SE1 0RF Southwark
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Borough & Bankside. Region: London.
Streets
- Webber Street, Southwark: 58 addresses
- Pocock Street, Southwark: 1 address
- Rushworth Street, Southwark: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Southwark in 2026-27: Band D £1,967 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,312 | £1,530 | £1,749 | £1,967 | £2,404 | £2,842 | £3,279 | £3,935 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band E (23% of about 1,110 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 5.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Bankside and Borough District Town Centre, Bankside and Borough District Town Centre, Central Activities Zone, Central Activities Zone, Central Activities Zone.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- ALBURY HOUSE, BOYFIELD STREET ESTATE, grade II
- CHADWICK HOUSE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, grade II
- CLANDON HOUSE, BOYFIELD STREET ESTATE, grade II
- MERROW HOUSE, RUSHWORTH STREET ESTATE, grade II
- RIPLEY HOUSE, RUSHWORTH STREET ESTATE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Caretaker's HouseFriars Primary School,Webber Street,,SE1 0RF (10 m)
- The Priory Webber Street SE1 0RQ, permissioned (40 m)
- The Priory Webber Street SE1 0RQ, permissioned (40 m)
- 61,Webber Street, And 24-28 Rushworth Street,SE1 0RY (70 m)
- Newspaper House40,Rushworth Street,,SE1 6RB (110 m)
- Studio 1 Rushworth Studios 63 Webber Street SE1 0QW, permissioned (130 m)
- Studio 1 Rushworth Studios 63 Webber Street SE1 0QW, permissioned (130 m)
- Friars House, 157-168 Blackfriars Road, not permissioned (130 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 8 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 36 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 36 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 3 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 77%, gigabit 77% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | London Waterloo East 6.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 550 m |
| London Waterloo 70 million journeys in 2024–25 | 760 m | |
| Elephant and Castle 2.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 820 m | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Southwark Underground Station | 360 m |
| Borough Underground Station | 650 m | |
| Lambeth North Underground Station | 710 m | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m, 86 within 800 m; nearest St George's Circus Lambeth | 170 m |
| Bus or coach station | Victoria Station | 3.0 km |
| Ferry terminal | Bankside Pier Southwark | 930 m |
| Car parks | 6 within 800 m; nearest Friars Primary School Car Park | 10 m |
| EV charging points | 44 within 1.6 km; nearest ubitricity | 240 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 11.0 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 25.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Blackfriars Medical Practice | 530 m |
| Pharmacies | 18 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Qrystal Pharmacy | 530 m |
| NHS dentists | 20 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Waterloo Dental Surgery | 300 m |
| Hospital | Guy's Hospital | 1.1 km |
| Police station | Southwark Police Station | 500 m |
| Cash machines | 5 machines within 800 m; nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 330 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 12 within 800 m; nearest Nelson Square Garden 3,950 m² | 200 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park 6.4 ha | 540 m |
| Play area | 22 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 190 m² | 70 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,070 m² | 390 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 590 m² | 780 m |
Within 800 m: 12 parks and gardens, 12 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Obelisk at the Centre of St George's Circus, a listed building (Grade II*), 290 m south-west. 273 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 9 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Obelisk at the Centre of St George's Circus | Listed building, Grade II* | 290 m south-west |
| Old Vic Theatre | Listed building, Grade II* | 470 m west |
| Kirkaldy's testing works and testing machine | Listed building, Grade II* | 560 m north |
| Hoptons Almshouses, Hopton Gardens | Listed building, Grade II* | 620 m north |
| The Globe Theatre | Scheduled monument | 850 m north-east |
| The Rose Theatre, Rose Court, Southwark | Scheduled monument | 860 m north-east |
| The Hope Playhouse, and the remains of three further bear gardens, Bankside | Scheduled monument | 870 m north-east |
| Lambeth Palace | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.2 km south-west |
| Inner Temple | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km north-west |
| Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church | World Heritage Site | 1.7 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| King's Reach | Tidal water | 1.3 km west |
| Pelican Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km west |
| Duck Island | Island | 2.0 km west |
| Holly Grove Shrubbery | Wood | 4.1 km south-east |
| Redriff | Wetland | 4.1 km east |
| Stave Hill | Hill | 4.3 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 29.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 10.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 17.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; all three are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 43 | 26 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 16 | 34 | 60 |
44 of the postcode's 60 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 26 from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 25 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 4% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | under 1% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 29% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 5% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 18% | 1% |
| Social rented | 23% | 17% |
| Private rented | 31% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 44% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 15% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | under 1% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 60% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 5% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 14% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 21% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 84% | 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) | 63% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 4% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | under 1% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 64% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 4 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 Webber Street.