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On Westchester Drive, in Hendon Central
What it's like at NW4 1RB: every home that has sold on Westchester Drive 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Westchester Drive; 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.
5 of the 34 homes on the street are owned by companies.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Hendon Central Underground station, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km). The nearest rail station is Hendon, 2.2 km away, with 1.0m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Great North Way Hendon, 200 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (route 240); 51 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 18% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 11 km away as the crow flies.
41% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Chalgrove Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 86% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Hasmonean High School for Boys, 300 m away; Attainment 8: 56.5 · 29% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Ark Academy (4.6 km) and Michaela Community School (4.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (2.5 km) and St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (4.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Farmfoods, 850 m away, with BP Simply Foods closer still (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St. Georges Medical Centre (750 m), with Sabel Chemist the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Glam Laser Clinic is 950 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Free Hospital, 5.5 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 52 restaurants and cafés and 3 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Japanico is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and The Claddagh Ring the nearest pub (850 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 158 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 26 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (67%).
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
It's growing: about 566 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Windsor Open Space, 700 m away; for exercise, Fitness Pod (1.2 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Ladies Pond), 5.0 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.6 µg/m³).
20 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.
Hendon constituency: David Pinto-Duschinsky MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 15 (0.0%), turnout 55%. Vote shares: Labour 38%, Conservative 38%, Reform UK 7%, Green Party 7%.
82 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 NW4 1RB →
For holidays, London Heathrow is 21 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 50% of households rent privately and 12% socially.
It's young: 25% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 46% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Middlesex University, 1.1 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 27 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 16 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 | 0.3% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 85.2% | 77.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.8% | 11.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.7% | 10.7% | 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.
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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 34 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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