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Thinking of living at N7 8PL? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary Magdalene Academy | Primary | 200 m | 77% met the expected standard |
| Laycock Primary School | Primary | 400 m | 64% met the expected standard |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | Primary | 500 m | 63% met the expected standard |
| Robert Blair School and Children's Centre | Primary | 600 m | 44% met the expected standard |
| Thornhill Primary School | Primary | 650 m | 88% met the expected standard |
| St Mary Magdalene Academy | Secondary | 200 m | Attainment 8: 59.3 · 33% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| City of London Academy Highbury Grove | Secondary | 950 m | Attainment 8: 45.4 · 12.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Highbury Fields School | Secondary | 1.0 km | Attainment 8: 57.4 · 26% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| City of London Academy Islington | Secondary | 1.4 km | Attainment 8: 40.8 · 10.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School | Secondary | 1.5 km | Attainment 8: 52.7 · 18% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| North Bridge House Senior Canonbury School | Independent | 950 m | 29.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Gower School | Independent | 1.6 km | – |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming | Highbury Leisure Centre | 560 m | 78 |
| Tennis | Islington Tennis Centre and Gym | 740 m | 53 |
| Yoga | MoreYoga | 1.2 km | 40 |
| Fitness | Highbury Leisure Centre | 560 m | 34 |
| Football | Market Road Pitches | 860 m | 23 |
| Squash | Sobell Leisure Centre (Holloway) | 1.4 km | 21 |
| Billiards | Cousins Snooker | 1.4 km | 21 |
| Pilates | Down To Earth | 2.2 km | 18 |
| Darts | The Sheephaven Bay | 2.4 km | 15 |
| Boxing | Islington Boxing Club | 2.8 km | 11 |
| Cricket | Parliament Hill Cricket Pitches | 3.2 km | 11 |
| Multi-sport | Shaolin Way | 1.4 km | 10 |
| Basketball | Bracer House MUGA | 2.5 km | 9 |
| Gym | Better Gym Holloway | 690 m | 8 |
| Climbing | Boulder (Shoreditch Park) | 2.1 km | 7 |
| Athletics | Stoke Newington School & Sixth Form | 2.4 km | 7 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 79. Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 66% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Highbury & Islington, about a 5-minute walk (500 m), with 24.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Ellington Street / Arundel Square, 50 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (route 153); 107 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 11% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 5 km away as the crow flies.
60% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Mary Magdalene Academy, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 77% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is St Mary Magdalene Academy, 200 m away; Attainment 8: 59.3 · 33% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Highbury Fields School (0.5 km) and Waterside Academy (2.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (6.8 km) and The Latymer School (8.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 450 m away, with Your Local Food and Wine closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Motherscan (400 m), with Carters Chemist the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Parkside Beauty is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Whittington Hospital, 3.0 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 72% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 65 restaurants and cafés and 10 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Non-Vietnamese Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Jolly Sisters the nearest pub (150 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 201 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 66% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Highbury Fields, St Mary Magdalene).
There are 40 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (71%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 68% were built before 1919.
72 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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| St Paul's Waldorf School | Independent | 1.6 km | – |
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The nearest park is Arundel Square, 150 m away; for exercise, The Movement Studio (450 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond), 3.9 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 22.9 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 12 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 26 km.
Most households own their home, 34% rent privately.
It's young: 24% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 67% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is London Metropolitan University, 600 m away (TEF Silver).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.