SE8 5BB

a postcode in Lewisham

Introduced in September 1991

SE8 5BB	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 SE8 5BB

John Silkin Lane - 68 properties, USRN 22000567

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4895 / 51°29'22"N

Longitude: -0.0447 / 0°2'40"W

UTM Reference: 30U 705165 5708401

OS Easting: 535850

OS Northing: 178538

OS Grid: TQ358785

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR JB.Z9L

Mapcode Global: VHGR1.5TRJ

Open Location Code: 9C3XFXQ4+Q4

Maidenhead Locator System: IO91xl47

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: A1

major urban conurbation
a very large city or conurbation

ONS Population Classification: 3c1

Multicultural and Educated Urbanites
Diverse Educated Urban Singles
Centrally Located Professionals

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 16096 / 32844

5th decile
slightly more deprived

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

Sun and Moon Times for SE8 5BB on Wednesday 10 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light)	02:44
Civil twilight begins (Dawn)	03:56
Sunrise	04:43
Transit (sun is at its highest)	12:59
Sunset	21:15
Civil twilight ends (Dusk)	22:02
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall)	23:14

Hours of daylight today	04:13 to 21:45
Hours of darkness tonight (lighting-up time)	21:45 to 04:13
Moon Phase	Waning Crescent
Moon Rises	00:46
Moon sets	14:47

For a full sun and moon calendar for SE8 5BB, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in SE8 5BB

Date	Address	Property Type	Tenure	Price
29 March 2023	40 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£220,000
15 September 2021	34 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£263,000
24 September 2020	25 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£205,000
21 October 2016	3 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£256,000
21 April 2016	34 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£134,700
26 August 2015	13 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£220,000
18 August 2015	36 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£192,500
3 July 2015	15 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£210,000
22 September 2014	10 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£196,500
27 June 2014	3 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£190,000
9 May 2014	24 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£180,000
20 December 2013	12 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£162,000
12 July 2013	33 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£138,000
30 November 2011	45 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£123,000
20 August 2010	35 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£123,000
21 January 2010	6 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£125,000
5 March 2008	32 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£160,000
26 July 2007	37 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£150,000
27 April 2007	7 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£135,000
23 February 2007	29 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£135,000
9 February 2007	44 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£124,950
21 July 2006	12 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£125,000
12 June 2006	43 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£115,000
26 May 2006	3 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£124,000
12 May 2006	37 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£122,000
13 April 2006	48 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£165,000
21 March 2006	29 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£117,000
6 January 2006	35 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£117,000
1 July 2005	40 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£117,000
19 April 2005	49 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£160,000
24 March 2005	47 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£162,500
7 January 2005	29 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£114,000
10 December 2004	32 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£116,000
30 September 2004	6 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£120,000
6 July 2004	22 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£118,000
21 May 2004	35 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£110,000
29 January 2004	41 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£120,000
23 January 2004	32 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£112,000
14 November 2003	40 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£95,000
31 October 2003	15 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£105,000
15 July 2003	36 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£117,000
16 June 2003	34 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£117,500
9 April 2003	48 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£160,000
10 January 2003	12 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£118,000
19 December 2002	44 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£112,000
14 November 2002	13 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£108,500
8 November 2002	34 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£105,000
24 July 2002	42 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£103,334
12 July 2002	1 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£103,333
11 July 2002	9 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£104,000
24 May 2002	47 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£132,750
8 May 2002	8 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£100,000
4 January 2002	37 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£87,500
21 December 2001	27 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£80,000
31 October 2001	19 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£47,500
28 September 2001	41 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£83,000
31 August 2001	24 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£81,500
17 July 2001	13 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£74,000
4 May 2001	36 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£77,500
16 March 2001	19 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£47,500
5 March 2001	4 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£66,000
31 January 2001	50 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£97,500
24 November 2000	22 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£68,000
6 November 2000	1 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£62,500
20 October 2000	10 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£64,000
6 October 2000	9 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£69,950
25 August 2000	50 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£60,000
4 July 2000	42 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£68,000
24 March 2000	35 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£53,000
5 January 2000	15 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£38,000
24 November 1999	38 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£55,000
17 September 1999	3 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£54,000
6 September 1999	31 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£53,500
20 July 1999	32 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£52,000
25 June 1999	33 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£44,000
14 May 1999	51 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£68,500
16 April 1999	34 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£45,000
5 January 1999	15 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£38,000
2 October 1998	27 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£41,000
12 June 1998	26 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£48,500
13 March 1998	25 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£35,750
27 January 1998	52 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£60,000
16 January 1998	28 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£45,500
19 November 1997	30 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£49,000
22 August 1997	47 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£59,500
28 April 1997	2 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£34,950
11 April 1997	16 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£28,300
10 April 1997	37 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£26,000
8 April 1997	2 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£30,000
30 October 1996	43 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£27,500
9 June 1995	2 John Silkin Lane, London SE8 5BB	Flat/apartment	Leasehold	£23,000

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 SE8 5BB

United Kingdom Parliament

Constituency

Lewisham North

MP

Vicky Foxcroft Labour

London Assembly

Assembly Constituency

Greenwich and Lewisham

Assembly Member

Len Duvall Labour

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

Lewisham Borough Council

London borough ward

Evelyn

Councillors

Will Cooper Labour

Rudi Schmidt Labour

Hau-Yu Tam Green Party (E&W)

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

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for SE8 5BB

Code	Name	Data Type	Data Theme	Active Since	Data Owner
E00016438		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 January 2009	ONS
E01003247	Lewisham 001C	Lower layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 February 2004	ONS
E02000653	Lewisham 001	Middle layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 August 2004	ONS
E05013721	Evelyn	Electoral Wards/Divisions	Administrative/Electoral	5 May 2022	DLUHC
E09000023	Lewisham	London Boroughs	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E12000007	London	Regions	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E14001332	Lewisham North	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
E32000008	Greenwich and Lewisham	London Assembly Constituencies	Electoral	6 May 2010	Greater London Authority
E33035221		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
E43000213	Lewisham, 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
E63012161	Lewisham	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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