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On Cadogan Road, in Woolwich Arsenal
What it's like at SE18 6YU: every home that has sold on Cadogan 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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 11 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Cadogan 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.
13 of the 271 homes on the street are owned by companies (3 overseas).
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 DLR station, a few minutes' walk (450 m). The nearest rail station is Woolwich Arsenal, 450 m away, with 2.3m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Woolwich Station, 250 m away, with a bus about every 1 minute on weekdays (routes 96, SL11, 244, 422); 205 departures an hour from the 6 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 Heronsgate Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 77% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Peter's Catholic Primary School (0.7 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School, 850 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 Tesco, 150 m away; Marks & Spencer Simply Foods (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Royal Arsenal Medical Centre (50 m), with Royal Arsenal Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, Blue Tit is 200 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.
Punchdrunk Global is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Salt Woolwich the nearest pub (150 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.
62 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.
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%.
73 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 6YU →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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.
The nearest park is Wellington Park, 100 m away; for exercise, Royal Arsenal Gym (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, 1.7 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.
On this street: 0 of 255 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 237 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 49 min
Nearest: Phantom Peak · about 31 min
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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 271 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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