SE5 0EA Southwark
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Camberwell Green. Region: London.
Streets
- Camberwell Road, Camberwell: 60 addresses
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 B (42% of about 900 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: 2 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Comber HouseComber Estate,Comber Grove,,SE5 (70 m)
- Comber House Comber Estate Comber Grove SE5 0LJ, permissioned (70 m)
- Comber House Comber Estate Comber Grove SE5 0LJ, permissioned (70 m)
- 4th Floor Drying Rooms, South WingComber House, Comber Estate,Comber Grove,,SE5 0LJ (70 m)
- 16a And 166-176a (Evens),Wyndham Road,Camberwell Road,SE5 (120 m)
- 240 And 252 Camberwell Road SE5 0DP, permissioned (150 m)
- 240 And 252 Camberwell Road SE5 0DP, permissioned (150 m)
- The Nags Head, 242 Camberwell Road SE5 0DP, permissioned (160 m)
Flood risk
No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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: 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 | Denmark Hill 6.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.2 km |
| Loughborough Junction 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km | |
| Elephant and Castle 2.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.8 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Oval Underground Station | 1.3 km |
| Kennington Underground Station | 1.4 km | |
| Elephant & Castle Underground Station | 1.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 16 stops within 400 m, 54 within 800 m; nearest Wyndham Road / Camberwell Road | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Victoria Station | 4.1 km |
| Ferry terminal | Vauxhall St George Wharf Pier | 2.4 km |
| Car parks | Ashmole Primary School Car Park(School Breaks) | 1.4 km |
| EV charging points | 62 within 1.6 km; nearest ubitricity | 240 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 10.9 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 25.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 16 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Parkside Medical Centre | 310 m |
| Pharmacies | 26 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Sheel Pharmacy | 340 m |
| NHS dentists | 18 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 260 m |
| Hospital | Maudsley Hospital | 1.1 km |
| Police station | Camberwell Police Station | 570 m |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest Payzone | 110 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 10 within 800 m; nearest Burgess Park 47 ha | 200 m |
| Play area | 22 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 310 m² | 250 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 940 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Caspian Street Allotments 1,250 m² | 270 m |
Within 800 m: 10 parks and gardens, 71 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St John the Divine, a listed building (Grade I), 770 m west. 176 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St John the Divine | Listed building, Grade I | 770 m west |
| Myatt's Fields | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 780 m south-west |
| Church of St Giles | Listed building, Grade II* | 810 m south-east |
| Church of St Peter | Listed building, Grade I | 1.0 km north |
| Kennington Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.1 km north-west |
| Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church | World Heritage Site | 3.2 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Holly Grove Shrubbery | Wood | 1.9 km south-east |
| Upper Pool | Tidal water | 3.3 km north-east |
| King's Reach | Tidal water | 3.4 km north-west |
| St Katharine Docks Basin | Lake or reservoir | 3.6 km north-east |
| Knight's Hill | Hill | 3.9 km south |
| Redriff | Wetland | 4.8 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 22.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 9.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 15.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 58 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 to 59 | 0 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 58 | 0 |
2 of the postcode's 60 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 60 at 55 dB or more from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 23% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 9% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 9% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 5% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 89% | 17% |
| Private rented | 2% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 50% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 14% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 14% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 20% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 11% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 14% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 50% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 17% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 78% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 82% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 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 Camberwell Road.