SW4 7DD Lambeth
Live postcode, introduced March 2003. Ward: Clapham Common & Abbeville. Region: London.
Streets
- Welmar Mews, London: 61 addresses
- Northbourne Road, London: 2 addresses
- Clapham Park Road, Clapham: 1 address
- Park Hill, London: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Lambeth in 2026-27: Band D £2,047 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,365 | £1,592 | £1,820 | £2,047 | £2,502 | £2,957 | £3,412 | £4,094 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band D (25% of about 950 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: 7 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 177 Abbeville Road London Lambeth SW4 9BH: up to 7 homes, permissioned (230 m)
- 1 St Alphonsus Road London SW4 7BA: up to 8 homes, permissioned (410 m)
- 11 Clapham Park Road London Lambeth SW4 7EE: up to 6 homes, permissioned (460 m)
- Fenwick Estate South, permissioned (630 m)
- Fenwick Estate, not permissioned (710 m)
- 47 - 49 Acre Lane London SW2 5TN: up to 48 homes, permissioned (720 m)
- 41-45 Acre Lane, permissioned (770 m)
- 34 Acre Lane: up to 9 homes, permissioned (940 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 3 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 65 addresses are between 21 m and 22 m above sea level (22 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 | Clapham High Street 1.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 720 m |
| Wandsworth Road 610,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km | |
| Brixton 804,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Clapham Common Underground Station | 530 m |
| Clapham North Underground Station | 690 m | |
| Brixton Underground Station | 1.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m, 36 within 800 m; nearest Park Hill Clapham Park | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | West Dulwich - Croxted Road | 3.4 km |
| Ferry terminal | Battersea Power Station Pier | 2.9 km |
| Car parks | Parking lot | 880 m |
| EV charging points | 60 within 1.6 km; nearest Shell Recharge | 260 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 14.0 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 22.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 15 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Hetherington Group Practice | 340 m |
| Pharmacies | 22 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boss Pharmacy | 380 m |
| NHS dentists | 15 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Beauty Clapham | 60 m |
| Hospital | The Lambeth Hospital | 1.0 km |
| Police station | Cavendish Road Police Station | 1.0 km |
| Cash machines | ATM | 1.0 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 600 m² | 330 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Clapham Common 76 ha | 580 m |
| Play area | 19 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 60 m² | 260 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3,910 m² | 2.2 km |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.0 ha | 770 m |
Within 800 m: 4 parks and gardens, 76 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is St Mary's Redemptorist Monastery, a listed building (Grade II*), 450 m north-west. 127 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 10 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Redemptorist Monastery | Listed building, Grade II* | 450 m north-west |
| Roman Catholic Church of St Mary (Church of the Redemptorists Fathers) | Listed building, Grade II* | 470 m north-west |
| Church of Holy Trinity | Listed building, Grade II* | 800 m north-west |
| 39,41 and 43, Old Town | Listed building, Grade II* | 840 m north-west |
| Brockwell Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.0 km south-east |
| Myatt's Fields | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.6 km north-east |
| Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church | World Heritage Site | 4.5 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Long Pond | Lake or reservoir | 750 m west |
| Eagle Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.0 km west |
| Mount Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km west |
| Knight's Hill | Hill | 2.7 km south-east |
| Chelsea Reach | Tidal water | 3.3 km north-west |
| Holly Grove Shrubbery | Wood | 4.4 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 19.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 9.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 16 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 44 | 65 |
21 of the postcode's 65 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 | 31 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 4% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 44% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 17% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 46% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 84% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 4% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 69% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 5% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 13% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 16% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 85% | 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) | 80% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 2% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 0% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 90% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 6 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 Welmar Mews.