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On Nelson Road, in Hornsey Vale
What it's like at N8 9RR: every home that has sold on Nelson 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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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.
4 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 Nelson 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.
1 of the 198 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat B, 101, Nelson RoadFlat | Sept 2017 | £345,000 | – | – | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat C, 101, Nelson RoadFlat | Jul 2005 | £314,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 101a, Nelson RoadFlat | Nov 2021 | £690,000 | 71 m² | £9,718/m² | 4 |
| 103, Nelson RoadFlat | May 2006 | £187,000 | 39 m² | £4,795/m² | 5 |
| Flat 2, 103, Nelson RoadFlat | Sept 2018 | £480,000 | 47 m² | £10,213/m² | 3 |
| 105, Nelson RoadTerraced | Oct 2015 | £430,000 | 58 m² | £7,414/m² | 1 |
| 107, Nelson RoadFlat | Sept 2021 | £875,000 | 90 m² | £9,722/m² | 2 |
| 109, Nelson RoadFlat | Oct 2015 | £592,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 109c, Nelson RoadFlat | May 2022 | £610,000 | 77 m² | £7,922/m² | 4 |
| 113, Nelson RoadOther | Jun 2021 | £12,950 | 58 m² | £223/m² | 3 |
| 113a, Nelson RoadFlat | Mar 2024 | £875,000 | – | – | 5 |
| 117, Nelson RoadFlat | Apr 2021 | £660,000 | 98 m² | £6,735/m² | 2 |
| 117a, Nelson RoadFlat | Dec 2021 | £795,000 | 100 m² | £7,950/m² | 1 |
| 119, Nelson RoadFlat | Jul 2016 | £675,000 | 72 m² | £9,375/m² | 4 |
| 139, Nelson RoadFlat | May 2015 | £227,500 | 33 m² | £6,894/m² | 1 |
| 141, Nelson RoadTerraced | Oct 2023 | £1,800,000 | 205 m² | £8,780/m² | 3 |
| First Floor Flat, 143, Nelson RoadFlat | Dec 2002 | £190,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 143, Nelson RoadFlat · company-owned | Jul 1998 | £59,450 | – | – | 1 |
| Second Floor Flat, 143, Nelson RoadFlat | Mar 2016 | £300,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 143a, Nelson RoadFlat | Jul 2002 | £244,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 147, Nelson RoadFlat | Jul 1998 | £129,950 | 87 m² | £1,494/m² | 1 |
| 147a, Nelson RoadFlat | Mar 2010 | £450,000 | – | – | 5 |
| Second Floor Flat, 149, Nelson RoadFlat | Jun 2002 | £143,500 | – | – | 3 |
| First Floor Flat, 149, Nelson RoadFlat | Jun 2021 | £465,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 149a, Nelson RoadTerraced | Aug 2026 | £1,000,000 | 92 m² | £10,870/m² | 1 |
| 149b, Nelson RoadFlat | May 2026 | £490,000 | 57 m² | £8,596/m² | 1 |
| Flat A, 153, Nelson RoadFlat | Jun 2021 | £680,000 | 58 m² | £11,724/m² | 7 |
| Flat C, 153, Nelson RoadFlat | Apr 2025 | £265,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 155, Nelson RoadFlat | Feb 2018 | £475,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 155a, Nelson RoadFlat | Dec 2019 | £810,000 | 88 m² | £9,205/m² | 5 |
| 155b, Nelson RoadFlat | Mar 2021 | £310,000 | 29 m² | £10,690/m² | 6 |
| Top Floor Flat, 157, Nelson RoadFlat | Feb 2006 | £348,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 157a, Nelson RoadTerraced | Nov 2024 | £830,000 | 78 m² | £10,641/m² | 2 |
| Flat B, 159, Nelson RoadFlat | Aug 2000 | £175,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 161, Nelson RoadTerraced | Feb 2024 | £1,168,334 | 162 m² | £7,212/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, 165, Nelson RoadFlat | Mar 2025 | £365,000 | 43 m² | £8,488/m² | 4 |
| Flat 1, 165, Nelson RoadFlat | Nov 2023 | £900,000 | 90 m² | £10,000/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, 165, Nelson RoadFlat | Nov 2015 | £348,000 | 32 m² | £10,875/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 165, Nelson RoadFlat | Sept 2014 | £246,500 | 33 m² | £7,470/m² | 2 |
| 167, Nelson RoadTerraced | Dec 2025 | £1,080,000 | 169 m² | £6,391/m² | 1 |
| Second Floor Flat At, 169, Nelson RoadFlat | Oct 2012 | £230,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 169, Nelson RoadFlat | Jun 2005 | £269,000 | 45 m² | £5,978/m² | 2 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 169, Nelson RoadFlat | Oct 2014 | £485,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 1, 169, Nelson RoadFlat | Oct 2022 | £615,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat, 169b, Nelson RoadFlat | Jan 2005 | £225,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 169b, Nelson RoadFlat | Jan 2012 | £295,000 | – | – | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 59% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Hornsey, about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 1.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Finsbury Park.
The nearest bus stop is Weston Park, 150 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (route W3); 134 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 11% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 8 km away as the crow flies.
49% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Rokesly Junior School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 81% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Weston Park Primary School (0.2 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Hornsey School for Girls, 200 m away; Attainment 8: 49.7 · 14.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Thomas More Catholic School (2.6 km) and Alexandra Park School (2.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (5.1 km) and The Latymer School (5.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Harvest @, 150 m away; Yellow Food & Wine (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Vale Practice (600 m), with Saigrace Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, It’s Angies Tanning & Beauty Hub is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Whittington Hospital, 2.3 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Best 2 Fish and Fried Chicken is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and McCafferty's Irish Bar the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (11 of them).
It's a low-crime area: about 54 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Homes are mostly flats (72%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 80% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Stationers Park, 450 m away; for exercise, Yoga Centre (150 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond), 3.5 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
69 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of Holy Innocents | 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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%.
56 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 9RR →
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 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.
Most households own their home, 26% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 63% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is London Metropolitan University, 3.4 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.
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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 198 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 93 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 86.3% | 82.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.7% | 6.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.7% | 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 34 min
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