SS2 4PT postcode in Southend-on-Sea, England

SS2 4PT is a postcode in Southend-on-Sea, in the Southchurch ward. It is in the Southend East and Rochford parliamentary constituency and the Essex police force 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 SS2 4PT can get it Across Southend-on-Sea: 98% Typical price £330,000 Homes sold in SS2 4, last 12 months. ▲ 1.5% on the year before Nearest station Southend East 2.1 km in a straight line

Where SS2 4PT is, and what is near it

Map of SS2 4PT and what is near it Map of SS2 4PT: its centre point, with the 255 other postcodes in the SS2 4 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 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. SS2 4AS: also in SS2 4SS2 4BA: also in SS2 4SS2 4BB: also in SS2 4SS2 4BD: also in SS2 4SS2 4BE: also in SS2 4SS2 4BG: also in SS2 4SS2 4BH: also in SS2 4SS2 4BL: also in SS2 4SS2 4BN: also in SS2 4SS2 4BU: also in SS2 4SS2 4DJ: also in SS2 4SS2 4FA: also in SS2 4SS2 4FP: also in SS2 4SS2 4GG: also in SS2 4SS2 4HF: also in SS2 4SS2 4LD: also in SS2 4SS2 4LE: also in SS2 4SS2 4LF: also in SS2 4SS2 4LG: also in SS2 4SS2 4LH: also in SS2 4SS2 4LL: also in SS2 4SS2 4LN: also in SS2 4SS2 4LQ: also in SS2 4SS2 4LW: also in SS2 4SS2 4NA: also in SS2 4SS2 4PH: also in SS2 4SS2 4PP: also in SS2 4SS2 4PU: also in SS2 4SS2 4PX: also in SS2 4SS2 4PY: also in SS2 4SS2 4PZ: also in SS2 4SS2 4QA: also in SS2 4SS2 4QB: also in SS2 4SS2 4QH: also in SS2 4SS2 4QJ: also in SS2 4SS2 4QL: also in SS2 4SS2 4QQ: also in SS2 4SS2 4QR: also in SS2 4SS2 4QS: also in SS2 4SS2 4QT: also in SS2 4SS2 4QU: also in SS2 4SS2 4QX: also in SS2 4SS2 4QY: also in SS2 4SS2 4QZ: also in SS2 4SS2 4RA: also in SS2 4SS2 4RB: also in SS2 4SS2 4SG: also in SS2 4SS2 4SH: also in SS2 4SS2 4SN: also in SS2 4SS2 4SP: also in SS2 4SS2 4SQ: also in SS2 4SS2 4SR: also in SS2 4SS2 4SS: also in SS2 4SS2 4ST: also in SS2 4SS2 4XH: also in SS2 4 2 places, 1.0–1.6 kmSt. Luke's SS2 4PT Map of SS2 4PT and what is near it Map of SS2 4PT: its centre point, with the 255 other postcodes in the SS2 4 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. 4 places, 1.0–2.1 kmSt. Luke's SS2 4PT
  • SS2 4PT
  • Other postcodes in SS2 4: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 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 51.5565, longitude 0.7424)

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 SS2 4PT?

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 SS2 4PT?

None of the homes and businesses at SS2 4PT can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

SS2 4PT 0% Southend-on-Sea 98%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

SS2 4PT 0% Southend-on-Sea 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 SS2 4PT?

BinDayBuddy does not read Southend-on-Sea City Council's collection days yet, so the council's own checker is the place to look.

Southend-on-Sea City Council'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 SS2 4PT 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 SS2 4PT.

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 Southend-on-Sea

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for SS2 4PT: 2,281 properties in Southend-on-Sea are at high risk (2.5% of all its properties). All the figures for Southend-on-Sea

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 SS2 4PT 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 SS2 4PT?

Homes in SS2 4 sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 164 sales, up 1.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£330,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£325,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £410,000 25 sales
  • Semi-detached £350,000 67 sales
  • Terraced £312,000 47 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £205,000 25 sales

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

Across the whole SS2 district: a typical £320,000 from 405 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 SS2 4PT

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in SS2 4PT from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around 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 SS2 4PT

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at SS2 4PT. 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 SS2 4PT?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 670 homes in the neighbourhood around SS2 4PT. The largest share of them, 39%, are in council tax band D. More were built from 1945 to 1964 than in any other period (70%). 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 SS2 4PT

Band D in Southend-on-Sea for 2026‑27: £2,265. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,510 (band A) to £3,775 (band G); band D, the most common, is £2,265.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 20 (3%)£1,510
Band Babout 50 (7%)£1,762
Band Cabout 80 (12%)£2,013
Band Dabout 260 (39%)£2,265
Band Eabout 190 (28%)£2,769
Band Fabout 50 (7%)£3,272
Band Gabout 20 (3%)£3,775
Band Hfewer than 5£4,530

When the homes were built

  1. 1% Before 1900
  2. None 1900 to 1918
  3. 4% 1919 to 1939
  4. 70% 1945 to 1964
  5. 15% 1965 to 1982
  6. 9% 1983 to 1999
  7. None 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

1900 to 1918, 2000 to 2009, 2010 to 2019, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Southend-on-Sea 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 SS2 4PT is in (ONS area E01015888), 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 SS2 4PT?

The nearest open schools to SS2 4PT, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near SS2 4PT, 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 SS2 4PT?

The nearest railway station to the centre of SS2 4PT is Southend East Rail Station, 2.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Southend East Rail Station Railway station 2.1 kmCycle
  • Prittlewell Rail Station Railway station 2.3 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 SS2 4PT, 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 SS2 4PT?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of SS2 4PT, 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 SS2 4PT?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of SS2 4PT 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 SS2 4PT?

The nearest to the centre of SS2 4PT, 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 SS2 4PT?

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 SS2 4PT?

The nearest care homes to the centre of SS2 4PT, 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 SS2 4PT?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of SS2 4PT, 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 SS2 4PT?

The nearest vets to the centre of SS2 4PT 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 SS2 4PT in a conservation area?

The centre of SS2 4PT 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 SS2 4PT?

Police.uk records 127 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of SS2 4PT in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences42 reports
Other theft27 reports
Anti-social behaviour17 reports
Public order9 reports
Shoplifting7 reports
Criminal damage and arson6 reports

Also: drugs 6, possession of weapons 5, vehicle crime 3, other crime 2, burglary 1, theft from the person 1, robbery 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 SS2 4PT

Ward
Southchurch
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
East of England
Country
England
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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