SE8 postcode district: Lewisham and around
SE8 is a postcode district in England, with 583 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Lewisham, Greenwich and Southwark. It is split between 3 councils: Lewisham (478 postcodes), Greenwich (85) and Southwark (20).
- Postcodes in use
- 583
- Sectors
- 4
- Councils
- 3 councils
- Places
- 3 places
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in SE8, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 46
- In use before 2020: 537
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 583 postcodes in SE8 that ONS places, 46 are new since 2020 and 537 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. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.4820, longitude -0.0296. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SE8 3NJ, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SE8 3NB, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SE8 5FF, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SE8 4EZ, is the newest of them.
What broadband can you get in SE8?
Ofcom reports on 553 of the 583 postcodes in SE8. At 425 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is SE8 at risk of flooding?
367 of the 583 postcodes in SE8 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 741 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
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 SE8?
Homes in SE8 sold for a typical £385,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 186 sales, down 9.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached 1 sale, too few to price
- Semi-detached 2 sales, too few to price
- Terraced £637,500 39 sales
- Flat or maisonette £362,500 144 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
Postcodes in SE8
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in SE8
Towns and villages with postcodes in SE8, and how many each has here.
Who covers SE8
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
What council am I in?Constituencies
- Lewisham North478
- Greenwich and Woolwich85
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark20
Police force areas
- Metropolitan Police583
Next to SE8
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after SE8 in the SE area.
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