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On Niagara Close, in Hoxton North & West
What it's like at N1 7HF: every home that has sold on Niagara Close since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Niagara Close; planning applications within 500 m (Planning London Datahub); new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 6 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Niagara CloseFlat | Apr 2023 | £501,000 | 60 m² | £8,350/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Niagara CloseFlat | Oct 2004 | £112,000 | 60 m² | £1,867/m² | 1 |
| 5, Niagara CloseFlat | May 2023 | £507,000 | 77 m² | £6,584/m² | 4 |
| 6, Niagara CloseFlat | May 2003 | £196,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 11, Niagara CloseFlat | Dec 2012 | £132,500 | 58 m² | £2,284/m² | 1 |
| 12, Niagara CloseFlat | Mar 2025 | £480,000 | 60 m² | £8,000/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 52% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Essex Road, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 698k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Moorgate.
The nearest bus stop is Cropley Street, 200 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (route 394); 159 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 5 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 4 km away as the crow flies.
71% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Thomas Fairchild Community School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 79% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Shoreditch Park Primary School (0.5 km), with 10 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is City of London Academy Islington, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 40.8 · 10.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Waterside Academy (1.2 km) and St Mary Magdalene Academy (2.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (8.7 km) and The Latymer School (10.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Welcome Co-op Angel, 400 m away, with Co-Operative closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shoreditch Park Surgery (350 m), with Murray'S Chemist the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Barber Kingz is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal London Hospital, 2.7 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 61% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 20 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
The Commissary at Holborn Studios is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Wenlock Arms the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 123 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 33% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Regent's Canal - Shoreditch CAAC, Underwood Street).
Homes are mostly flats (95%).
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
77 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 107-131, Shepherdess Walk N16 | II | 140 m |
| 133, Shepherdess Walk N16 | II | 140 m |
| Number 12-21 (Consecutive) and Attached Railings | II | 180 m |
| Numbers 22-39 (Consecutive) and Attached Railings | II | 200 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency: Dame Meg Hillier MP (Labour (Co-op)), since May 2005. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 14,737 (35.3%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Labour 59%, Green Party 24%, Conservative 5%, Liberal Democrat 5%.
75 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near N1 7HF →
The nearest park is Community Garden, 150 m away; for exercise, Hitio (350 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond), 5.8 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 26.6 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 10 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 26 km.
Most households own their home, 29% rent privately.
It's young: 27% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 54% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is City, University of London, 1.0 km 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 42.4% | 65.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 23.1% | 11.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 33.4% | 22.2% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 6 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.