SW17 0SU Wandsworth
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Tooting Broadway. Region: London.
Streets
- Tooting High Street, London: 34 addresses
- Ivy Road, London: 2 addresses
- London Road, London: 2 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Wandsworth in 2026-27: Band D £1,028 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £685 | £800 | £914 | £1,028 | £1,257 | £1,485 | £1,714 | £2,056 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (63% of about 810 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 6.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- 101, TOOTING HIGH STREET SW17, grade II
- 93, TOOTING HIGH STREET SW17, grade II
- 99, TOOTING HIGH STREET SW17, grade II
- IRON VENTILATOR/GASLAMP STANDARD ABOVE THE PUBLIC LAVATORY, grade II
- STATUE OF EDWARD VII, grade II
- TOOTING BROADWAY STATION (INCLUDING ABOVE GROUND BUILDING AND SUB SURFACE PLATFORMS AND PASSAGES), grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 6-10 Mitcham Road: up to 5 homes, permissioned (70 m)
- 50 56 Tooting High Street, Tooting, SW17: up to 5 homes, not permissioned (90 m)
- Broadway Studio 28 Tooting High Street: up to 9 homes, permissioned (170 m)
- 15a Selkirk Road: up to 16 homes, not permissioned (230 m)
- 25-29 Tooting High Street: up to 29 homes, permissioned (240 m)
- 103-111 Mitcham Road: up to 24 homes, permissioned (320 m)
- 103-111 Mitcham Road: up to 6 homes, permissioned (340 m)
- Rear of 32 Brightwell Crescent: up to 5 homes, permissioned (380 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 1 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 38 addresses are between 17 m and 18 m above sea level (17 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 | Tooting 804,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.0 km |
| Haydons Road 323,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km | |
| Balham 6.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Tooting Broadway Underground Station | 50 m |
| Tooting Bec Underground Station | 1.1 km | |
| Colliers Wood Underground Station | 1.2 km | |
| Bus stops | 20 stops within 400 m, 47 within 800 m; nearest Tooting Bwy /South Thames Coll | 10 m |
| Bus or coach station | West Dulwich - Croxted Road | 5.5 km |
| Ferry terminal | St Mary’s Wandsworth Pier Clapham Junction | 4.5 km |
| Car parks | Parking Space (B) on Upper Tooting Park, SW17 | 1.5 km |
| EV charging points | 58 within 1.6 km; nearest ubitricity | 340 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 17.8 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 20.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Grafton Medical Partners | 290 m |
| Pharmacies | 13 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Lords Pharmacy | 150 m |
| NHS dentists | 11 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Broadway Dental Centre | 150 m |
| Hospital | St George's Hospital (Tooting) | 500 m |
| Police station | Metropolitan Police Service | 1.3 km |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest Cash machine 50-52 High Street Halifax | 90 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Tooting Gardens 6,740 m² | 420 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 230 m² | 320 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6,290 m² | 700 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 740 m² | 520 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Gala Bingo Club, a listed building (Grade I), 130 m south-east. 23 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Gala Bingo Club | Listed building, Grade I | 130 m south-east |
| Springfield Hospital | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.2 km north |
| The Augustinian Priory of St Mary at Merton, 271m ENE of Abbey Wall Works | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km south-west |
| South Park Gardens | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.2 km west |
| Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church | World Heritage Site | 8.5 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Ashen Grove Wood | Wood | 2.7 km west |
| Wimbledon Park Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km west |
| Mount Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.5 km north |
| Eagle Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.6 km north-east |
| Paper Mill Cut | Lake or reservoir | 3.9 km south |
| Pollards Hill | Hill | 3.9 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 17.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.5 | 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, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 3 | 38 | 38 |
35 of the postcode's 38 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 | 27 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 37% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 3% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 10% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 4% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 71% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 15% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 5% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 20% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 17% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 32% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 91% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 78% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 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 Tooting High Street.