Map of SW8 5AJ postcode No longer in use

General information

Postcode	SW8 5AJ
Post Town	London
Nearest station	Nine Elms (0 km)
Bus stops	United States Embassy (E) Riverlight Quay (S) Riverlight Quay (E) St George Wharf Pier (W) Claverton St Churchill Gdns (N) St George Wharf Pier (E)
London travel zone	1
Known addresses	Apartment D101, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D102, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D104, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D105, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D111, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D112, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D113, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D114, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D115, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D121, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D122, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D123, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D124, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D125, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D131, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D132, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D133, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D134, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D135, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D41, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D42, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D43, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D44, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D45, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D51, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D52, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D53, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D54, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D55, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D61, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D62, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D63, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D64, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D65, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D71, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D72, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D73, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D74, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D75, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D81, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D82, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D83, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D84, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D85, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D91, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D92, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D93, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D94, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London Apartment D95, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London
Main property type	Flat
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	51.482165
	Longitude	-0.134422
	Easting	529641
	Northing	177562
	Grid reference	TQ296775
	UTM reference	30U 698966 5707340
	what3words	belly.bits.tops
	FixPhrase	cringe magnesium strongbox trickle
	Plus code	9C3XFVJ8+V6
	Altitude	7 metres (23 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:31
	Sunset (today)	16:04
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	37.9 KMs (23.6 miles)

Administrative areas

Parish	Wandsworth, unparished area	E43000222
Ward	Nine Elms	E05014015
London Borough	Wandsworth	E09000032
County	Greater London	E11000009
Constituency (2024)	Battersea	E14001081
MP	Marsha De Cordova	Labour
Police force	Metropolitan Police
NUTS/ITL 3	Wandsworth
NUTS/ITL 2	Inner London - West
NUTS/ITL 1	London
Country	England	E92000001

Data

Date introduced	April 2015
Date usage ended	November 2016
Last updated	September 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	8,087 / 32,844 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)	£62,100 Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urban (2021)	Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/urban (2011)	Urban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)	Wandsworth	E63012154
Census output area (2021)	E00183137
Census output area (2011)	2D3
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Wandsworth 038A	E01035496
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Wandsworth 002B	E01004562
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Nine Elms	E02007083
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Nine Elms & Patmore	E02000924
Travel to work area	London	E30000234

Nearby schools

Tachbrook Nursery School (Nursery)

Millbank Gardens Primary Academy (Primary)

Griffin Primary School (Primary)

St George's CofE Primary School (Primary)

Wyvil Primary School and Resource Bases for Speech, Language and Communication Needs, and Autism (Primary)

Allen Edwards Primary School (Primary)

Herbert Morrison Primary School (Primary)

St Gabriel's CofE Primary School (Primary)

Pimlico Primary (Primary)

Westminster Under School

Fairley House School

Pimlico Academy (Secondary)

Property sales

Average property price in South West London	£704,473
Annual change	-8.0%
View all properties sold in the SW postcode area

Properties recently sold in this postcode

Address	Type	Date	Price
Apartment D73, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London	Flat (leasehold)	Dec 2016	£1,010,000
	New build flat (leasehold)	Apr 2015	£845,000
Apartment D92, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London	Flat (leasehold)	Mar 2016	£850,000
Apartment D132, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London	New build flat (leasehold)	Jun 2015	£750,000
Apartment D131, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London	New build flat (leasehold)	Jun 2015	£795,000
Apartment D133, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London	New build flat (leasehold)	Jun 2015	£870,000
Apartment D134, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London	New build flat (leasehold)	Jun 2015	£707,750
Apartment D121, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London	New build flat (leasehold)	May 2015	£745,000
Apartment D122, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London	Flat (leasehold)	May 2015	£740,400
Apartment D124, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London	New build flat (leasehold)	May 2015	£762,950
Apartment D125, Ambassador Building, 5 New Union Square, London	New build flat (leasehold)	May 2015	£751,500

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