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On Drayton Park, in Gillespie Road
What it's like at N5 1LX: every home that has sold on Drayton Park 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.
12 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 10 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 Drayton Park; 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.
26 of the 585 homes on the street are owned by companies (3 overseas).
| 122, Drayton ParkSemi-detached | May 2025 | £1,370,800 | 161 m² | £8,514/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126, Drayton ParkTerraced | Jun 2026 | £1,310,000 | 135 m² | £9,704/m² | 1 |
| 128, Drayton ParkTerraced | Mar 2020 | £1,100,000 | 149 m² | £7,383/m² | 2 |
| First And Second Floor Flat, 130, Drayton ParkFlat | Aug 2009 | £335,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 136, Drayton ParkTerraced | Mar 2016 | £1,600,000 | 136 m² | £11,765/m² | 2 |
| 138, Drayton ParkTerraced | May 2013 | £690,000 | 160 m² | £4,313/m² | 1 |
| 140, Drayton ParkTerraced | Jun 2010 | £170,000 | 48 m² | £3,542/m² | 3 |
| First Floor Flat, 140a, Drayton ParkFlat | Jul 2013 | £345,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 140b, Drayton ParkFlat | Oct 2009 | £190,000 | 31 m² | £6,129/m² | 1 |
| 146a, Drayton ParkFlat | Jul 2002 | £135,000 | 35 m² | £3,857/m² | 2 |
| 146b, Drayton ParkFlat | May 2022 | £710,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 150, Drayton ParkFlat | May 2002 | £330,000 | 135 m² | £2,444/m² | 1 |
| 154, Drayton ParkTerraced | Oct 2004 | £410,000 | 144 m² | £2,847/m² | 1 |
| 158, Drayton ParkTerraced | Feb 1995 | £120,000 | 147 m² | £816/m² | 1 |
| 164a, Drayton ParkFlat | Jan 2021 | £295,000 | 33 m² | £8,939/m² | 1 |
| 164b, Drayton ParkFlat | Sept 2001 | £199,950 | 104 m² | £1,923/m² | 1 |
| 168, Drayton ParkTerraced | Jun 2023 | £975,000 | 135 m² | £7,222/m² | 3 |
| Flat A, 170, Drayton ParkFlat | Jan 2024 | £465,000 | 42 m² | £11,071/m² | 4 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 174, Drayton ParkFlat | Mar 2010 | £270,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 174a, Drayton ParkFlat | Mar 2018 | £735,000 | 95 m² | £7,737/m² | 2 |
| 176, Drayton ParkFlat | Oct 2017 | £450,000 | – | – | 2 |
| First And Second Floor Flat, 176, Drayton ParkFlat | Nov 2007 | £397,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 176b, Drayton ParkTerraced | Feb 1997 | £71,000 | 37 m² | £1,919/m² | 1 |
| 178, Drayton ParkFlat | Dec 2007 | £600,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 3, 180, Drayton ParkFlat | Nov 1998 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Basement And Ground Floor Flat, 180, Drayton ParkFlat | Dec 2024 | £434,840 | – | – | 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 Arsenal Underground station, a few minutes' walk (250 m). The nearest rail station is Drayton Park, 400 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); 42 departures an hour from the 2 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 (450 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, 500 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, 200 m away; Fitness First (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Village Practice (450 m), with Hornsey Road Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Arsenal Hair is 500 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.
Delaware North is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Drayton Park Public House 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 (300 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond), 3.9 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
60 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%.
68 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 1LX →
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, 650 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.
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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 585 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 498 homes with certificates have solar panels, 6 a heat pump, and 372 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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