SE16 5XJ

a postcode in Southwark

Introduced in December 1999

SE16 5XJ	Normal (geographic) postcodes	Large user postcodes

The nearby postcodes map only shows currently active postcodes. Postcode markers will cluster if they are close together, which may happen in densly populated built-up areas or where single premises have multiple postcodes.

Streets Associated with SE16 5XJ

William Square - 40 properties, USRN 22502877

Lavender Road - 1 property, USRN 22501488

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.507 / 51°30'25"N

Longitude: -0.0378 / 0°2'16"W

UTM Reference: 30U 705561 5710366

OS Easting: 536272

OS Northing: 180497

OS Grid: TQ362804

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR K4.M5D

Mapcode Global: VHGR1.9DC3

Open Location Code: 9C3XGX46+QV

Maidenhead Locator System: IO91xm51

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: A1

major urban conurbation
a very large city or conurbation

ONS Population Classification: 3c2

Multicultural and Educated Urbanites
Diverse Educated Urban Singles
Career Progression

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 26623 / 32844

9th decile
much less deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for SE16 5XJ on Tuesday 30 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light)	02:46
Civil twilight begins (Dawn)	03:59
Sunrise	04:46
Transit (sun is at its highest)	13:03
Sunset	21:21
Civil twilight ends (Dusk)	22:08
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall)	23:20

Hours of daylight today	04:16 to 21:51
Hours of darkness tonight (lighting-up time)	21:51 to 04:17
Moon Phase	Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets	03:30
Moon Rises	21:17

For a full sun and moon calendar for SE16 5XJ, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in SE16 5XJ

Date	Address	Property Type	Tenure	Price
14 November 2023	37 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£480,000
28 April 2023	13 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£315,000
30 September 2022	33 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£506,000
2 August 2021	19 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£335,000
9 April 2021	3 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£420,000
8 January 2021	10 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£575,000
30 September 2020	39 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£435,000
31 July 2019	35 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£355,000
17 October 2018	33 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£485,000
10 November 2017	14 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£340,000
8 September 2017	3 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£390,000
22 April 2016	10 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£600,000
4 March 2016	35 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£335,000
5 February 2016	23 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£590,000
7 January 2015	1 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£470,000
31 October 2014	34 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£450,000
23 May 2014	33 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£410,000
28 March 2014	23 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£460,000
4 February 2013	8 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£365,000
16 August 2012	7 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£280,000
23 March 2012	16 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£247,500
14 September 2010	12 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£362,675
26 July 2010	37 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£350,000
25 May 2007	34 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£325,000
10 May 2007	10 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£339,950
31 October 2006	12 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£320,000
28 February 2006	9 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£270,000
26 August 2005	33 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£225,000
26 August 2005	11 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£210,000
23 March 2005	4 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£250,000
3 December 2004	43 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£228,000
30 April 2004	1 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£280,000
12 December 2003	22 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£130,000
11 July 2003	2 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£249,600
31 March 2003	35 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£155,000
5 July 2002	36 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£188,000
31 May 2002	4 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£230,000
26 April 2002	45 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£230,000
8 April 2002	13 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£158,500
1 October 2001	39 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£180,000
12 July 2001	36 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£179,950
4 May 2001	3 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£170,000
13 October 2000	37 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£177,000
10 December 1999	43 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£158,000
3 September 1999	23 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£143,000
20 August 1999	16 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£103,000
30 July 1999	45 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£139,500
2 July 1999	6 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£165,000
11 June 1999	3 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£125,000
30 April 1999	44 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£143,000
23 April 1999	7 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£95,000
18 December 1998	22 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£99,000
7 October 1998	13 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£86,000
21 August 1998	36 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£116,000
26 June 1998	8 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£138,500
24 June 1998	33 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£106,500
24 March 1998	18 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£138,500
27 February 1998	14 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£89,950
29 September 1997	21 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£130,000
23 May 1997	35 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£60,000
17 March 1997	33 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£87,000
23 October 1996	40 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Terraced (including end-of-terrace)	Freehold	£124,200
12 July 1996	31 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£73,995
15 December 1995	5 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£136,995
8 December 1995	1 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£148,995
10 November 1995	15 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£110,995
27 October 1995	4 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£125,995
15 September 1995	10 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£148,995
30 August 1995	7 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£102,995
30 August 1995	8 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£127,500
25 August 1995	13 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£156,995
25 August 1995	22 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£79,995
25 August 1995	11 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£94,995
25 August 1995	2 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£156,995
25 August 1995	9 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£147,995
25 August 1995	3 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£94,995
25 August 1995	6 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£154,000
25 August 1995	12 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£126,995
21 August 1995	23 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£107,995
17 August 1995	18 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£127,500
7 August 1995	21 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£119,995
28 July 1995	20 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£100,000
28 July 1995	16 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£83,995
14 July 1995	17 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£75,995
14 July 1995	14 William Square, London SE16 5XJ	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£70,000

Key to property sale icons:

	First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
	Subsequent sale of existing property.
	Standard sale at market value to private individual.
	Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for SE16 5XJ

United Kingdom Parliament

Constituency

Bermondsey and Old Southwark

MP

Neil Coyle Labour

London Assembly

Assembly Constituency

Lambeth and Southwark

Assembly Member

Marina Ahmad Labour Group

Londonwide Members

Assembly Members

Elly Baker Labour

Emma Best Conservative

Andrew Boff Conservative

Hina Bokhari Liberal Democrat

Zoë Garbett Green

Alessandro Georgiou Conservative

Susan Hall Conservative

Lord Bailey of Paddington Conservative

Zack Polanski Green

Caroline Russell Green

Alex Wilson Reform UK

Southwark Borough Council

London borough ward

Surrey Docks

Councillors

Jane Salmon Liberal Democrats

Nick Johnson Liberal Democrats

Adam Hood Liberal Democrats

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for SE16 5XJ

Code	Name	Data Type	Data Theme	Active Since	Data Owner
E00020417		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 January 2009	ONS
E01004054	Southwark 001D	Lower layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 February 2004	ONS
E02000807	Southwark 001	Middle layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 August 2004	ONS
E05011117	Surrey Docks	Electoral Wards/Divisions	Administrative/Electoral	3 May 2018	DLUHC
E09000028	Southwark	London Boroughs	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E12000007	London	Regions	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E14001085	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies	Electoral	4 July 2024	LGBC
E23000001	Metropolitan Police	Police Force Areas	Other	1 January 2009	Home Office
E30000234	London	Travel to Work Areas	Other	31 July 2015	ONS
E32000010	Lambeth and Southwark	London Assembly Constituencies	Electoral	6 May 2010	Greater London Authority
E33035898		Workplace Zones	Census	31 December 2011	ONS
E37000051	London	Local Enterprise Partnerships	Other	1 April 2020	BEIS
E38000244	NHS South East London ICB - 72Q	Sub Integrated Care Board Locations	Health	1 July 2022	ODS
E40000003	London	NHS England Regions	Health	1 April 2013	ODS
E43000218	Southwark, unparished area	Non-Civil Parished Areas	Census	31 December 2011	ONS
E54000030	Our Healthier South East London	Integrated Care Boards	Health	1 April 2020	NHS
E56000010	South East London	Cancer Alliances	Health	1 September 2016	NHS England
E61000001	Greater London Authority	Greater London Authority	Administrative	3 July 2000	ONS
E63012110	Southwark	Built Up Areas	Census	17 April 2024	OS
E65000001	England Non-National Park Area	England Non-National Park Area	Census	27 February 2023	ONS
E92000001	England	Country	Administrative	1 January 2009	ONS

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