DA7 4PD Bexley
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Crook Log. Region: London.
Streets
- Fairfield Road, London: 30 addresses
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 E (43% of about 690 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
- Land behind Belvedere Road: up to 70 homes, not permissioned (350 m)
- 25 - 29 Pickford Lane: up to 5 homes, permissioned (370 m)
- Buildbase Bexleyheath: up to 21 homes, not permissioned (420 m)
- Peppers Builders Merchants: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (610 m)
- Land Rear Of Broadway House, Trinity Place , Bexleyheath: up to 6 homes, permissioned (850 m)
- Broadway House, Trinity Place: up to 8 homes, permissioned (850 m)
- Broadway House, Trinity Place, Bexleyheath, permissioned (850 m)
- 1st Floor, 234-236 Broadway, Bexleyheath, permissioned (860 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 18 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
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 | Bexleyheath 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 430 m |
| Barnehurst 956,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km | |
| Welling 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m, 31 within 800 m; nearest Belvedere Road (DA7) West Heath | 330 m |
| Bus or coach station | Albany Park - Hurst Road/Valentine Avenue Sidcup | 3.1 km |
| Ferry terminal | Woolwich Arsenal Pier | 5.8 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 7.3 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 41.6 km |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 39 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 15% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 51% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 27% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 11% | 17% |
| Private rented | 39% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 18% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 31% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 19% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 25% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 63% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 83% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 9 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 Fairfield Road.