SE3 9BL postcode in Greenwich, England

SE3 9BL is a postcode in Greenwich, in the Blackheath Westcombe 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 0% of homes and businesses at SE3 9BL can get it Across Greenwich: 90% Typical price £499,999 Homes sold in SE3 9, last 12 months. ▼ 4.3% on the year before Nearest station Blackheath 600 m in a straight line

Where SE3 9BL is, and what is near it

Map of SE3 9BL and what is near it Map of SE3 9BL: its centre point, with the 253 other postcodes in the SE3 9 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 Underground, metro or tram station (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. SE3 9AA: also in SE3 9SE3 9AB: also in SE3 9SE3 9AD: also in SE3 9SE3 9AE: also in SE3 9SE3 9AF: also in SE3 9SE3 9AG: also in SE3 9SE3 9AH: also in SE3 9SE3 9AJ: also in SE3 9SE3 9AL: also in SE3 9SE3 9AQ: also in SE3 9SE3 9AX: also in SE3 9SE3 9BA: also in SE3 9SE3 9BB: also in SE3 9SE3 9BD: also in SE3 9SE3 9BE: also in SE3 9SE3 9BG: also in SE3 9SE3 9BH: also in SE3 9SE3 9BJ: also in SE3 9SE3 9BN: also in SE3 9SE3 9BQ: also in SE3 9SE3 9BY: also in SE3 9SE3 9ER: also in SE3 9SE3 9ET: also in SE3 9SE3 9EX: also in SE3 9SE3 9FU: also in SE3 9SE3 9GA: also in SE3 9SE3 9GJ: also in SE3 9SE3 9HD: also in SE3 9SE3 9HN: also in SE3 9SE3 9HX: also in SE3 9SE3 9HY: also in SE3 9SE3 9HZ: also in SE3 9SE3 9JJ: also in SE3 9SE3 9JL: also in SE3 9SE3 9JN: also in SE3 9SE3 9LA: also in SE3 9SE3 9LE: also in SE3 9SE3 9LF: also in SE3 9SE3 9LJ: also in SE3 9SE3 9LQ: also in SE3 9SE3 9RA: also in SE3 9SE3 9RB: also in SE3 9SE3 9RD: also in SE3 9SE3 9RG: also in SE3 9SE3 9RN: also in SE3 9SE3 9RP: also in SE3 9SE3 9RQ: also in SE3 9SE3 9RR: also in SE3 9SE3 9RS: also in SE3 9SE3 9RT: also in SE3 9SE3 9RU: also in SE3 9SE3 9RW: also in SE3 9SE3 9RX: also in SE3 9SE3 9RY: also in SE3 9SE3 9SA: also in SE3 9SE3 9SF: also in SE3 9SE3 9SG: also in SE3 9SE3 9SH: also in SE3 9SE3 9SJ: also in SE3 9SE3 9SL: also in SE3 9SE3 9SQ: also in SE3 9SE3 9SY: also in SE3 9SE3 9TA: also in SE3 9SE3 9TN: also in SE3 9SE3 9UE: also in SE3 9SE3 9UY: also in SE3 9SE3 9UZ: also in SE3 9SE3 9XA: also in SE3 9SE3 9XB: also in SE3 9SE3 9XD: also in SE3 9SE3 9XE: also in SE3 9SE3 9XF: also in SE3 9SE3 9XJ: also in SE3 9 Thomas Tallis School 750 mKidbrooke station 750 mGP 1.0 kmLewisham DLR Station 2.0 kmKidbrooke Village & Sutcliffe SE3 9BL Map of SE3 9BL and what is near it Map of SE3 9BL: its centre point, with the 253 other postcodes in the SE3 9 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 Underground, metro or tram station (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Kidbrooke station 750 mGP 1.0 kmKidbrooke Village & Sutcliffe SE3 9BL
  • SE3 9BL
  • Other postcodes in SE3 9: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 1 Underground, metro or tram station
  • 3 GP practices
  • 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 51.4634, longitude 0.0166)

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 SE3 9BL?

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 9BL?

Every home and business at SE3 9BL can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, but none can get gigabit, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

SE3 9BL 0% Greenwich 90%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

SE3 9BL 100% Greenwich Over 99%
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 9BL?

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 9BL 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 9BL.

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 9BL: 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 9BL 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 9BL?

Homes in SE3 9 sold for a typical £499,999 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 138 sales, down 4.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£499,999 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£522,450 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 4.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £1,562,600 6 sales
  • Semi-detached £557,500 6 sales
  • Terraced £752,500 32 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £454,000 94 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 9BL

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in SE3 9BL from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 16 July 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 SE3 9BL

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at SE3 9BL. 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 23 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near SE3 9BL?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 660 homes in the neighbourhood around SE3 9BL. The largest share of them, 36%, are in council tax band D. More were built from 1945 to 1964 than in any other period (71%). 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 9BL

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 £4,216 (band H); band D, the most common, is £2,108.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 10 (2%)£1,405
Band Babout 40 (6%)£1,639
Band Cabout 110 (17%)£1,874
Band Dabout 240 (36%)£2,108
Band Eabout 160 (24%)£2,576
Band Fabout 40 (6%)£3,045
Band Gabout 50 (8%)£3,513
Band Habout 10 (2%)£4,216

When the homes were built

  1. 6% Before 1900
  2. 2% 1900 to 1918
  3. 3% 1919 to 1939
  4. 71% 1945 to 1964
  5. 3% 1965 to 1982
  6. 8% 1983 to 1999
  7. None 2000 to 2009
  8. 2% 2010 to 2019
  9. 6% 2020 or later

2000 to 2009: 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 9BL is in (ONS area E01001656), 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 9BL?

The nearest open schools to SE3 9BL, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near SE3 9BL, 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 9BL?

The nearest railway station to the centre of SE3 9BL is Blackheath Rail Station, 600 metres away in a straight line.

  • Blackheath Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
  • Kidbrooke Rail Station Railway station 750 mWalk
  • Lewisham DLR Station Underground, metro or tram 2.0 kmCycle

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

No bus stop within 400 metres in the Department for Transport's register.

More stations near SE3 9BL, 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 9BL?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of SE3 9BL, 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 9BL?

0 within 1 km 35 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of SE3 9BL, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • BP Pulse Charging point · 2 chargers 1.2 kmWalk
  • Source London Charging point · No details mapped 1.2 kmWalk
  • Ubitrictiy Charging point · 1 charger · up to 4.8 kW 1.3 kmCycle

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 9BL?

The nearest to the centre of SE3 9BL, 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 9BL?

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 9BL?

The nearest care homes to the centre of SE3 9BL, 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 9BL?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of SE3 9BL, 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 9BL?

The nearest vets to the centre of SE3 9BL 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 9BL in a conservation area?

The centre of SE3 9BL is in one area with planning rules of its own, as planning.data.gov.uk holds them:

Work on a home here, and on its trees, may need permission that it would not need elsewhere. The council's planning team has the rules for one address. Not every council has sent all its data.

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 9BL?

Police.uk records 422 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of SE3 9BL in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences124 reports
Anti-social behaviour81 reports
Shoplifting61 reports
Vehicle crime34 reports
Burglary29 reports
Other theft26 reports

Also: public order 24, drugs 17, robbery 10, bicycle theft 5, other crime 5, theft from the person 4, possession of weapons 2.

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 9BL

Ward
Blackheath Westcombe
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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