| Pharmacies | 8 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Brownes Chemist | 750 m |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Abbeywood Dental Practice | 830 m |
| Hospital | Kings @ Erith & District Hospital | 2.9 km |
| Police station | Belvedere Police Station | 1.4 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Payzone | 510 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Lesnes Abbey Park 67 ha | 180 m |
| Play area | 9 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,360 m² | 210 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.0 ha | 210 m |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m; nearest Elstree Garden Allotments West 1,560 m² | 180 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 98 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Lesnes Abbey, a scheduled monument, 400 m south-west. 1 listed building is within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Lesnes Abbey | Scheduled monument | 400 m south-west |
| Maritime Greenwich | World Heritage Site | 9.4 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Lesnes Abbey Woods | Wood | 680 m south |
| Erith Marshes | Wetland | 920 m north |
| South Mere | Lake or reservoir | 1.0 km north-west |
| Abbey Woods | Wood | 1.0 km south-west |
| Halfway Reach | Tidal water | 2.4 km north |
| Bleak Hill | Hill | 2.7 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 15.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.4 | 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 | 0 | 2 |
| 60 to 64 | 0 | 15 |
| 55 to 59 | 0 | 10 |
| Under 55 | 27 | 0 |
27 of the postcode's 27 addresses at 55 dB or more from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 39 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 36% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 19% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 43% | 17% |
| Private rented | 20% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 12% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 17% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 37% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 22% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 39% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 58% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 38% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 88% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 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.