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On Blackstock Road, in Gillespie Road
What it's like at N4 2DL: every home that has sold on Blackstock Road 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.
11 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Blackstock Road; 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.
24 of the 158 homes on the street are owned by companies (2 overseas).
| 2a, Blackstock RoadTerraced | Sept 1995 | £120,000 | 54 m² | £2,222/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Blackstock RoadTerraced | May 1996 | £115,000 | 103 m² | £1,117/m² | 1 |
| Flat B, 6, Blackstock RoadFlat | May 2007 | £355,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 1, 6, Blackstock RoadFlat · company-owned | Aug 2024 | £250,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Blackstock RoadOther · company-owned | Aug 2024 | £975,000 | 50 m² | £19,500/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 6, Blackstock RoadFlat | Feb 2025 | £372,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Blackstock RoadTerraced | Jan 1995 | £49,800 | 56 m² | £889/m² | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 63% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Finsbury Park, a few minutes' walk (150 m), with 11.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Moorgate.
The nearest bus stop is Rock Street, 50 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 19, 4, 106, 236); 492 departures an hour from the 18 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 13% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 6 km away as the crow flies.
58% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Ambler Primary School and Children's Centre, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 78% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Gillespie Primary School (0 km), with 8 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Arts and Media School Islington, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 38.3 · 5.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Highbury Fields School (0.8 km) and St Mary Magdalene Academy (1.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (6.5 km) and The Latymer School (7.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Iceland Foods, 50 m away; Dukem Butchers (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Village Practice (650 m), with Park Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, Rymi Hair & Beauty is under 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Whittington Hospital, 2.7 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: 40 restaurants and cafés and 8 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Salvation in Noodles is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Blackstock Public House the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (13 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 121 per 1,000 residents a year.
Homes are mostly flats (67%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 59% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Woodfall Park, 500 m away; for exercise, The Manor LDN (250 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond), 3.9 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
65 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.
Islington North constituency: Jeremy Corbyn MP (Your Party), since June 1983. 2024 general election: Ind gain from Lab, majority 7,247 (14.8%), turnout 67%. Vote shares: Independent 49%, Labour 34%, Green Party 5%, Conservative 4%.
71 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 N4 2DL →
On this street: 0 of 80 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 59.0% | 67.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.6% | 12.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 30.9% | 19.2% | 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.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 21.6 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: 66% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is London Metropolitan University, 1.5 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.
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Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 31 min
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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 158 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.