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On Methley Street, in Kennington West & Vauxhall North
What it's like at SE11 4AJ: every home that has sold on Methley Street 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Methley Street; 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 51 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Methley StreetTerraced | Nov 2010 | £885,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Methley StreetTerraced | Oct 1996 | £210,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Methley StreetTerraced | Feb 1997 | £220,000 | 293 m² | £751/m² | 1 |
| 8, Methley StreetTerraced | Mar 2011 | £830,000 | 145 m² | £5,724/m² | 2 |
| 12, Methley StreetTerraced | Mar 2016 | £1,115,000 | 98 m² | £11,378/m² | 1 |
| 22, Methley StreetTerraced | Apr 2013 | £1,130,000 | 169 m² | £6,686/m² | 1 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat, 24, Methley StreetTerraced | Sept 1998 | £120,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Upper Maisonette, 24, Methley StreetFlat | Sept 1998 | £214,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Methley StreetTerraced | Dec 2021 | £745,000 | 70 m² | £10,643/m² | 1 |
| 26 & A Half, Methley StreetFlat | Jan 2014 | £634,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 26b, Methley StreetFlat | Jun 2021 | £780,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 28a, Methley StreetFlat | Oct 2025 | £752,500 | – | – | 4 |
| 28b, Methley StreetFlat | Dec 2021 | £730,000 | 82 m² | £8,902/m² | 3 |
| 30, Methley StreetTerraced | Sept 2024 | £750,000 | 75 m² | £10,000/m² | 1 |
| 30a, Methley StreetFlat | Nov 2012 | £321,500 | 46 m² | £6,989/m² | 2 |
| 32, Methley StreetTerraced | Aug 2024 | £582,143 | 145 m² | £4,015/m² | 3 |
| 34, Methley StreetTerraced | Nov 2017 | £1,250,000 | 148 m² | £8,446/m² | 1 |
| 36, Methley StreetTerraced | Oct 1998 | £250,000 | 136 m² | £1,838/m² | 1 |
| 40, Methley StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2000 | £450,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Methley StreetTerraced | Jul 2019 | £1,021,000 | 119 m² | £8,580/m² | 1 |
| 46, Methley StreetTerraced | Oct 2019 | £1,140,000 | 126 m² | £9,048/m² | 3 |
| 48, Methley StreetTerraced | Sept 2014 | £1,095,000 | 119 m² | £9,202/m² | 1 |
| Ground And First Floor Flat, 50, Methley StreetFlat | Jul 2023 | £770,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Basement Flat, 50, Methley StreetFlat | May 2008 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 52, Methley StreetTerraced | Jul 2005 | £468,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 54, Methley StreetTerraced | Dec 2014 | £995,000 | 120 m² | £8,292/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: 51% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Kennington Underground station, a few minutes' walk (250 m). The nearest rail station is Vauxhall, 950 m away, with 15.5m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Windmill Row, 150 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 59, 159, 3); 319 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 14% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 7 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
You're in central London.
68% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Henry Fawcett Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 58% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Ashmole Primary School (0.7 km), with 7 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Lilian Baylis Technology School, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 46.3 · 10.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Oasis Academy South Bank (1.1 km) and Pimlico Academy (1.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (11.5 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (13.5 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 300 m away, with Londis closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hurley And Riverside Practices (400 m), with Hills Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Perfect Nails is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St Thomas' Hospital, 1.1 km away, rated outstanding by the CQC.
At its trust, 61% 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 33 restaurants and cafés and 16 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Kuma is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Prince Of Wales the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (21 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 171 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
68 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1-20, Cleaver Square Se11 | II | 30 m |
| 42, Cleaver Street Se11 | II | 50 m |
| 34-40, Cleaver Street Se11 | II | 60 m |
| 21-25, Cleaver Square Se11 | II | 80 m |
| 34-41, Cleaver Square Se11 | II | 90 m |
| Former Lambeth County Court | II | 100 m |
| 50,51 and 52, Cleaver Square Se11 | II | 100 m |
| 26-33, Cleaver Square Se11 | II | 110 m |
| 319, 321 and 323, KENNINGTON ROAD | II | 120 m |
| 317, Kennington Road Se11 | II | 120 m |
| 136a, Kennington Park Road Se11 | II | 120 m |
| the White Bear Public House | II | 120 m |
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green constituency: Florence Eshalomi MP (Labour (Co-op)), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 15,112 (40.3%), turnout 54%. Vote shares: Labour 57%, Green Party 17%, Liberal Democrat 12%, Conservative 8%.
80 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 SE11 4AJ →
Much of it is protected: 55% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Kennington, Albert Embankment).
There are 84 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (90%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 193 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Cleaver Square, 50 m away; for exercise, Oliveira Team Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (300 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 4.2 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 25.2 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 12 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 24 km.
Most households own their home, 30% rent privately.
It's young: 29% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 57% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is London South Bank University, 1.4 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.
Nearest 12 shown. 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.
On this street: 0 of 26 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 41.3% | 74.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 16.5% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 41.3% | 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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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 51 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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