SE6 3NG Lewisham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Bellingham. Region: London.
Streets
- Meadowview Road, London: 10 addresses
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 B (57% of about 1,030 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): Small Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Worsley Bridge Road Locally Significant Industrial Site: up to 179 homes, permissioned (80 m)
- Riverside, 317 Southend Lane: up to 5 homes, permissioned (190 m)
- Maybrey Business Park Worsley Bridge Road London SE26 5AZ, permissioned (240 m)
- Lidl, Southend Lane: up to 17 homes, not permissioned (360 m)
- Stanton Square Locally Signficant Industrial Site: up to 231 homes, not permissioned (450 m)
- Sainsbury's Bell Green: up to 1,347 homes, not permissioned (470 m)
- 351-355 Sydenham Road, permissioned (570 m)
- Home Park Housing Office, 129 Winchfield Road: up to 31 homes, permissioned (580 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 10 at medium risk and 0 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 10 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 10 medium, 0 low and 0 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 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 24 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 80%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Lower Sydenham 787,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 170 m |
| New Beckenham 721,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.0 km | |
| Beckenham Hill 379,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Beckenham Junction Tram Stop | 1.7 km |
| Beckenham Road Tram Stop | 2.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m, 27 within 800 m; nearest Lower Sydenham | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | West Dulwich - Croxted Road | 4.6 km |
| Ferry terminal | Greenwich Pier | 6.6 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Sainsbury's Sydenham Car Park | 580 m |
| EV charging points | 14 within 1.6 km; nearest Smart Charge Charging Station | 410 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 10.7 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 30.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Sydenham Green Group Practice | 660 m |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Touchwood Pharmacy | 570 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Miss Ea Dighe | 700 m |
| Hospital | University Hospital Lewisham | 3.2 km |
| Police station | Catford Police Base | 1.4 km |
| Cash machines | Om Food & Wine Londis, Catford | 910 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m; nearest Southend Park 2.7 ha | 30 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 4.6 ha | 290 m |
| Play area | 7 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,000 m² | 100 m |
| Playing field | 4 within 800 m; nearest Kent County Cricket Ground 7.3 ha | 620 m |
| Allotments | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 380 m |
Within 800 m: 4 parks and gardens, 11 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 17.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 10 | 10 |
None of the postcode's 10 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 | 35 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 23% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 5% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 30% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 9% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 19% | 17% |
| Private rented | 51% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 6% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 26% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 21% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 30% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 67% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 69% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 9% | 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 Meadowview Road.