BR5 1BL postcode in Bromley, England

BR5 1BL is a postcode in Bromley, in the Petts Wood & Knoll ward. It is in the Orpington parliamentary constituency and the Metropolitan Police area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses can get it. Bromley: 93% Typical price £739,000 Homes sold in BR5 1, last 12 months. ▲ 1.9% on the year before Nearest station Petts Wood 550 m in a straight line

Where BR5 1BL is, and what is near it

Map of BR5 1BL and what is near it Map of BR5 1BL: its centre point, with the 217 other postcodes in the BR5 1 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 11 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. BR5 1AA: also in BR5 1BR5 1AB: also in BR5 1BR5 1AE: also in BR5 1BR5 1AR: also in BR5 1BR5 1AS: also in BR5 1BR5 1AT: also in BR5 1BR5 1AX: also in BR5 1BR5 1AY: also in BR5 1BR5 1BB: also in BR5 1BR5 1BD: also in BR5 1BR5 1BG: also in BR5 1BR5 1BH: also in BR5 1BR5 1BJ: also in BR5 1BR5 1BN: also in BR5 1BR5 1BP: also in BR5 1BR5 1BQ: also in BR5 1BR5 1BU: also in BR5 1BR5 1BW: also in BR5 1BR5 1BX: also in BR5 1BR5 1BY: also in BR5 1BR5 1BZ: also in BR5 1BR5 1DA: also in BR5 1BR5 1DB: also in BR5 1BR5 1DE: also in BR5 1BR5 1DF: also in BR5 1BR5 1DG: also in BR5 1BR5 1DH: also in BR5 1BR5 1DQ: also in BR5 1BR5 1DX: also in BR5 1BR5 1DZ: also in BR5 1BR5 1EA: also in BR5 1BR5 1EB: also in BR5 1BR5 1EE: also in BR5 1BR5 1EF: also in BR5 1BR5 1EG: also in BR5 1BR5 1EQ: also in BR5 1BR5 1FD: also in BR5 1BR5 1FE: also in BR5 1BR5 1FG: also in BR5 1BR5 1FH: also in BR5 1BR5 1HT: also in BR5 1BR5 1HU: also in BR5 1BR5 1HZ: also in BR5 1BR5 1JG: also in BR5 1BR5 1JQ: also in BR5 1BR5 1JW: also in BR5 1BR5 1JY: also in BR5 1BR5 1JZ: also in BR5 1BR5 1LA: also in BR5 1BR5 1LF: also in BR5 1BR5 1LG: also in BR5 1BR5 1LH: also in BR5 1BR5 1LJ: also in BR5 1BR5 1LL: also in BR5 1BR5 1LN: also in BR5 1BR5 1LP: also in BR5 1BR5 1LQ: also in BR5 1BR5 1LW: also in BR5 1BR5 1LY: also in BR5 1BR5 1LZ: also in BR5 1BR5 1NA: also in BR5 1BR5 1NB: also in BR5 1BR5 1ND: also in BR5 1BR5 1PE: also in BR5 1BR5 1PF: also in BR5 1BR5 1PG: also in BR5 1BR5 1PP: also in BR5 1BR5 1PQ: also in BR5 1BR5 1PU: also in BR5 1 School 900 mWhitehouse Surgery 950 mSchool 1.7 kmGP 2.0 kmPetts Wood & Knoll BR5 1BL Map of BR5 1BL and what is near it Map of BR5 1BL: its centre point, with the 217 other postcodes in the BR5 1 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 11 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. School 1.7 kmGP 2.0 kmPetts Wood & Knoll BR5 1BL
  • BR5 1BL
  • Other postcodes in BR5 1: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 11 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 51.3894, longitude 0.0663)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after BR5 1BL?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at BR5 1BL?

Every home and business at BR5 1BL can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% can get it

Bromley: 93%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

Bromley: 99%

The line marks the figure across Bromley.

Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at BR5 1BL?

BinDayBuddy does not read London Borough of Bromley's collection days yet, so the council's own checker is the place to look.

London Borough of Bromley's bin days

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is BR5 1BL at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include BR5 1BL.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

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

From surface water, across Bromley

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for BR5 1BL: 5,649 properties in Bromley are at high risk (3.6% of all its properties). All the figures for Bromley

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of BR5 1BL is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near BR5 1BL?

Homes in BR5 1 sold for a typical £739,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 131 sales, up 1.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£739,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£725,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £1,050,000 33 sales
  • Semi-detached £725,000 79 sales
  • Terraced £525,000 11 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £331,250 8 sales

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

Across the whole BR5 district: a typical £457,500 from 410 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in BR5 1BL

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in BR5 1BL from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 14 May 2024. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at BR5 1BL

The Food Standards Agency lists 2 food businesses at BR5 1BL. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near BR5 1BL?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 670 homes in the neighbourhood around BR5 1BL. Over half of them (63%) are in council tax band E. More were built from 1919 to 1939 than in any other period (67%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around BR5 1BL

Band D in Bromley for 2026‑27: £2,140. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,902 (band C) to £3,091 (band F); band E, the most common, is £2,616.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Afewer than 5£1,427
Band Bfewer than 5£1,664
Band Cabout 30 (4%)£1,902
Band Dabout 80 (12%)£2,140
Band Eabout 420 (63%)£2,616
Band Fabout 140 (21%)£3,091
Band Gwithheld£3,567
Band Hfewer than 5£4,280

When the homes were built

  1. None Before 1900
  2. None 1900 to 1918
  3. 67% 1919 to 1939
  4. 28% 1945 to 1964
  5. Withheld 1965 to 1982
  6. None 1983 to 1999
  7. None 2000 to 2009
  8. 4% 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

Before 1900, 1900 to 1918, 1983 to 1999, 2000 to 2009, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Bromley before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of BR5 1BL is in (ONS area E01000809), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near BR5 1BL?

The nearest open schools to BR5 1BL, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near BR5 1BL, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to BR5 1BL?

The nearest railway station to the centre of BR5 1BL is Petts Wood Rail Station, 550 metres away in a straight line.

  • Petts Wood Rail Station Railway station 550 mWalk
  • Bickley Rail Station Railway station 1.9 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

11 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Crescent Drive, 101 m away.

More stations near BR5 1BL, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near BR5 1BL?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of BR5 1BL, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near BR5 1BL?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of BR5 1BL on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near BR5 1BL?

The nearest to the centre of BR5 1BL, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to BR5 1BL?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near BR5 1BL?

The nearest care homes to the centre of BR5 1BL, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

  • Ashglade Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2026 · Phone 020 8467 0640 1.5 kmCycle
  • Elmwood Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 020 8249 1904 1.6 kmCycle
  • KYN Bickley Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2026 1.6 kmCycle

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near BR5 1BL?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of BR5 1BL, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near BR5 1BL?

The nearest vets to the centre of BR5 1BL on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is BR5 1BL in a conservation area?

The centre of BR5 1BL is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near BR5 1BL?

Police.uk records 94 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of BR5 1BL in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Anti-social behaviour39 reports
Violence and sexual offences18 reports
Vehicle crime14 reports
Other theft8 reports
Public order5 reports
Shoplifting5 reports

Also: drugs 2, burglary 1, bicycle theft 1, other crime 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for BR5 1BL

Ward
Petts Wood & Knoll
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
London
Country
England
Built-up area
Bromley
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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