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On Abbey Street, in Bermondsey North
What it's like at SE1 3NJ: every home that has sold on Abbey 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Abbey 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.
7 of the 97 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.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 60% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is London Bridge, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 54.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to East Croydon.
The nearest bus stop is The Grange, 50 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (route C10); 174 departures an hour from the 16 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 11% 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 4 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 3 km away as the crow flies.
74% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Grange Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 67% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Boutcher Church of England Primary School (0.7 km), with 8 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 52.7 · 13.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Ark Globe Academy (0.9 km) and City of London Academy (Southwark) (1.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (11.8 km) and Woodford County High School (13.8 km).
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's local, 100 m away; Asda express london tower bridge (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bermondsey & Landowne Medical Mission (300 m), with Amadi'S Chemist the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Choppers Barbers is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Guy's Hospital, 650 m away, rated good 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: 48 restaurants and cafés and 7 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
London tikka kebab is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The hand and marigold the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (16 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 190 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
70 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.
Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency: Neil Coyle MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 7,787 (20.7%), turnout 54%. Vote shares: Labour 45%, Liberal Democrat 24%, Green Party 12%, Reform UK 9%.
62 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 SE1 3NJ →
Much of it is protected: 36% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Bermondsey Street, Tooley Street).
There are 47 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (96%).
It's new: 51% of homes were built since 2000.
The nearest park is Tanner Street Park, 300 m away; for exercise, Milo and the Bull (300 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 6.2 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 25.5 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 8.9 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 26 km.
Many neighbours rent: 42% of households rent privately and 31% socially.
It's young: 32% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 66% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Northeastern University - London, 1.1 km away (TEF Bronze).
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.
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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.
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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 97 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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On this street: 0 of 76 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 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 48.8% | 57.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 36.1% | 18.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 14.5% | 22.3% | 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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