BR8 postcode district: Swanley and around

BR8 is a postcode district mostly in Kent, with 489 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Swanley and Hextable. It is split between 3 councils: Sevenoaks (475 postcodes), Bromley (10) and Dartford (4). 479 are in Kent. ONS lists no county for the other 10.

Postcodes in use: 489
Sectors: 3
Councils: 3 councils
Places: 2 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in BR8, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 15
In use before 2020: 474
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 489 postcodes in BR8 that ONS places, 15 are new since 2020 and 474 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.3987, longitude 0.1745. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

BR8 9EQJune 2026 BR8 7NHJanuary 2026 BR8 8FLNovember 2025 BR8 9EPSeptember 2025 BR8 7QBJune 2025

Where the new postcodes lie together

7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BR8 7NH, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in BR8?

Ofcom reports on 470 of the 489 postcodes in BR8. At 317 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit317 of 470

Postcodes where every home can get superfast444 of 470

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is BR8 at risk of flooding?

None of the 489 postcodes in BR8 is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in BR8?

Homes in BR8 sold for a typical £413,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 254 sales, up 0.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£413,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£411,250 12 months to August 2025

▲ up 0.6% on the 12 months before

Detached £565,000 28 sales
Semi-detached £450,000 108 sales
Terraced £365,000 76 sales
Flat or maisonette £200,000 42 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it