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On College Parade, in Queens Park
What it's like at NW6 6RN: every home that has sold on College Parade 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.
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 College Parade; 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 17 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 11 - 12, College ParadeOther | Dec 2016 | £300,000 | – | – | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13a, College ParadeFlat | Oct 2002 | £85,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 16, College ParadeTerraced | Oct 2000 | £331,000 | 62 m² | £5,339/m² | 1 |
| 16a, College ParadeFlat | Aug 2007 | £330,000 | 47 m² | £7,021/m² | 3 |
| 16a - 16b, College ParadeFlat | Jul 2026 | £320,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 16b, College ParadeFlat | Jul 2016 | £746,203 | 104 m² | £7,175/m² | 3 |
| 18a, College ParadeFlat | May 2019 | £497,500 | 49 m² | £10,153/m² | 3 |
| Second Floor Flat, 19, College ParadeFlat | Sept 1995 | £66,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 19a, College ParadeFlat | Sept 2007 | £455,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 19b, College ParadeFlat | May 2020 | £347,500 | 52 m² | £6,683/m² | 3 |
| 19c, College ParadeFlat | Mar 2022 | £521,500 | 66 m² | £7,902/m² | 1 |
| Second Floor Flat, 20, College ParadeFlat | Feb 2012 | £365,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Ground Floor And Basement, 20, College ParadeOther | Mar 2024 | £10,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20b, College ParadeFlat | Sept 2005 | £232,000 | 60 m² | £3,867/m² | 1 |
| 22b, College ParadeFlat | Apr 2025 | £450,000 | 94 m² | £4,787/m² | 1 |
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: 55% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Brondesbury Park, a few minutes' walk (100 m), with 1.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to West Hampstead.
The nearest bus stop is Brooksville Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 13 minutes on weekdays (route 206); 32 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 16% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 7 km away as the crow flies.
50% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Islamia Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 75% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Luke's CofE Primary School (0.7 km), with 7 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Queens Park Community School, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 51.1 · 15.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: All Saints Catholic College (1.5 km) and Paddington Academy (1.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (5.5 km) and St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (9.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Singhsbury's Superstore, under 50 m away; Hyperchem Pharmacy (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Medical Centre (300 m), with Hyperchem Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Valz is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St Mary's Hospital, 3.3 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 57% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 70% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 45 restaurants and cafés and 7 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Dark & Light is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Kilburn Arms the nearest pub (350 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 134 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 51% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Queens Park, Kensal Rise).
There are 86 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (70%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 78% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Queens Park, 500 m away; for exercise, BJJ House (250 m).
62 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.
Queen's Park and Maida Vale constituency: Georgia Gould MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 14,913 (38.9%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 53%, Green Party 14%, Conservative 13%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
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 NW6 6RN →
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond), 4.4 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 19.4 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 18 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 36% of households rent privately and 20% socially.
It's highly educated: 59% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Regent's University London, 4.0 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" College Parade in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.3% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 88.1% | 77.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.1% | 7.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 6.9% | 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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