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On Highbury Stadium Square, in Gillespie Road
What it's like at N5 1FH: every home that has sold on Highbury Stadium Square 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.
17 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 8 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 Highbury Stadium Square; 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.
22 of the 583 homes on the street are owned by companies (6 overseas).
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 Arsenal Underground station, a few minutes' walk (300 m). The nearest rail station is Drayton Park, 550 m away, with 729k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Arsenal Underground Station, 300 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (route Piccadilly); 67 departures an hour from the 4 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 St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 62% 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 Highbury Fields School, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 57.4 · 26% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Mary Magdalene Academy (1.4 km) and Mossbourne Community Academy (2.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (6.5 km) and The Latymer School (7.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 350 m away, with Fitness First closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Village Practice (500 m), with C&H Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Arsenal Hair is 350 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.
Stephen Inks Community Centre is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Bank Of Friendship PH the nearest pub (350 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 Isledon Gardens, 450 m away; for exercise, Fitness First (150 m).
55 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 |
|---|---|---|
| East Stand at Highbury Stadium | II | 110 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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%.
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 N5 1FH →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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 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, 800 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Highbury Stadium Square in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 549 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 545 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 31 min
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