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On Wakemans Hill Avenue, in Kingsbury East
What it's like at NW9 0UX: every home that has sold on Wakemans Hill 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.
7 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Wakemans Hill 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.
5 of the 91 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat 2, Whitecastle Mansions, Wakemans Hill AvenueOther | May 2018 | £320,000 | 85 m² | £3,765/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 5, Whitecastle Mansions, Wakemans Hill AvenueFlat · company-owned | Aug 1997 | £25,000 | 66 m² | £379/m² | 1 |
| Flat 6, Whitecastle Mansions, Wakemans Hill AvenueFlat | Dec 1999 | £95,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 9, Whitecastle Mansions, Wakemans Hill AvenueFlat | Dec 2021 | £390,000 | 61 m² | £6,393/m² | 4 |
| Flat 7, Whitecastle Mansions, Wakemans Hill AvenueFlat | Jul 2023 | £390,000 | 63 m² | £6,190/m² | 2 |
| Flat 8, Whitecastle Mansions, Wakemans Hill AvenueFlat | Nov 2013 | £220,000 | 57 m² | £3,860/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Colindale Underground station, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km). The nearest rail station is Hendon, 1.6 km away, with 1.0m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Buck Lane, 250 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 204, 324); 70 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 18% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 13 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Oliver Goldsmith Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 54% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Goldbeaters Primary School (1.8 km).
The nearest secondary is Kingsbury High School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 47.3 · 10.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Ark Academy (2.9 km) and Michaela Community School (3.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (4.9 km) and St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (6.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Wilko Retail, 100 m away; S N B News (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wakemans Hill Surgery (400 m), with Judds Chemists the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Mon Cheri Beauty Salon is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Northwick Park Hospital, 4.6 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 51% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 67% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 23 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Pizza Inn is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Power's Bar the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (29 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 89 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 45% flats and 4% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 62% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Silver Jubilee Park, 550 m away; for exercise, Hurricane Room Colindale (550 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond), 7.1 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 19 km away.
55 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3 and 5, Buck Lane | 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.
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%.
59 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 NW9 0UX →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Most households own their home, 30% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is Middlesex University, 2.2 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 69 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 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 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 61.2% | 77.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.1% | 7.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 37.1% | 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.
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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 91 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 31 min
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