SW4 7EE Lambeth
Live postcode, introduced June 1981. Ward: Clapham East. Region: London.
Streets
- Clapham Park Road, Clapham: 57 addresses
- Clapham Road, Clapham: 1 address
- Triangle Place, Clapham: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Clapham Park Road, Clapham: 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 B (45% of about 740 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 3.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 5 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- Roman Catholic Church of St Mary (Church of the Redemptorists Fathers), grade II*
- ST MARY'S REDEMPTORIST MONASTERY, grade II*
- WAR MEMORIAL, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 1 St Alphonsus Road London SW4 7BA: up to 8 homes, permissioned (70 m)
- 11 Clapham Park Road London Lambeth SW4 7EE: up to 6 homes, permissioned (80 m)
- 177 Abbeville Road London Lambeth SW4 9BH: up to 7 homes, permissioned (330 m)
- Fenwick Estate South, permissioned (690 m)
- Fenwick Estate, not permissioned (730 m)
- North Street Mews London SW4 0HF: up to 9 homes, permissioned (920 m)
- Sainsbury's Car Park, Bedford Hill: up to 59 homes, not permissioned (1.0 km)
- 25 Bromfelde Road London SW4 6PP: up to 4 homes, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 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 addresses are about 21 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 94%, gigabit 94% 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 | 540 m |
| Wandsworth Road 610,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.0 km | |
| Brixton 804,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Clapham Common Underground Station | 170 m |
| Clapham North Underground Station | 610 m | |
| Clapham South Underground Station | 1.2 km | |
| Bus stops | 15 stops within 400 m, 41 within 800 m; nearest Clapham Common | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | West Dulwich - Croxted Road | 3.7 km |
| Ferry terminal | Battersea Power Station Pier | 2.6 km |
| Car parks | Parking lot | 1.1 km |
| EV charging points | 58 within 1.6 km; nearest Shell Recharge | 390 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 14.2 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 22.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 17 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Clapham Family Practice | 270 m |
| Pharmacies | 20 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boots | 160 m |
| NHS dentists | 14 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Crescent Lodge Dental Practice | 230 m |
| Hospital | The Lambeth Hospital | 1.1 km |
| Police station | Cavendish Road Police Station | 1.0 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Ruby Blues, 53 Great Charlotte Street | 720 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Clapham Common 76 ha | 250 m |
| Play area | 18 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 120 m² | 60 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 7,780 m² | 2.1 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,520 m² | 890 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 76 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is St Mary's Redemptorist Monastery, a listed building (Grade II*), 100 m west. 153 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 9 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Redemptorist Monastery | Listed building, Grade II* | 100 m west |
| Roman Catholic Church of St Mary (Church of the Redemptorists Fathers) | Listed building, Grade II* | 100 m north-west |
| Church of Holy Trinity | Listed building, Grade II* | 440 m west |
| 39,41 and 43, Old Town | Listed building, Grade II* | 470 m north-west |
| Brockwell Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.4 km south-east |
| Battersea Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.5 km north-west |
| Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church | World Heritage Site | 4.3 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Long Pond | Lake or reservoir | 500 m south-west |
| Eagle Pond | Lake or reservoir | 860 m south-west |
| Mount Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km south-west |
| Chelsea Reach | Tidal water | 3.0 km north-west |
| Knight's Hill | Hill | 3.1 km south-east |
| Holly Grove Shrubbery | Wood | 4.6 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 20.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 9.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 15.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; all three are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 2 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 14 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 20 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 8 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 16 | 60 |
44 of the postcode's 60 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 | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 6% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 23% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 7% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 7% | 1% |
| Social rented | 43% | 17% |
| Private rented | 27% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 71% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 6% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 51% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 6% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 21% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 32% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 85% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 57% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 1% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 84% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 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 Clapham Park Road.