E8 4PY Hackney
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Haggerston. Region: London.
Streets
- Pownall Road, London: 53 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Hackney in 2026-27: Band D £2,060 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,374 | £1,602 | £1,831 | £2,060 | £2,518 | £2,976 | £3,434 | £4,121 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (61% of about 620 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): London borough of Hackney.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 40-43 Andrews Road and Ash Grove Bus Garage, not permissioned (490 m)
- Marian Place Gas Works and The Oval, pending decision (520 m)
- Marian Place Gas Works and The Oval, pending decision (520 m)
- 5-9 Yorkton Street London E2 8NH: up to 20 homes, permissioned (560 m)
- Land to the R/O 130-134 Richmond Road, permissioned (760 m)
- SALP84 - 337 Kingsland Road and Adjacent Car Park: up to 74 homes, not permissioned (880 m)
- 27-37 Well Street London, not permissioned (1.0 km)
- SAP223 - 27-37 Well Street London: up to 44 homes, not permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 23 at medium risk and 30 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 | Haggerston 3.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 730 m |
| Cambridge Heath 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 760 m | |
| London Fields 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 810 m | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Bethnal Green Underground Station | 1.2 km |
| Old Street Underground Station | 1.9 km | |
| Whitechapel Underground Station | 1.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 16 stops within 400 m, 52 within 800 m; nearest Pownall Road / Laxfield Court Haggerston | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | London St Pancras Megabusplus | 4.2 km |
| Ferry terminal | Tower Pier Tower Hill | 3.3 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest St Peter's Church, Bethnal Green Car Park | 650 m |
| EV charging points | 50 within 1.6 km; nearest ubitricity | 70 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 9.1 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 28.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 17 practices within 1.6 km; nearest London Fields Medical Centre | 310 m |
| Pharmacies | 27 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Norlington Chemist | 300 m |
| NHS dentists | 30 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 580 m |
| Hospital | Moorfield Eye Hospital City Road Elective Surgical Hub | 1.9 km |
| Police station | Tower Hamlets Police | 1.2 km |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest Payzone | 340 m |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 9% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 16% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 5% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 68% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 7% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 13% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 19% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 35% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 18% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 82% | 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) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 82% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 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 Pownall Road.