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On Brunel Road, in Canada Water
What it's like at SE16 7HU: every home that has sold on Brunel Road 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 Brunel Road; 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.
6 of the 59 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat 10, Brunel Court, 16, Brunel RoadFlat | Dec 2013 | £325,000 | 61 m² | £5,328/m² | 3 |
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| Flat 2, Brunel Court, 16, Brunel RoadFlat | Apr 2024 | £511,000 | 81 m² | £6,309/m² | 2 |
| Flat 7, Brunel Court, 16, Brunel RoadFlat | Jul 1995 | £72,500 | 66 m² | £1,098/m² | 1 |
| Flat 9, Brunel Court, 16, Brunel RoadFlat | Jan 2023 | £555,500 | 79 m² | £7,032/m² | 4 |
| Flat 5, Brunel Court, 16, Brunel RoadFlat | Jul 2006 | £249,950 | 79 m² | £3,164/m² | 3 |
| Flat 6, Brunel Court, 16, Brunel RoadFlat | Jun 2023 | £511,000 | 82 m² | £6,232/m² | 5 |
| Flat 8, Brunel Court, 16, Brunel RoadFlat | Dec 2002 | £170,000 | 55 m² | £3,091/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, Brunel Court, 16, Brunel RoadFlat | Sept 2020 | £535,000 | 81 m² | £6,605/m² | 4 |
| Flat 11, Brunel Court, 16, Brunel RoadFlat | Jul 1999 | £55,550 | 30 m² | £1,852/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, Brunel Court, 16, Brunel RoadFlat | Feb 2009 | £293,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 12, Brunel Court, 16, Brunel RoadFlat | Sept 2003 | £240,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 1, Brunel Court, 16, Brunel RoadFlat | Feb 2004 | £147,000 | 36 m² | £4,083/m² | 3 |
| Flat 14, Brunel Court, 16, Brunel RoadFlat | Oct 2012 | £321,000 | 79 m² | £4,063/m² | 3 |
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 (150 m), with 1.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Canada Water.
The nearest bus stop is Rotherhithe Station, 150 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes C10, 381); 145 departures an hour from the 10 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 (200 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 Bacon's College, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 49.4 · 17.3% 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, 350 m away, with Rotherhithe village closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Albion Street Group Practice (50 m), with Campion & Co Chemist the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, SLR Barbers is 300 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.
Accent catering is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The brunel the nearest pub (50 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.
The nearest park is Cumberland Wharf, 150 m away; for exercise, Canada Water Studios (300 m).
61 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Surrey Portal of the Rotherhithe Tunnel | II | 120 m |
| 135, Rotherhithe Street | II | 140 m |
| Brandrams Wharf | II | 160 m |
| Engine House and Chimney | II | 190 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.
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%.
48 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 7HU →
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, 1.5 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.
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 59 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 45 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 31 min
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