BR1 5SJ
A postcode in Catford South, Lewisham. The nearest bus stop is Whitefoot Lane / Bromley Road, 2 min on foot; Beckenham Hill Station is 10 min on foot.
What’s nearby
Distances and times are walking routes.
How the area measures up
Both figures describe the surrounding neighbourhood, not this postcode alone. Crime in BR1 breaks it down by category.
Deprivation
More deprived than average
This neighbourhood sits in the 3rd tenth of England, ranked 9,081 of 32,844. Measured across the surrounding LSOA, so it describes the area rather than this postcode alone.
Reported crime
739 reports, about 61.6 a month
Within 500 m of here, in the 12 months to July 2026. The police record each report at a point on or near a street, never at an address.
Guides for BR1
The whole district, not just this postcode.
What properties sell for
Every registered sale, as recorded by HM Land Registry. Repossessions and transfers to a company are excluded, so these are open-market prices.
Median sale price
£450,000
BR1 had too few sales to report on its own, so this is across 2,866 sales in the wider BR1 district between January 2022 and July 2026.
By property type
4 kinds sold
Medians over the same period. A type with only one or two sales behind it is a single house, not a market.
Recent sales in BR1 5SJ Address-level records, published by HM Land Registry. 2
- £300k Oct 2024 56 Whitefoot Lane
- £270k Jul 2022 40 Whitefoot Lane
Everything, category by category
Closest kind first. Open a section for the full list.
Bus stops Nearest is Whitefoot Lane / Bromley Road · 12 within 800 m 150 m
Stops from the National Public Transport Access Nodes dataset.
- 150 m SW · 2 min walk Whitefoot Lane / Bromley Road facing EStop SM
- 150 m SW · 2 min walk Whitefoot Lane / Bromley Road facing WStop SR
- 350 m W · 4 min walk Southend Lane / Bellingham facing NWStop SW
- 350 m SW · 4 min walk Southend Lane / Bromley Road facing EStop SL
- 350 m SW · 4 min walk Southend Lane / Bromley Road facing WStop SH
- 350 m W · 4 min walk Southend Lane / Bellingham facing SStop ST
- 400 m S · 5 min walk Green Man Community Hub facing SStop SX
- 450 m E · 5 min walk Whitefoot Lane / Forster House facing EStop SN
- 450 m E · 6 min walk Whitefoot Lane / Forster House facing WStop SP
- 550 m S · 6 min walk Beckenham Hill Road / Primrose Close facing NStop SC
- 550 m W · 7 min walk Catford Police Station facing NStop BA
- 550 m S · 7 min walk Green Man Community Hub facing WStop SV
Schools Nearest is St John Baptist Southend Church of England Primary School · 12 within 2.0 km 150 m
State and independent schools. Ofsted replaced its single overall grade with a report card of separate area grades in November 2025, so a school shows either those area grades, an earlier overall grade with its year, or the result of an ungraded inspection - a check that the previous grade still holds rather than a new judgement. Independent schools are inspected by the ISI, which publishes no grades, so they show none.
Schools in BR1 — every one in the district, compared
- 150 m SW · 2 min walk St John Baptist Southend Church of England Primary School Ofsted: Good (2020)Primary school177 pupilsAges 4-11
- 500 m N · 6 min walk Conisborough College Ofsted: Requires improvement (2022)Secondary school703 pupilsAges 11-16
- 1.0 km SW · 12 min walk St Augustine's Catholic Primary School and Nursery Ofsted: School remains Good (2024)Primary school216 pupilsAges 3-11
- 1.0 km SW · 12 min walk Watergate School Ofsted: School remains Outstanding (2022)185 pupilsAges 4-11
- 1.1 km E · 13 min walk Downderry Primary School Ofsted: School remains Outstanding (2022)Primary school477 pupilsAges 3-11
- 1.1 km SE · 14 min walk Bonus Pastor Catholic College Ofsted: School remains Outstanding (2023)Secondary school919 pupilsAges 11-16
- 1.2 km NE · 14 min walk Torridon Primary School Ofsted: Good (2023)Primary school632 pupilsAges 3-11
- 1.3 km E · 15 min walk New Woodlands School Ofsted: Standards maintained (2024)101 pupilsAges 5-16
- 1.3 km W · 15 min walk Elfrida Primary School Ofsted: School remains Good (2022)Primary school335 pupilsAges 2-11
- 1.3 km NE · 16 min walk Greenvale School Ofsted: School remains Outstanding (2023)216 pupilsAges 11-19
- 1.3 km SW · 16 min walk Sedgehill Academy Ofsted: Good (2022)Secondary school960 pupilsAges 11-18
- 1.4 km NW · 16 min walk Athelney Primary School Ofsted: Good (2022)Primary school354 pupilsAges 2-11
Pharmacies Nearest is Vantage Pharmacy · 4 within 1.5 km 200 m
- 200 m W · 3 min walk Vantage Pharmacy
- 1.1 km SE · 13 min walk Day Lewis Pharmacy
- 1.1 km SE · 14 min walk Brownes Pharmacy
- 1.5 km SE · 18 min walk Duncan's Chemist
GP surgeries Nearest is South Lewisham Health Centre · 7 within 2.0 km 250 m
- 250 m W · 3 min walk South Lewisham Health Centre
- 1.3 km W · 16 min walk Bellingham Green Surgery
- 1.9 km N · 23 min walk Park View Medical Centre
- 1.9 km E · 23 min walk Oakview Family Practice CQC: Goodinspected Mar 2017
- 2.2 km E · 27 min walk Ashdown Medical Group
- 2.3 km W · 28 min walk Sydenham Green Health Centre
- 2.7 km NW · 32 min walk Woolstone Medical Centre CQC: Goodinspected Nov 2022
Supermarkets & shops Nearest is Tesco Express · 12 within 1.2 km 300 m
- 300 m W · 4 min walk Tesco Express Tesco Express
- 650 m NW · 8 min walk Superstore
- 750 m NW · 9 min walk Costcutter Express Costcutter
- 850 m SE · 10 min walk M&S Simply Food M&S Simply Food
- 850 m NW · 10 min walk Costcutter Costcutter
- 900 m SE · 11 min walk Costcutter Costcutter
- 950 m SE · 11 min walk Ganesha Supermarket
- 1.0 km SE · 12 min walk Best Food Mega Mart
- 1.0 km NW · 12 min walk TFC Catford
- 1.0 km W · 12 min walk Co-op Food Co-op Food
- 1.1 km SE · 13 min walk Iceland Iceland
- 1.1 km SE · 14 min walk Premier Premier
Takeaways Nearest is Kebab Town · 10 within 1.0 km 300 m
- 300 m SW · 4 min walk Kebab Town Hygiene 5 - very good
- 800 m NW · 10 min walk Original Jerk Bites Hygiene 5 - very good
- 850 m NW · 10 min walk Perfect Chicken Hygiene 5 - very good
- 850 m NW · 10 min walk CHILLI PEPPER Hygiene 5 - very good
- 900 m NW · 11 min walk Wok Express Hygiene 2 - improvement needed
- 900 m NW · 11 min walk Time Kebab House Hygiene 5 - very good
- 900 m NW · 11 min walk Papa Johns Hygiene 5 - very good
- 950 m NW · 11 min walk Morley's Hygiene 4 - good
- 950 m SE · 11 min walk Wing it up Awaiting inspection
- 1.0 km NW · 12 min walk Coconut Palm Jerk Centre Hygiene 5 - very good
Places of worship Nearest is St John the Baptist · 12 within 2.0 km 350 m
Churches, mosques, synagogues, temples and other places of worship.
- 350 m S · 4 min walk St John the Baptist christiananglican
- 1.0 km SW · 12 min walk The Annunciation and St Augustine Catholic Church christian
- 1.3 km W · 15 min walk St Dunstan christiananglican
- 1.4 km SW · 16 min walk Albacore Meeting Room christian
- 1.4 km W · 17 min walk Christ Church christianunited_reformed
- 1.5 km NE · 17 min walk St Mark christiananglican
- 1.5 km NW · 18 min walk Catford Synagogue jewish
- 1.6 km E · 19 min walk St Barnabas christiananglican
- 1.6 km NE · 20 min walk St. Mark's Church christian
- 1.9 km N · 22 min walk Holy Cross Catholic Church christian
- 1.9 km NE · 23 min walk St Andrew the Apostle christiananglican
- 1.9 km E · 23 min walk Good Shepherd Church christian
Restaurants & cafes Nearest is The Green Man Cafe · 12 within 1.0 km 400 m
Food hygiene ratings come from the Food Standards Agency.
- 400 m S · 5 min walk The Green Man Cafe Hygiene 5 - very goodrated Nov 2025
- 500 m S · 6 min walk Catford Wanderers Sports Club Exempt
- 900 m NW · 11 min walk Smoke Pan Hygiene 3 - satisfactoryrated Feb 2026
- 900 m NW · 11 min walk Atalian Servest Food Co Hygiene 5 - very goodrated Jul 2026
- 1.0 km SE · 12 min walk Ganesha Hygiene 3 - satisfactoryrated Jul 2025
- 1.0 km SE · 12 min walk Honeypot African Restaurant and Bar Hygiene 3 - satisfactoryrated Mar 2024
- 1.0 km SE · 12 min walk Mega Breakfast Cafe Hygiene 4 - goodrated Dec 2025
- 1.0 km SE · 12 min walk Greggs Hygiene 5 - very goodrated Feb 2024
- 1.0 km SE · 12 min walk Caffe Cinos Hygiene 3 - satisfactoryrated Jul 2025
- 1.3 km NW · 15 min walk Better Coffee Corner Hygiene 5 - very goodrated Nov 2025
- 1.3 km NW · 15 min walk Saving Souls Hub Hygiene 5 - very goodrated Jul 2026
- 1.3 km NW · 15 min walk FD Sports and Activities CIC Awaiting inspection
Parks & green space Nearest is Forster Memorial Park · 10 within 1.5 km 450 m
- 450 m NE · 5 min walk Forster Memorial Park
- 650 m NE · 8 min walk School Playing Fields
- 650 m S · 8 min walk Peter Pan's Park
- 950 m E · 12 min walk Whitefoot Lane Playing Fields
- 1.1 km SE · 13 min walk Downham memorial park.
- 1.3 km W · 16 min walk Bellingham Green
- 1.4 km SW · 16 min walk Centre Circle
- 1.6 km E · 19 min walk St. Barnabas Park
- 1.7 km SE · 20 min walk Beechmore play park
- 1.7 km S · 20 min walk Beckenham Place Park
Nurseries & childcare Nearest is SHELLZ ASC · 7 within 1.5 km 450 m
Ofsted-registered nurseries, pre-schools and childminders.
Childcare in BR1 — every one in the district, compared
- 450 m S · 6 min walk SHELLZ ASC Out-of-school day care35 places
- 1.0 km SE · 12 min walk Ladybird Nursery Bromley Full day care60 places
- 1.1 km SE · 13 min walk Angelface Preschool Full day careOfsted: Good20 places
- 1.9 km E · 23 min walk Little Lambs Preschool Sessional day careOfsted: Outstanding32 places
- 1.9 km E · 23 min walk Downham Kumon Centre Out-of-school day care
- 1.9 km E · 23 min walk Sugarplumz Ltd Out-of-school day care70 places
- 1.9 km E · 23 min walk Just Little Kidz Children's Centre Full day careOfsted: Good30 places
Playgrounds Nearest is Playground · 8 within 1.2 km 500 m
- 500 m NE · 6 min walk Playground
- 550 m S · 7 min walk Playground
- 600 m E · 7 min walk Playground
- 600 m E · 7 min walk Playground
- 600 m W · 7 min walk Playground
- 700 m E · 8 min walk Playground
- 700 m N · 9 min walk Playground
- 850 m S · 10 min walk Playground
Pubs & bars Nearest is Bellingham Ex-servicemen's club · 1 within 1.2 km 650 m
- 650 m W · 8 min walk Bellingham Ex-servicemen's club Exempt
Dentists Nearest is smilestraight · 6 within 2.0 km 800 m
- 800 m NW · 9 min walk smilestraight
- 1.0 km NW · 12 min walk Maxident
- 1.0 km SE · 12 min walk Arkh View
- 1.4 km W · 17 min walk Integrity Dental Care CQC: Regulations met
- 2.1 km NE · 25 min walk Hillview Dental
- 2.4 km NW · 29 min walk The Broadway Dental Practice
Railway & tram stations Nearest is Beckenham Hill Station · 8 within 5.0 km 850 m
- 850 m SW · 10 min walk Beckenham Hill Station Railway station entrance
- 950 m NW · 11 min walk Bellingham Rail Station Railway station
- 2.0 km W · 24 min walk Lower Sydenham Railway station entrance
- 2.4 km S · 28 min walk Ravensbourne Station Railway station entrance
- 2.6 km NW · 31 min walk Catford Bridge Railway station entrance
- 2.7 km NW · 33 min walk Catford Railway station entrance
- 2.8 km E · 33 min walk Grove Park Station Railway station entrance
- 3.2 km SW · 38 min walk New Beckenham Rail Station Railway station
Post offices Nearest is Bellingham Post Office · 5 within 2.0 km 950 m
- 950 m NW · 11 min walk Bellingham Post Office
- 1.2 km SE · 14 min walk Downham Post Office
- 1.6 km NE · 19 min walk Torridon Road Post Office
- 2.2 km E · 27 min walk Downham Way Post Office
- 2.3 km N · 27 min walk Catford Post Office
Gyms & leisure Nearest is Bellingham Leisure Centre · 10 within 2.0 km 1.2 km
- 1.2 km W · 14 min walk Bellingham Leisure Centre
- 1.2 km N · 15 min walk Bellingham Bowling Club
- 1.4 km SE · 17 min walk Ten-Em-Bee Sports Development Centre
- 1.5 km S · 18 min walk Beckenham Place Park Lake
- 1.9 km NW · 23 min walk The Gym
- 2.2 km E · 26 min walk Downham Health & Leisure Centre
- 2.3 km E · 27 min walk Downham Leisure Centre
- 2.6 km SW · 31 min walk Goals
- 2.8 km NW · 34 min walk St Dunstan's College Jubilee Grounds
- 3.1 km SW · 37 min walk The County Ground
Libraries Nearest is Torridon Road Library · 6 within 3.0 km 1.9 km
- 1.9 km NE · 23 min walk Torridon Road Library
- 2.2 km E · 27 min walk Downham Library
- 2.4 km W · 29 min walk Sydenham Library
- 2.5 km N · 30 min walk Catford Library
- 2.6 km E · 31 min walk Coopers Lane Primary School Library
- 3.0 km SE · 36 min walk Burnt Ash Library
Hotels & guest houses Nearest is Bromley Court Hotel · 1 within 2.0 km 2.1 km
Hotels, guest houses and B&Bs. Listed by the Food Standards Agency because they serve food, so they carry a hygiene rating for their kitchen rather than a rating of the rooms.
- 2.1 km SE · 25 min walk Bromley Court Hotel Hygiene 4 - good
Vets Nearest is Fitzgerald Veterinary Care · 3 within 2.5 km 2.1 km
Veterinary practices from OpenStreetMap. The RCVS accredits practices but publishes no open dataset, so there is no rating here to show.
- 2.1 km NW · 25 min walk Fitzgerald Veterinary Care
- 2.6 km N · 31 min walk Medivet
- 3.4 km NE · 40 min walk Burnt Ash Veterinary Clinic
Hospitals Nearest is Baring Road Medical Centre · 6 within 8.0 km 2.6 km
- 2.6 km E · 31 min walk Baring Road Medical Centre
- 3.4 km S · 41 min walk Sloane Hospital CQC: Goodinspected Mar 2023
- 3.4 km N · 41 min walk University Hospital Lewisham
- 3.8 km SW · 46 min walk Beckenham Beacon
- 4.1 km SE · 50 min walk Renal Dialysis Unit
- 5.0 km N · 60 min walk Blackheath Hospital CQC: Goodinspected May 2019
Streets next door
The closest other postcodes to this one.
- BR1 5SA 60 m
- BR1 5RL 150 m
- BR1 5RT 200 m
- BR1 5RU 200 m
- BR1 5SB 200 m
- BR1 5RP 200 m
- BR1 5RA 300 m
- BR1 5GN 300 m
- BR1 5FD 300 m
- BR1 5RB 350 m
Reference data
Coordinates and the official geography this postcode belongs to.
- Latitude
- 51.429769
- Longitude
- -0.010579
- OS grid reference
- TQ 383 719
- Easting / Northing
- 538396 / 171962
- Introduced
- January 1980
- Postcode type
- Small user (several addresses share it)
Administrative areas
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Region | London |
| Local authority | Lewisham |
| Ward | Catford South |
| Parish | Lewisham, unparished area |
| Constituency | Lewisham East |
| Police force | Metropolitan Police |
| Built up area | Lewisham |
| NHS region | London |
| Integrated care board | NHS South East London Integrated Care Board |
| Travel to work area | London |
Census geography
| Rural / urban | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city |
|---|---|
| LSOA (2021) | Lewisham 030BE01003348 |
| MSOA (2021) | Lewisham 030E02000682 |
| Output area (2021) | E00016969 |
| Coordinate accuracy | Within the building of the matched address |