SE6 2SR Lewisham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Catford South. Region: London.
Streets
- Conisborough Crescent, London: 25 addresses
- Carstairs Road, London: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Lewisham in 2026-27: Band D £2,237 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,492 | £1,740 | £1,989 | £2,237 | £2,735 | £3,232 | £3,729 | £4,475 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band D (61% of about 710 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): Small Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 90-101, BROMLEY ROAD, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Catford Police Station: up to 63 homes, pending decision (60 m)
- Former Gas Valve House, 4 Bellingham Road: up to 8 homes, permissioned (240 m)
- 1-3 Bellingham Road: up to 6 homes, permissioned (290 m)
- 1-3 Bellingham Road: up to 18 homes, permissioned (320 m)
- 2 Barmeston Road: up to 8 homes, permissioned (430 m)
- Homebase, Bromley Road: up to 141 homes, not permissioned (470 m)
- Adj. to Foster House, Whitefoot Lane, permissioned (660 m)
- Ravensbourne Retail Park: up to 461 homes, not permissioned (710 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 7 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 2 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 | Bellingham 623,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 370 m |
| Beckenham Hill 379,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 750 m | |
| Lower Sydenham 787,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 10 stops within 400 m, 34 within 800 m; nearest Catford Police Station Bellingham | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | West Dulwich - Croxted Road | 5.5 km |
| Ferry terminal | Greenwich Pier | 5.8 km |
| Car parks | Sainsbury's Sydenham Car Park | 1.5 km |
| EV charging points | 20 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 90 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 9.6 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 31.3 km |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 26% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 9% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 64% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 23% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 26% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 12% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 40% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 10% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 25% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 72% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 79% | 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 Conisborough Crescent.