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On Whistler Street, in Highbury Fields
What it's like at N5 1NJ: every home that has sold on Whistler Street 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Whistler Street; 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 37 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 45, Whistler StreetTerraced | Jan 2021 | £1,000,000 | 116 m² | £8,621/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46, Whistler StreetTerraced | Oct 2022 | £1,300,000 | 96 m² | £13,542/m² | 5 |
| 47, Whistler StreetTerraced | May 2009 | £454,000 | 73 m² | £6,219/m² | 1 |
| 48, Whistler StreetTerraced | Sept 2013 | £925,000 | 106 m² | £8,726/m² | 1 |
| 49, Whistler StreetTerraced | Feb 2004 | £332,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 53, Whistler StreetTerraced | Apr 2017 | £865,000 | 72 m² | £12,014/m² | 4 |
| 56, Whistler StreetTerraced | Dec 2023 | £1,530,000 | 106 m² | £14,434/m² | 2 |
| 62a, Whistler StreetTerraced | Mar 2016 | £862,000 | 78 m² | £11,051/m² | 5 |
| 64, Whistler StreetTerraced | Sept 1998 | £210,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 65, Whistler StreetTerraced | Nov 2025 | £1,250,000 | 99 m² | £12,626/m² | 2 |
| 66, Whistler StreetTerraced | Dec 2021 | £875,000 | 73 m² | £11,986/m² | 1 |
| 67, Whistler StreetTerraced | Aug 2010 | £533,000 | 72 m² | £7,403/m² | 1 |
| 68, Whistler StreetTerraced | Jul 2006 | £435,000 | 111 m² | £3,919/m² | 2 |
| 71, Whistler StreetTerraced | Oct 2020 | £1,135,000 | 102 m² | £11,127/m² | 2 |
| 72, Whistler StreetTerraced | May 2011 | £545,000 | 68 m² | £8,015/m² | 3 |
| 73, Whistler StreetTerraced | Jan 2010 | £532,600 | 93 m² | £5,727/m² | 3 |
| 75, Whistler StreetTerraced | Mar 1996 | £108,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 78, Whistler StreetTerraced | Feb 2024 | £1,046,500 | 67 m² | £15,619/m² | 5 |
| 80, Whistler StreetTerraced | Jul 2022 | £1,060,000 | 89 m² | £11,910/m² | 6 |
| 81, Whistler StreetTerraced | Jun 2017 | £1,071,500 | 68 m² | £15,757/m² | 2 |
| 82, Whistler StreetTerraced | Aug 2016 | £800,000 | 70 m² | £11,429/m² | 1 |
| 83, Whistler StreetTerraced | Nov 2022 | £920,000 | 70 m² | £13,143/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 (100 m), with 729k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Moorgate.
The nearest bus stop is Highbury Barn, 400 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (route 19).
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 (150 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, 300 m away, with Addis food & wine closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Medical Centre (450 m), with Highbury Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Highbury Barn is 400 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.
Highbury Roundhouse Community 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 (450 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 | 140 m |
| Numbers 14 to 16 (Consecutive) and Attached Railings | II | 160 m |
| Numbers 3 to 13 (Consecutive) and Attached Railings | II | 180 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 1NJ →
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, 450 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 29 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 37 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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