Oval sits in the south of London within the borough of Lambeth, centred around the famous cricket ground The Oval and served by Oval tube station. It neighbours Kennington and Vauxhall, with easy links to the River Thames and the fast-changing riverside districts such as Nine Elms and Battersea.
The area mixes Victorian terraces and post‑war social housing with pockets of recent development, and carries a strong sporting identity thanks to The Oval, which has shaped local life and occasional visitor crowds for well over a century. Socially and economically it’s diverse, experiencing both regeneration pressures and long‑standing community networks that give it a lively, sometimes contested urban character.
Postcode districts covering Oval
Most populated places nearby
- Brent 8.3 miles13.3 km
- Islington 4.5 miles7.3 km
- City of Westminster 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Bexley 11.4 miles18.4 km
- Sutton 9 miles14.4 km
- Croydon 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Slough 21 miles33.8 km
- Harrow 12.1 miles19.4 km
- Watford 17.4 miles28 km
- Woking 23.2 miles37.3 km
- Harlow 22.1 miles35.5 km
- Grays 19.6 miles31.5 km
Neighbouring places
- Vauxhall Ward 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Kennington Ward 0.6 miles1 km
- Stockwell West & Larkhall Ward 0.6 miles1 km
- Stockwell East Ward 0.6 miles1 km
- Myatt's Fields Ward 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Nine Elms Ward 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Newington Ward 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Pimlico South Ward 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Vincent Square Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Brixton North Ward 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Camberwell Green Ward 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Pimlico North Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
Example postcodes in Oval
SW8 1AL, SW9 0LJ, SE11 5SS, SW8 1AQ, SE11 5SW, SW8 1JU, SW8 1LF, SW8 1QE, SE11 5RW … See all
Transport links
- London City Airport 7.7 miles12.4 km
- London Heathrow Airport 14.5 miles23.3 km
- Vauxhall Station 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Wandsworth Road Railway Station 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Waterloo Bus Depot 1.5 miles2.5 km
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Schools in Oval
- Ashmole Primary School Primary
- Herbert Morrison Primary School Primary
- St Mark's C of E Primary School Primary
- St Stephen's C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Brit Oval Stadium 0.3 miles0.4 km
- The Oval Stadium 0.3 miles0.4 km
- Tate Britain Museum 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Imperial War Museum Museum 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Westminster Hall Historic site 1.3 miles2 km
- Apollo Victoria Theatre Theatre 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Victoria Palace Theatre Theatre 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Ritzy Theatre 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Churchill War Rooms Museum 1.4 miles2.3 km
- London Dungeon Museum 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Old Vic Theatre Theatre 1.5 miles2.4 km
- The Other Palace Theatre 1.5 miles2.4 km