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On Woolwich New Road, in Woolwich Arsenal
What it's like at SE18 6EU: every home that has sold on Woolwich New 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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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 Woolwich New 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.
4 of the 17 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Viscount House, 45, Woolwich New RoadOther | Dec 2013 | £17,500,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1, Woolwich Arsenal D L R Station, 21, Woolwich New RoadOther · company-owned | Dec 2020 | £166,100 | – | – | 2 |
| Artillery Cafe, Woolwich Arsenal Railway Station, Woolwich New RoadOther · company-owned | Jun 2025 | £21,000 | – | – | 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: 62% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Woolwich Arsenal, a few minutes' walk (50 m), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Dartford.
The nearest bus stop is Vincent Road /Woolwich Arsenal, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 53, 161, 51, 54); 537 departures an hour from the 19 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 20% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 14 km away as the crow flies.
65% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Peter's Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 73% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 43.3 · 8.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: London Design and Engineering UTC (1.7 km) and Ark Greenwich Free School (2.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bexley Grammar School (4.8 km) and Townley Grammar School (6.7 km).
Few families with young children: only 10% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is allfresh food market, 100 m away; Nisa Local (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Clover Health Centre (100 m), with Woolwich Late Night Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Bestway Hair & Beauty is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 2.2 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 44% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% 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, 4 pubs and bars.
Costa Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Bull Tavern the nearest pub (under 50 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 183 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 58% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Royal Arsenal Woolwich).
There are 25 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (95%).
It's new: 74% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 790 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Equitable House | II | 90 m |
| Public House | II | 130 m |
| The former Woolwich Covered Market | II | 150 m |
| Main Entrance to Royal Arsenal | 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.
Greenwich and Woolwich constituency: Matthew Pennycook MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 18,366 (43.0%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 56%, Green Party 13%, Conservative 11%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
65 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 SE18 6EU →
The nearest park is General Gordon Square, 100 m away; for exercise, Woolwich Waves (50 m).
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 19.7 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 2.0 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 36 km.
Many neighbours rent: 52% of households rent privately and 15% socially.
It's young: 28% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 69% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of East London, 2.0 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 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 17 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 49 min
Nearest: Phantom Peak · 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 5 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 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 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 10.3% | 65.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.1% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 87.7% | 26.4% | 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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