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Forest Hill population
14,854people · latest estimate
Forest Hill has a population of 14,854, making it the 135th largest place in Greater London.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Lewisham population trends, 2001–2025.
Forest Hill in context
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Forest Hill sits in postcode district SE23.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Lewisham, the billing authority covering Forest Hill, is £2,237 for 2026–27.
From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.
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