SE3 8AE postcode in Greenwich, England

SE3 8AE is a postcode in Greenwich, in the Kidbrooke Park ward. It is in the Eltham and Chislehurst 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. Greenwich: 90% Typical price £560,000 Homes sold in SE3 8, last 12 months. ▲ 0.6% on the year before Nearest station Kidbrooke 800 m in a straight line

Where SE3 8AE is, and what is near it

Map of SE3 8AE and what is near it Map of SE3 8AE: its centre point, with the 175 other postcodes in the SE3 8 sector, 4 schools, 2 railway stations, 3 GP practices, 4 bus stops and 1 EV charging point. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. SE3 8AA: also in SE3 8SE3 8AB: also in SE3 8SE3 8AF: also in SE3 8SE3 8AG: also in SE3 8SE3 8AH: also in SE3 8SE3 8AL: also in SE3 8SE3 8AN: also in SE3 8SE3 8AP: also in SE3 8SE3 8AQ: also in SE3 8SE3 8AR: also in SE3 8SE3 8AS: also in SE3 8SE3 8AT: also in SE3 8SE3 8AY: also in SE3 8SE3 8BP: also in SE3 8SE3 8BS: also in SE3 8SE3 8BT: also in SE3 8SE3 8BU: also in SE3 8SE3 8BX: also in SE3 8SE3 8BY: also in SE3 8SE3 8BZ: also in SE3 8SE3 8DA: also in SE3 8SE3 8DH: also in SE3 8SE3 8DJ: also in SE3 8SE3 8DL: also in SE3 8SE3 8DN: also in SE3 8SE3 8DP: also in SE3 8SE3 8DR: also in SE3 8SE3 8DS: also in SE3 8SE3 8DW: also in SE3 8SE3 8EA: also in SE3 8SE3 8ED: also in SE3 8SE3 8EH: also in SE3 8SE3 8EJ: also in SE3 8SE3 8EL: also in SE3 8SE3 8EN: also in SE3 8SE3 8EP: also in SE3 8SE3 8EQ: also in SE3 8SE3 8ER: also in SE3 8SE3 8ES: also in SE3 8SE3 8ET: also in SE3 8SE3 8EU: also in SE3 8SE3 8EW: also in SE3 8SE3 8HE: also in SE3 8SE3 8HF: also in SE3 8SE3 8HG: also in SE3 8SE3 8HH: also in SE3 8SE3 8HJ: also in SE3 8SE3 8HL: also in SE3 8SE3 8HN: also in SE3 8SE3 8HP: also in SE3 8SE3 8HQ: also in SE3 8SE3 8HR: also in SE3 8SE3 8HT: also in SE3 8SE3 8HW: also in SE3 8SE3 8JB: also in SE3 8SE3 8JD: also in SE3 8SE3 8JE: also in SE3 8SE3 8JF: also in SE3 8SE3 8JG: also in SE3 8SE3 8JR: also in SE3 8SE3 8JS: also in SE3 8SE3 8JT: also in SE3 8SE3 8LH: also in SE3 8SE3 8LJ: also in SE3 8SE3 8LL: also in SE3 8SE3 8LN: also in SE3 8SE3 8LP: also in SE3 8SE3 8LR: also in SE3 8SE3 8LS: also in SE3 8SE3 8LT: also in SE3 8SE3 8LU: also in SE3 8SE3 8LW: also in SE3 8SE3 8LX: also in SE3 8SE3 8LY: also in SE3 8SE3 8LZ: also in SE3 8SE3 8NA: also in SE3 8SE3 8NB: also in SE3 8SE3 8ND: also in SE3 8SE3 8NE: also in SE3 8SE3 8NF: also in SE3 8SE3 8NG: also in SE3 8SE3 8NH: also in SE3 8SE3 8NJ: also in SE3 8SE3 8NL: also in SE3 8SE3 8NN: also in SE3 8SE3 8NP: also in SE3 8SE3 8NQ: also in SE3 8SE3 8NT: also in SE3 8SE3 8NW: also in SE3 8SE3 8PA: also in SE3 8SE3 8PB: also in SE3 8SE3 8PD: also in SE3 8SE3 8PE: also in SE3 8SE3 8PF: also in SE3 8SE3 8PG: also in SE3 8SE3 8PH: also in SE3 8SE3 8PJ: also in SE3 8SE3 8PL: also in SE3 8SE3 8PN: also in SE3 8SE3 8PP: also in SE3 8SE3 8PQ: also in SE3 8SE3 8PR: also in SE3 8SE3 8PS: also in SE3 8SE3 8PT: also in SE3 8SE3 8PU: also in SE3 8SE3 8PW: also in SE3 8SE3 8PX: also in SE3 8SE3 8PY: also in SE3 8SE3 8PZ: also in SE3 8SE3 8QA: also in SE3 8SE3 8QB: also in SE3 8SE3 8QH: also in SE3 8SE3 8QJ: also in SE3 8SE3 8QL: also in SE3 8SE3 8QN: also in SE3 8SE3 8QP: also in SE3 8SE3 8QR: also in SE3 8SE3 8QS: also in SE3 8SE3 8QT: also in SE3 8SE3 8QU: also in SE3 8SE3 8QW: also in SE3 8SE3 8QX: also in SE3 8SE3 8QY: also in SE3 8SE3 8QZ: also in SE3 8SE3 8RA: also in SE3 8SE3 8RB: also in SE3 8SE3 8RD: also in SE3 8SE3 8RL: also in SE3 8SE3 8RN: also in SE3 8SE3 8RP: also in SE3 8SE3 8RR: also in SE3 8SE3 8RS: also in SE3 8SE3 8RT: also in SE3 8SE3 8RU: also in SE3 8SE3 8RW: also in SE3 8SE3 8RX: also in SE3 8SE3 8RY: also in SE3 8SE3 8RZ: also in SE3 8SE3 8SA: also in SE3 8SE3 8SB: also in SE3 8SE3 8SD: also in SE3 8SE3 8SE: also in SE3 8SE3 8SJ: also in SE3 8SE3 8SL: also in SE3 8SE3 8SN: also in SE3 8SE3 8SP: also in SE3 8SE3 8SR: also in SE3 8SE3 8SS: also in SE3 8SE3 8ST: also in SE3 8SE3 8SU: also in SE3 8SE3 8SW: also in SE3 8SE3 8SX: also in SE3 8SE3 8SY: also in SE3 8SE3 8TB: also in SE3 8SE3 8TP: also in SE3 8SE3 8TS: also in SE3 8SE3 8TU: also in SE3 8SE3 8UB: also in SE3 8SE3 8UG: also in SE3 8SE3 8UL: also in SE3 8SE3 8UN: also in SE3 8SE3 8UQ: also in SE3 8SE3 8UW: also in SE3 8SE3 8XA: also in SE3 8 Greenwich SE3 8AE Map of SE3 8AE and what is near it Map of SE3 8AE: its centre point, with the 175 other postcodes in the SE3 8 sector, 4 schools, 2 railway stations, 3 GP practices, 4 bus stops and 1 EV charging point. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Greenwich SE3 8AE
  • SE3 8AE
  • Other postcodes in SE3 8: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 4 bus stops
  • 1 EV charging point

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 51.4639, longitude 0.0387)

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; charging points: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after SE3 8AE?

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 SE3 8AE?

Every home and business at SE3 8AE can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

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

Greenwich: 90%

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

Greenwich: Over 99%

The line marks the figure across Greenwich.

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 SE3 8AE?

Royal Borough of Greenwich gives bin days for each home rather than each postcode. BinDayBuddy finds yours from your house number, from the council's own system.

Find the bin days for your home on BinDayBuddy

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 SE3 8AE 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 SE3 8AE.

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 Greenwich

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for SE3 8AE: 6,865 properties in Greenwich are at high risk (4.9% of all its properties). All the figures for Greenwich

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 SE3 8AE 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 SE3 8AE?

Homes in SE3 8 sold for a typical £560,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 65 sales, up 0.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£560,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£556,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 0.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £820,000 6 sales
  • Semi-detached £595,000 27 sales
  • Terraced £500,000 23 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £410,000 9 sales

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

Across the whole SE3 district: a typical £512,230 from 342 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 SE3 8AE

HM Land Registry records 2 standard sales of homes in SE3 8AE from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 3 June 2026. 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 SE3 8AE

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at SE3 8AE. 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 SE3 8AE?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 670 homes in the neighbourhood around SE3 8AE. Over half of them (60%) are in council tax band C. More were built from 1919 to 1939 than in any other period (80%). 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 SE3 8AE

Band D in Greenwich for 2026‑27: £2,108. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,405 (band A) to £3,045 (band F); band C, the most common, is £1,874.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 30 (4%)£1,405
Band Babout 30 (4%)£1,639
Band Cabout 400 (60%)£1,874
Band Dabout 130 (19%)£2,108
Band Eabout 70 (10%)£2,576
Band Fabout 10 (1%)£3,045
Band Gwithheld£3,513
Band Hfewer than 5£4,216

When the homes were built

  1. None Before 1900
  2. None 1900 to 1918
  3. 80% 1919 to 1939
  4. 6% 1945 to 1964
  5. None 1965 to 1982
  6. None 1983 to 1999
  7. 5% 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. 9% 2020 or later

Before 1900, 1900 to 1918, 1965 to 1982, 1983 to 1999, 2010 to 2019: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Greenwich 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 SE3 8AE is in (ONS area E01001649), 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 SE3 8AE?

The nearest open schools to SE3 8AE, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near SE3 8AE, 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 SE3 8AE?

The nearest railway station to the centre of SE3 8AE is Kidbrooke Rail Station, 800 metres away in a straight line.

  • Kidbrooke Rail Station Railway station 800 mWalk
  • Eltham Rail Station Railway station 1.3 kmCycle

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

4 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Wendover Road, 200 m away.

More stations near SE3 8AE, 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 SE3 8AE?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of SE3 8AE, 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 SE3 8AE?

1 within 1 km 18 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of SE3 8AE, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Source London Charging point · No details mapped 400 mWalk
  • Source London Charging point · 2 chargers 1.0 kmWalk
  • Source London Charging point · No details mapped 1.1 kmWalk

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

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 SE3 8AE?

The nearest to the centre of SE3 8AE, 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 SE3 8AE?

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 SE3 8AE?

The nearest care homes to the centre of SE3 8AE, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

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 SE3 8AE?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of SE3 8AE, 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 SE3 8AE?

The nearest vets to the centre of SE3 8AE 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 SE3 8AE in a conservation area?

planning.data.gov.uk is not answering just now, so this page has not asked it what the centre of SE3 8AE is inside. It will ask once the service answers again. The council's planning team can answer for one address.

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 SE3 8AE?

Police.uk records 333 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of SE3 8AE in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences135 reports
Anti-social behaviour71 reports
Shoplifting22 reports
Public order21 reports
Burglary20 reports
Vehicle crime17 reports

Also: other theft 16, robbery 13, drugs 6, theft from the person 5, bicycle theft 3, possession of weapons 3, 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 SE3 8AE

Ward
Kidbrooke Park
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
London
Country
England
Built-up area
Greenwich
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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