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On Melrose Avenue, in Dudden Hill
What it's like at NW2 4JS: every home that has sold on Melrose Avenue 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.
13 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 5 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 Melrose Avenue; 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.
14 of the 224 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 4a, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £880,000 | 117 m² | £7,521/m² | 1 |
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| 6, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2006 | £460,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2010 | £650,000 | 154 m² | £4,221/m² | 1 |
| The Ground Floor Rear Flat, 16a, Melrose AvenueFlat | Jun 2001 | £96,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16b, Melrose AvenueFlat | Oct 2002 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Melrose AvenueOther | Apr 2021 | £16,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18a, Melrose AvenueFlat | Apr 2015 | £524,000 | 69 m² | £7,594/m² | 5 |
| 18b, Melrose AvenueFlat | Dec 2025 | £876,600 | 121 m² | £7,245/m² | 3 |
| 20, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 1997 | £109,000 | 106 m² | £1,028/m² | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 20, Melrose AvenueFlat | Jul 1996 | £83,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2012 | £750,000 | 25 m² | £30,000/m² | 2 |
| 26, Melrose AvenueFlat · company-owned | Jan 1999 | £110,000 | 98 m² | £1,122/m² | 1 |
| 26a, Melrose AvenueFlat · company-owned | May 2005 | £324,990 | 102 m² | £3,186/m² | 1 |
| 30, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £1,175,000 | 174 m² | £6,753/m² | 1 |
| 34, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2012 | £650,000 | 222 m² | £2,928/m² | 1 |
| Flat A, 38, Melrose AvenueFlat | May 2004 | £274,000 | 85 m² | £3,224/m² | 2 |
| Flat C, 38, Melrose AvenueFlat | Apr 1998 | £52,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat B, 38, Melrose AvenueFlat · company-owned | Mar 2019 | £450,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 42, Melrose AvenueFlat | Jul 2019 | £585,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 46, Melrose AvenueFlat | Nov 2006 | £330,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 46b, Melrose AvenueFlat | Dec 1998 | £61,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 46c, Melrose AvenueFlat | Sept 2006 | £285,000 | 72 m² | £3,958/m² | 2 |
| First Floor Flat, 48, Melrose AvenueFlat | Sept 2007 | £333,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 8, Haversham Lodge, Melrose AvenueFlat | Sept 1996 | £51,000 | 38 m² | £1,342/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, Haversham Lodge, Melrose AvenueFlat | Jul 2005 | £181,000 | 41 m² | £4,415/m² | 4 |
| Flat 1, Haversham Lodge, Melrose AvenueFlat | Dec 2004 | £145,000 | 42 m² | £3,452/m² | 2 |
| Flat 7, Haversham Lodge, Melrose AvenueFlat | Feb 1999 | £94,500 | 52 m² | £1,817/m² | 1 |
| Flat 11, Haversham Lodge, Melrose AvenueFlat | Oct 1998 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 6, Haversham Lodge, Melrose AvenueFlat | Mar 2021 | £343,100 | 53 m² | £6,474/m² | 3 |
| Flat 4, Haversham Lodge, Melrose AvenueFlat | Aug 2000 | £141,000 | 51 m² | £2,765/m² | 1 |
| Flat 9, Haversham Lodge, Melrose AvenueFlat | Apr 2002 | £149,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 2, Haversham Lodge, Melrose AvenueFlat | Oct 2010 | £245,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 10, Haversham Lodge, Melrose AvenueFlat | Oct 2013 | £245,000 | 41 m² | £5,976/m² | 1 |
| Flat 12, Haversham Lodge, Melrose AvenueFlat | Sept 2012 | £230,000 | 38 m² | £6,053/m² | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 40% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Willesden Green Underground station, a few minutes' walk (450 m). The nearest rail station is Cricklewood, 800 m away, with 859k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Dawson Road (NW2), 150 m away, with a bus about every 13 minutes on weekdays (route 226); 80 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 24% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 9 km away as the crow flies.
46% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Anson Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 68% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Convent of Jesus and Mary RC Infant School (0.6 km), with 5 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Hampstead School, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 43.1 · 7.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Michaela Community School (3.4 km) and Ark Academy (3.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (4.3 km) and St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (7.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Brent Foodstores, 350 m away; Mandalin (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Willesden Green Surgery (300 m), with Willesden Green Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, M&S Salon is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Free Hospital, 4.6 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 70% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Hope Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Spicy Basil Bar & Restaurant the nearest pub (500 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 131 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (51%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 52% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Mapesbury Dell, 500 m away; for exercise, Zenw2 (650 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond), 4.6 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
56 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 St Gabriel | II | 190 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.
Brent East constituency: Dawn Butler MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 13,047 (34.5%), turnout 49%. Vote shares: Labour 51%, Conservative 17%, Green Party 10%, Liberal Democrat 7%.
64 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 NW2 4JS →
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 18.3 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 18 km away.
Most households own their home, 34% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 48% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Middlesex 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Brent since 2011.
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 224 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 134 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 15 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.5% | 77.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.2% | 7.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.7% | 14.7% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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