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On Sydney Road, in Harringay Ladder North
What it's like at N8 0EU: every home that has sold on Sydney 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.
8 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 Sydney 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.
8 of the 72 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat 11, Wordsworth, Sydney RoadFlat | Jul 2015 | £325,000 | 72 m² | £4,514/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 17, Wordsworth, Sydney RoadFlat | Dec 2022 | £300,000 | 61 m² | £4,918/m² | 4 |
| Flat 16, Wordsworth, Sydney RoadFlat | Jul 2021 | £148,622 | 59 m² | £2,519/m² | 2 |
| Flat 6, Wordsworth, Sydney RoadFlat | Dec 2009 | £175,000 | 44 m² | £3,977/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, Wordsworth, Sydney RoadFlat | Sept 2021 | £280,000 | 48 m² | £5,833/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, Wordsworth, Sydney RoadFlat | Nov 2024 | £290,000 | 61 m² | £4,754/m² | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 43% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Hornsey, a few minutes' walk (350 m), with 1.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Finsbury Park.
The nearest bus stop is Wightman Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 41, 144, 91); 169 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 21% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 9 km away as the crow flies.
63% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is North Harringay Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 81% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St John Vianney RC Primary School (0.5 km), with 7 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Greig City Academy, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 41.6 · 9.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Thomas More Catholic School (2.1 km) and Alexandra Park School (2.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Latymer School (4.9 km) and The Henrietta Barnett School (5.9 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Olive Tree, 100 m away; Post Office (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hornsey Park Surgery (100 m), with Sia Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, Zahra Hair & Beauty is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Whittington Hospital, 3.2 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: 39 restaurants and cafés and 2 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Smart Buns is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Great Northern Railway Tavern the nearest pub (600 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 139 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (68%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 80% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 178 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Ducketts Common, 400 m away; for exercise, Fitnastic (400 m).
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.
Hornsey and Friern Barnet constituency: Catherine West MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 21,475 (44.1%), turnout 70%. Vote shares: Labour 59%, Green Party 15%, Liberal Democrat 13%, Conservative 8%.
54 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 N8 0EU →
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), 4.4 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 18.5 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 14 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 27 km.
Many neighbours rent: 50% of households rent privately and 14% socially.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 53% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is London Metropolitan University, 4.1 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.
On this street: 0 of 51 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 76.2% | 82.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.7% | 6.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 18.8% | 10.2% | 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 72 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 39 min
Nearest: Blackfriars Millennium Pier · about 31 min
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