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On Coach House Lane, in Highbury Fields
What it's like at N5 1AW: every home that has sold on Coach House Lane 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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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.
Sales and extensions on Coach House Lane; 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 16 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Coach House LaneTerraced | May 2026 | £520,000 | 36 m² | £14,444/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Coach House LaneTerraced | Mar 2021 | £680,000 | 57 m² | £11,930/m² | 3 |
| 5, Coach House LaneTerraced | Nov 2024 | £1,230,000 | 106 m² | £11,604/m² | 2 |
| 6, Coach House LaneTerraced | Aug 1996 | £148,000 | 107 m² | £1,383/m² | 1 |
| 7, Coach House LaneTerraced | Mar 2024 | £1,344,000 | 114 m² | £11,789/m² | 4 |
| 8, Coach House LaneTerraced | Sept 2021 | £876,000 | 92 m² | £9,522/m² | 1 |
| 9, Coach House LaneFlat | Sept 2008 | £675,000 | 102 m² | £6,618/m² | 2 |
| 10, Coach House LaneTerraced | Apr 2016 | £1,150,000 | 115 m² | £10,000/m² | 4 |
| 11, Coach House LaneTerraced | Nov 2022 | £1,350,000 | 137 m² | £9,854/m² | 2 |
| 12, Coach House LaneTerraced | Nov 1995 | £155,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Coach House LaneTerraced | Dec 2024 | £1,320,000 | 106 m² | £12,453/m² | 2 |
| 16, Coach House LaneTerraced | Jan 2021 | £970,000 | 107 m² | £9,065/m² | 1 |
| 17, Coach House LaneTerraced | Jun 1998 | £191,500 | 109 m² | £1,757/m² | 1 |
| 18, Coach House LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2007 | £635,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Coach House LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2007 | £600,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Coach House LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2002 | £420,000 | 103 m² | £4,078/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: 66% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Drayton Park, a few minutes' walk (150 m), with 729k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Moorgate.
The nearest bus stop is Highbury Barn, 350 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (route 19); 18 departures an hour from the 2 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 Drayton Park Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 85% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Mary Magdalene Academy (0.4 km), with 7 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Highbury Fields School, 150 m away; Attainment 8: 57.4 · 26% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Mary Magdalene Academy (0.4 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, 250 m away, with Addis food & wine closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Medical Centre (500 m), with Highbury Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Highbury Barn 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.
Wagon Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Highbury the nearest pub (100 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.
The nearest park is Highbury Fields, 300 m away; for exercise, The Movement Studio (500 m).
66 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers 17 to 22 (Consecutive) and Attached Railings | II | 170 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.
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%.
63 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 N5 1AW →
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, 500 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
On this street: 0 of 13 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 86.1% | 67.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.2% | 12.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 6.1% | 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.
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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 16 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.