SE17 3SU Southwark
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Newington. Region: London.
Streets
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 C (32% of about 660 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 1 protected tree within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 46-54, BRAGANZA STREET, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 161-179,Manor Place,,SE17 3BS (100 m)
- Braganza Street Workshop42,Braganza Street,Land Adjacent To 26 Braganza Street,SE17 3RJ (120 m)
- 30-32 Ambergate Street SE17 3RX, permissioned (180 m)
- 30-32 Ambergate Street SE17 3RX, permissioned (180 m)
- 133,Kennington Park Road,,SE11 4JJ (300 m)
- 34b,Sutherland Square,,SE17 3EE (350 m)
- 34b Sutherland Square SE17 3EE, permissioned (350 m)
- 34b Sutherland Square SE17 3EE, permissioned (350 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 41 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 41 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 41 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 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 | Elephant and Castle 2.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 890 m |
| Vauxhall 16 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km | |
| London Waterloo East 6.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.0 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Kennington Underground Station | 320 m |
| Oval Underground Station | 850 m | |
| Elephant & Castle Underground Station | 910 m | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 60 within 800 m; nearest Chapter Road Walworth | 250 m |
| Bus or coach station | Victoria Station | 3.2 km |
| Ferry terminal | Lambeth Pier | 1.6 km |
| Car parks | Ashmole Primary School Car Park(School Breaks) | 1.0 km |
| EV charging points | 67 within 1.6 km; nearest ubitricity | 20 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 11.2 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 24.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 15 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Penrose Surgery | 350 m |
| Pharmacies | 23 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Osbon Pharmacy | 420 m |
| NHS dentists | 23 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Colosseum Dental (Walworth Road) | 490 m |
| Hospital | Evelina London Children's Hospital | 1.7 km |
| Police station | Metropolitan Police Service | 470 m |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest ATM | 510 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 13 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,980 m² | 230 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Burgess Park 47 ha | 780 m |
| Play area | 35 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 450 m² | 60 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 130 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Fielding Street Allotments 1,530 m² | 460 m |
Within 800 m: 13 parks and gardens, 67 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Lodge at Entrance to Kennington Park, a listed building (Grade II*), 530 m south-west. 221 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 6 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Lodge at Entrance to Kennington Park | Listed building, Grade II* | 530 m south-west |
| Kennington Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 570 m south-west |
| 155 and 157, Kennington Lane Se11 | Listed building, Grade II* | 580 m north-west |
| 350 and 352, Kennington Road | Listed building, Grade II* | 660 m west |
| Church of St Peter | Listed building, Grade I | 690 m east |
| Myatt's Fields | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.4 km south |
| Abbey buildings, Bermondsey | Scheduled monument | 2.0 km north-east |
| Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church | World Heritage Site | 2.2 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| King's Reach | Tidal water | 2.4 km north-west |
| Pelican Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.7 km north-west |
| Duck Island | Island | 2.7 km north-west |
| Holly Grove Shrubbery | Wood | 2.8 km south-east |
| Stave Hill | Hill | 4.6 km east |
| Redriff | Wetland | 4.6 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 24.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 9.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 16.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; all three are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 43 | 43 |
None of the postcode's 43 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 22% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 6% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 18% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 4% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 75% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 14% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 6% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 10% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 13% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 43% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 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) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 87% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 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.