TW17 8LY Spelthorne
Live postcode, introduced January 1995. Ward: Shepperton Town. Region: South East.
Streets
- Swan Walk, Shepperton: 80 addresses
- Riverside, Shepperton: 1 address
- Walton Bridge Road, Shepperton: 1 address
- Bridge Street, Walton-on-Thames: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Spelthorne in 2026-27: Band D £2,526 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,684 | £1,965 | £2,246 | £2,526 | £3,088 | £3,649 | £4,211 | £5,053 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band E (37% of about 780 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 km (0.6 miles)
- 8-14 Oatlands Drive, Weybridge, KT13 9JL, permissioned (380 m)
- Walton Lodge, Bridge Street, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 1BT, permissioned (440 m (0.3 miles))
- Walton Lodge, Bridge Street, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 1BT: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (450 m (0.3 miles))
- New Zealand Avenue, Walton-On-Thames, KT12 1AU: up to 35 homes, not permissioned (510 m (0.3 miles))
- Childs Play Centre, Manor Road, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 2PH, not permissioned (780 m (0.5 miles))
- Homebase, New Zealand Avenue, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 1XA, permissioned (850 m (0.5 miles))
- Homebase, New Zealand Avenue, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 1XA: up to 209 homes, permissioned (850 m (0.5 miles))
- Benwell House, Green Street, Sunbury, permissioned (860 m (0.5 miles))
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 47 addresses are in areas at high risk, 21 at medium risk and 2 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 70 homes the Environment Agency counts, 47 are in areas at high risk, 21 medium, 2 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 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 83 addresses are between 8 m and 11 m above sea level (9 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 99% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Shepperton 347,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Walton-On-Thames 2.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) | |
| Upper Halliford 106,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 13 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Swan Walk Lower Halliford | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Elmsleigh Bus Station Staines | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Shepperton Ferry Landing | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Holiday Inn Shepperton Car Park | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 17 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest MFG Charging Station | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 9.4 km (5.8 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Ashley Medical Practice | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Brightlife Chemist | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest 18 Terrace Road (Dental Practice) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Walton Community Hospital | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Police station | Walton-On-Thames Police Station | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest MFG - Shepperton Cashzone | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Windmill Common 2.0 ha | 110 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Thames Meadow 7.2 ha | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 710 m² | 220 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.9 ha | 260 m |
| Allotments | Shepperton Allotments 1.6 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 15 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Old Manor House, a listed building (Grade I), 630 m (0.4 miles) east. 35 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Old Manor House | Listed building, Grade I | 630 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Oatlands | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.5 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Desborough Channel | Lake or reservoir | 890 m (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Desborough Island | Island | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| Sandhills Meadow | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| Las Palmas Estate | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| Millennium Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Crickets Hill | Hill | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 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, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 51 | 83 | 83 |
32 of the postcode's 83 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 | 58 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 37% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 55% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 36% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 69% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 8 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 Swan Walk.