Swanley
Swanley is covered by postcode district BR8. It is in the Sevenoaks council area, Kent.
Every postcode in Swanley, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 0
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 0
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 329
Of the 329 postcodes in Swanley that ONS places, 329 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
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. 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 51.3979, longitude 0.1722. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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
What is it like to live in Swanley?
Homes sold for a typical £395,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.2% on the 12 months before. At 223 of the 315 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 329 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 5 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Swanley, 550 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Swanley?
Homes in Swanley sold for a typical £395,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 180 sales, down 1.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £510,000 7 sales
- Semi-detached £445,000 81 sales
- Terraced £365,000 56 sales
- Flat or maisonette £183,000 36 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BR8 district, Swanley's main postcode district: a typical £413,750.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Swanley: 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
Are new homes being built in Swanley?
7 of the 329 postcodes now in use in Swanley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 230 homes sold in Swanley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BR8 district, 8%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Swanley | Across the BR8 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 180 (0%) | 1 of 254 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 230 (0%) | 28 of 354 (8%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Swanley?
Ofcom reports on 315 of the 329 postcodes in Swanley. At 223 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 Swanley at risk of flooding?
None of the 329 postcodes in Swanley 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
Which schools are in Swanley?
The open schools at the postcodes in Swanley. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley200 m 318 pupils, 340 places
- Horizon Primary Academy350 m 195 pupils, 210 places
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School550 m 279 pupils, 210 places
- High Firs Primary School700 m 210 pupils, 210 places
- Downsview Community Primary School800 m 140 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Swanley?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Swanley is Swanley Rail Station, 550 m away in a straight line.
- Swanley Rail Station Railway station 550 mWalk
- Farningham Road Rail Station Railway station 4.4 kmCycle
- Eynsford Rail Station Railway station 4.5 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Swanley?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Swanley. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Swanley Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01322 663111 250 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Swanley safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,741 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Swanley over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 118 September 2025
- 148 October 2025
- 135 November 2025
- 143 December 2025
- 126 January 2026
- 132 February 2026
- 160 March 2026
- 135 April 2026
- 178 May 2026
- 150 June 2026
- 148 July 2026
- 168 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 58, burglary 43, robbery 22, possession of weapons 22, bicycle theft 5, theft from the person 2.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Swanley?
- District, borough or city council
- Sevenoaks
- County council
- Kent
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sevenoaks
- Police force area
- Kent
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- MP
- Laura Trott (Conservative)
All 329 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Swanley
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Sevenoaks about council tax Council tax, on sevenoaks.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Swanley
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Swanley postcodes
329 postcodes in use in Swanley, by district:
That district is in the BR postcode area.
Check a Swanley postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Swanley
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Swanley's £395,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Swanley
- What is it like to live in Swanley?
- Homes sold for a typical £395,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.2% on the 12 months before. At 223 of the 315 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 329 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 5 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Swanley, 550 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Swanley?
- Swanley is covered by postcode district BR8, across 329 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Swanley in?
- Swanley is in the Sevenoaks council area, and Kent is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Swanley?
- Swanley is in the Sevenoaks parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Laura Trott (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Swanley?
- Homes in Swanley sold for a typical £395,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 180 sales, down 1.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Swanley?
- In Swanley, primary schools at its postcodes include St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley, Horizon Primary Academy and St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Orchards Academy, The Annex School House and Parkwood Hall Academy Trust. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Swanley have a railway station?
- Yes: Swanley is 550 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Swanley, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Swanley?
- Ofcom reports on 315 of the 329 postcodes in Swanley. At 223 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Swanley at risk of flooding?
- None of the 329 postcodes in Swanley 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. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Swanley?
- 7 of the 329 postcodes now in use in Swanley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 230 homes sold in Swanley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BR8 district, 8%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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