Estate agents in SE16

SE16 is a postcode district in Southwark. HM Land Registry recorded 364 homes sold there between August 2025 and July 2026, with a median price paid of £465,000.

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House prices in SE16

Median sale price in SE16: £465,000

Homes sold in SE16, August 2025 to July 2026
All homes364 sales, median £465,000
Detached1 sale
Semi-detached5 sales, median £815,000
Terraced49 sales, median £770,000
Flats and maisonettes309 sales, median £430,000

We show a median only where it rests on enough sales: at least 10 for all homes and at least 5 for each type of home. Otherwise we show the number of sales.

Across Southwark the average price was £578,491 in May 2026, up 0.9% on a year earlier.

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Transport links

Rotherhithe station is about 0.3 miles from the centre of SE16. Surrey Quays is about 0.4 miles away and Wapping and South Bermondsey are each about 0.6 miles. Underground stops at Canada Water and Bermondsey are about 0.3 and 0.4 miles away. Light rail stops at Shadwell and Tower Gateway are about 1.1 and 1.3 miles away. The A200, A101, A2206, A2208 and A2207 pass through or beside the district. The nearest motorway junctions are M11 junction 4 (Charlie Brown's) at about 8 miles and M1 junction 1 (Staples Corner) at about 9 miles. London City Airport is about 5 miles away and London Heathrow Airport about 17 miles. Central London is about 3 miles from the district.

Schools in and near SE16

SE16 has 28 primary schools within about 1.2 miles of the centre. The nearest are St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Roman Catholic, academy) and Southwark Park Primary School, both about 0.2 miles away. Albion Primary School is about 0.3 miles away and Rotherhithe Primary School (academy) about 0.4 miles. The nearest secondary schools are The Charter School Bermondsey (free school) at about 0.3 miles and St Michael's Catholic College (Catholic, sixth form, academy) at about 0.6 miles. City of London Academy (Southwark) (sixth form, academy) and Harris Academy Bermondsey (girls only, sixth form, academy) are each about 0.7 miles away. Independent options include Marathon Science School (boys only) at about 0.7 miles. Cavendish School, a special school, is about 0.4 miles away. New City College is about 1.9 miles away and Goldsmiths College, University of London about 1.8 miles.

Living in SE16

SE16 is an urban postcode district in Southwark with about 45,000 residents, lying in or beside the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. There are more than 200 shops, including at least 9 supermarkets such as Khun Ya Thai Supermarket and Londis at about 0.2 miles and Tesco Extra at about 0.4 miles. Two markets are nearby, The Blue Market at about 0.4 miles and Kappacasein Dairy at about 0.6 miles. Around 36 pubs include the Stanley Arms at about 0.2 miles, alongside around 34 cafés and 35 restaurants. For health, Albion Street Group Practice is about 0.4 miles away and there are at least 6 dentists and 8 pharmacies, with Albion Chemist about 0.2 miles away. The nearest hospital with an emergency department is the Royal London Hospital at about 1.5 miles. Canada Water Library is about 0.3 miles away and Jamaica Road Post Office about 0.4 miles. Neptune Street Park is about 0.1 miles away and Southwark Park about 0.2 miles, among at least 19 named parks.

A short history of SE16

Bermondsey's priory of St Saviour was founded as a Cluniac house in 1082. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the name as Bermundesy and Bermundesye, within Surrey's Hundred of Brixton. King William held it, with a small part held by Robert, Count of Mortain. The entry lists 13 hides, a newly built church, 5 ploughs, 20 acres of meadow and woodland for 5 pigs and the manor paid £15 in all. Rotherhithe first appears around 1105 as Rederheia, a name thought to mean a place where cattle were landed. Edward III built a manor house in Bermondsey in 1353. Rotherhithe had Elizabethan shipyards. St Mary Magdalen Church in Bermondsey Street was completed in 1690. Bermondsey became a centre of tanning during the Industrial Revolution. Rotherhithe's docks worked until the 1970s. The area has 95 listed buildings, including the Grade I Church of St Peter and five Grade II* entries such as the Thames Tunnel.

Sport and leisure

Canada Water Leisure Centre has swimming, basketball, badminton, gymnastics and fitness, while John Orwell Sports Centre covers badminton, soccer, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, tennis and netball. Surrey Docks Watersports Centre and Shadwell Basin Outdoor Activity Centre serve those on the water and Southwark Park Sports and Athletics Centre offers athletics and fitness. Millwall Football Club plays at The Den and Tower Hamlets Canoe Club, London City Runners and Southwark Park Bowls Club are also nearby. St George's Swimming Pools is now closed. Parks and open spaces include Southwark Park, Stave Hill Ecology Park, Russia Dock Woodland and Galleywall Nature Reserve. Several other parks and gardens are mapped across the area.

Common questions

What is the median price paid for a home in SE16?
The median price paid in SE16 over the 12 months August 2025 to July 2026 was £465,000. Over the same period the median price paid was £430,000 for flats, £770,000 for terraced houses and £815,000 for semi-detached houses.
How many homes were sold in SE16 in the last year?
In the 12 months August 2025 to July 2026, 364 homes were sold in SE16 in standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry. Of these, 309 were flats, 49 were terraced houses and 5 were semi-detached houses.
What are the nearest stations to SE16?
Rotherhithe station is about 0.3 miles from the centre and Surrey Quays is about 0.4 miles away. Canada Water subway stop is about 0.3 miles away and central London is about 3 miles away in a straight line.
How many primary schools are there near SE16?
There are 28 primary schools within about 1.2 miles of the centre. The nearest are St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Southwark Park Primary School, both about 0.2 miles away.
How many estate agent branches are in SE16?
There are 21 estate agent sales branches with an office in the SE16 postcode district.

Areas near SE16

SE16 is in Southwark.

Estate agents near SE16

  1. Abode Estate AgentsSouthwark SE16 4NY0.3 miles
  2. OppidaSouthwark SE16 4RT0.3 miles
  3. Alex & MatteoSouthwark SE16 4DG0.3 miles
  4. ludlowthompson Canada WaterSouthwark SE16 7AQ0.3 miles
  5. Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward Canada WaterSouthwark SE16 7AQ0.3 miles
  6. Griffins Sales And LettingsSouthwark SE16 4RT0.4 miles
  7. Metro Village LimitedSouthwark SE16 7AJ0.4 miles
  8. Felicity J. LordSouthwark SE16 7LL0.4 miles
  9. J S Estate ManagementSouthwark SE16 2AH0.4 miles
  10. WinkworthSouthwark SE16 7LL0.4 miles

Nearest agents first. Distances are in a straight line from the centre of SE16.

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