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On Elephant Lane, in Canada Water
What it's like at SE16 4JD: every home that has sold on Elephant Lane 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Elephant Lane; 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 41 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Elephant LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £720,000 | 121 m² | £5,950/m² | 1 |
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| 6, Elephant LaneFlat | Apr 2004 | £350,000 | 127 m² | £2,756/m² | 1 |
| 7, Elephant LaneTerraced | Feb 2010 | £499,999 | 127 m² | £3,937/m² | 2 |
| 8, Elephant LaneTerraced | Oct 2009 | £600,000 | 145 m² | £4,138/m² | 3 |
| 9, Elephant LaneTerraced | May 2019 | £962,169 | 140 m² | £6,873/m² | 4 |
| 10, Elephant LaneTerraced | Mar 2012 | £1,287,500 | 181 m² | £7,113/m² | 2 |
| 12, Elephant LaneTerraced | Nov 2025 | £1,765,000 | 171 m² | £10,322/m² | 2 |
| 13, Elephant LaneOther | Jan 2015 | £122,500 | 35 m² | £3,500/m² | 2 |
| 14, Elephant LaneTerraced | Jun 2023 | £1,465,000 | 185 m² | £7,919/m² | 1 |
| 15, Elephant LaneFlat | Dec 1999 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Elephant LaneSemi-detached | Sept 1997 | £328,000 | 175 m² | £1,874/m² | 1 |
| 17, Elephant LaneFlat | Jul 2004 | £234,000 | 70 m² | £3,343/m² | 2 |
| 18, Elephant LaneFlat | Sept 2002 | £215,000 | 45 m² | £4,778/m² | 2 |
| 19, Elephant LaneFlat | Mar 2016 | £375,000 | 34 m² | £11,029/m² | 1 |
| 21, Elephant LaneFlat | Jun 2015 | £322,500 | 34 m² | £9,485/m² | 2 |
| 22, Elephant LaneFlat | Dec 1995 | £53,000 | 35 m² | £1,514/m² | 1 |
| 23, Elephant LaneFlat | Oct 2013 | £400,000 | 72 m² | £5,556/m² | 4 |
| 24, Elephant LaneFlat | Jul 2022 | £610,000 | 72 m² | £8,472/m² | 5 |
| 25, Elephant LaneTerraced | Aug 2017 | £1,050,000 | 110 m² | £9,545/m² | 2 |
| 27, Elephant LaneTerraced | Sept 2023 | £1,147,500 | 129 m² | £8,895/m² | 3 |
| 28, Elephant LaneTerraced | Mar 2021 | £365,000 | 34 m² | £10,735/m² | 1 |
| 29, Elephant LaneTerraced | Nov 2025 | £862,500 | 108 m² | £7,986/m² | 1 |
| 30, Elephant LaneFlat | Mar 2018 | £609,000 | 76 m² | £8,013/m² | 1 |
| 31, Elephant LaneTerraced | Feb 2022 | £1,015,000 | 143 m² | £7,098/m² | 3 |
| 32, Elephant LaneSemi-detached | May 1997 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Elephant LaneTerraced | Feb 2016 | £585,000 | 91 m² | £6,429/m² | 4 |
| 35, Elephant LaneTerraced | Jun 2013 | £397,000 | 66 m² | £6,015/m² | 2 |
| 36, Elephant LaneTerraced | Jul 2012 | £340,000 | 73 m² | £4,658/m² | 1 |
| 37, Elephant LaneTerraced | Sept 2016 | £607,500 | 72 m² | £8,438/m² | 3 |
| 38, Elephant LaneTerraced | Feb 2022 | £825,000 | 70 m² | £11,786/m² | 4 |
| 39, Elephant LaneTerraced | Aug 2013 | £410,000 | 60 m² | £6,833/m² | 1 |
| 40, Elephant LaneFlat | May 2005 | £390,000 | 122 m² | £3,197/m² | 2 |
| 41, Elephant LaneTerraced | Mar 2004 | £247,000 | 91 m² | £2,714/m² | 1 |
| 42, Elephant LaneTerraced | Jun 2002 | £355,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 43, Elephant LaneTerraced | Oct 2005 | £255,000 | 59 m² | £4,322/m² | 1 |
| 45, Elephant LaneSemi-detached | Sept 1996 | £153,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 48, Elephant LaneTerraced | Mar 2007 | £645,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 52, Elephant LaneTerraced | May 2022 | £1,275,000 | 108 m² | £11,806/m² | 2 |
| 58, Elephant LaneTerraced | Mar 2016 | £575,000 | 65 m² | £8,846/m² | 2 |
| 62, Elephant LaneTerraced | Aug 2004 | £250,000 | 65 m² | £3,846/m² | 1 |
| Unit 2, Ivory Wharf, 4, Elephant LaneOther | Mar 2025 | £375,000 | 46 m² | £8,152/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: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Rotherhithe, a few minutes' walk (250 m), with 1.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Canada Water.
The nearest bus stop is Rotherhithe Tunnel, 150 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes C10, 381); 139 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 22% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 5 km away as the crow flies.
67% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Albion Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 69% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (0.3 km), with 5 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is The Charter School Bermondsey, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 40.9 · 6.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: City of London Academy (Southwark) (1.3 km) and Mulberry School for Girls (2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bexley Grammar School (12 km) and Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (13 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 500 m away, with Time and talents food bank closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Albion Street Group Practice (350 m), with Campion & Co Chemist the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, SLR Hairdressers is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal London Hospital, 2.4 km 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 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 30 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
The watchhouse cafe is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The ship the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (25 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 160 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 31 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (90%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 421 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
72 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%.
54 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 SE16 4JD →
The nearest park is King's Stairs Gardens, 100 m away; for exercise, Canada Water Studios (500 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 8.2 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 22.2 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 7.1 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 28 km.
Most households own their home, 33% rent privately.
It's young: 28% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 54% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Northeastern University - London, 1.2 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.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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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 41 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
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 34 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 8 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 | 0.5% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 49.9% | 57.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.1% | 18.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 39.4% | 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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