SM5 3HL Sutton
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Wallington South. Region: London.
Streets
- Beddington Gardens, London: 31 addresses
- Boundary Road, Wallington: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Sutton in 2026-27: Band D £2,379 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,586 | £1,850 | £2,114 | £2,379 | £2,907 | £3,436 | £3,964 | £4,757 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band F (41% 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: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 50-52 Stanley Park Road, Carshalton. SM5 3HW, permissioned (220 m)
- 50-52 Stanley Park Road, Carshalton. SM5 3HW, permissioned (220 m)
- Land to rear of 16-18 Stanley Park Road: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (340 m)
- Land to rear of 16-18 Stanley Park Road: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (340 m)
- 19 Stanley Park Road, permissioned (370 m)
- 19 Stanley Park Road, permissioned (370 m)
- Shotfield Car Park: up to 90 homes, not permissioned (470 m)
- Shotfield Car Park: up to 92 homes, not permissioned (470 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 6 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 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: 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.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 32 addresses are between 53 m and 59 m above sea level (55 m on average).
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 | Wallington 1.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 530 m |
| Carshalton Beeches 787,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 870 m | |
| Carshalton 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m, 27 within 800 m; nearest Gaynesford Road Wallington | 220 m |
| Bus or coach station | Banstead - Fir Tree Road | 5.0 km |
| Ferry terminal | Kingston Town End Pier Kingston Upon Thames | 11.8 km |
| Car parks | Apcoa | 1.3 km |
| EV charging points | 32 within 1.6 km; nearest ubitricity | 360 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 22.1 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 23.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Shotfield Medical Practice | 460 m |
| Pharmacies | 8 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Kamsons Pharmacy | 460 m |
| NHS dentists | 13 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 280 m |
| Hospital | The Royal Marsden Hospital | 2.9 km |
| Police station | Sutton Police Station | 2.4 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Carshalton | 830 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Carshalton Park 9.2 ha | 330 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,410 m² | 420 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Stanley Park 3.6 ha | 370 m |
| Allotments | Stanley Road Allotments 3.9 ha | 810 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 9.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of All Saints, a listed building (Grade II*), 860 m north-west. 58 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 860 m north-west |
| 19, Park Hill | Listed building, Grade II* | 900 m west |
| Carshalton House (St Philomena's School) | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.1 km north-west |
| Late Bronze Age enclosure at Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km south |
| Promenade de Verdun Memorial Landscape | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.5 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Elm Grove | Wood | 1.3 km north |
| River Wandle (Carshalton Branch) | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km north |
| Queen Mary's Woodland | Wood | 1.3 km south-west |
| Wellfield Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km south-west |
| Wilderness Island | Wood | 1.8 km north |
| Duppas Hill | Hill | 3.4 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 29 | 32 |
3 of the postcode's 32 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 41 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 22% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 34% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 8% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 13% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 64% | 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) | 48% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 88% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 10 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 Beddington Gardens.