E2 0EL Tower Hamlets
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Bethnal Green West. Region: London.
Streets
- Mare Street, Bethnal Green: 55 addresses
- Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green: 3 addresses
- Buckhurst Street, Bethnal Green: 3 addresses
- Three Colts Lane, Bethnal Green: 3 addresses
- Malcolm Place, Stepney: 1 address
- Roman Road, Bethnal Green: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Tower Hamlets in 2026-27: Band D £1,838 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,225 | £1,429 | £1,634 | £1,838 | £2,246 | £2,655 | £3,063 | £3,676 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (37% of about 1,270 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Bethnal Green Gardens. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 7.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 8 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN ON BETHNAL GREEN, grade I
- 2, PARADISE ROW E2, grade II
- 295-299, Cambridge Heath Road, grade II
- 301 AND 303, CAMBRIDGE HEATH ROAD E2, grade II
- Bethnal Green War Memorial, grade II
- K2 TELEPHONE KIOSK OUTSIDE NUMBER 289, grade II
- SALMON AND BALL PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Site At land adjacent railway viaduct Mantus Road, permissioned (330 m)
- Marian Place Gas Works and The Oval, pending decision (780 m)
- Marian Place Gas Works and The Oval, pending decision (780 m)
- Whitechapel Station & surrounding land/buildings, not permissioned (890 m)
- Whitechapel Station & surrounding land/buildings, not permissioned (890 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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 83%, gigabit 83% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 31 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 21% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 6% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 47% | 17% |
| Private rented | 32% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 8% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 9% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 24% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 39% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 22% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 81% | 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) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 65% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 14% | 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.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Mare Street.