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On Maxey Road, in Woolwich Glyndon
What it's like at SE18 7EJ: every home that has sold on Maxey 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Maxey 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.
1 of the 14 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat 2, Samson House, Maxey RoadFlat | Mar 2002 | £91,000 | 87 m² | £1,046/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 19, Samson House, Maxey RoadFlat | Jun 2000 | £59,000 | 86 m² | £686/m² | 1 |
| Flat 10, Samson House, Maxey RoadFlat | Nov 2006 | £165,000 | 84 m² | £1,964/m² | 1 |
| Flat 18, Samson House, Maxey RoadFlat | Oct 2019 | £200,000 | 80 m² | £2,500/m² | 2 |
| Flat 11, Samson House, Maxey RoadFlat | Aug 2009 | £104,000 | 95 m² | £1,095/m² | 1 |
| Flat 13, Samson House, Maxey RoadFlat | Dec 2019 | £265,500 | 110 m² | £2,414/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Woolwich Arsenal, about a 5-minute walk (500 m), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Dartford.
The nearest bus stop is Maxey Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 1 minute on weekdays (routes 96, 244, 422, 180); 426 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 23% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 14 km away as the crow flies.
49% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Foxfield Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 81% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Plumstead Manor School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 33.4 · 3.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Ark Greenwich Free School (2.4 km) and London Design and Engineering UTC (2.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bexley Grammar School (3.9 km) and Townley Grammar School (5.9 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 350 m away; Millennium Stores (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Glyndon Pms (350 m), with Royal Arsenal Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Blue Tit is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 2.1 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
GMT Kitchen and Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Salt Woolwich the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 97 per 1,000 residents a year.
Homes are mostly flats (58%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Wellington Park, 400 m away; for exercise, 7R Gym (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 2.8 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 37 km.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
The nearest university is , 2.1 km away (TEF Silver).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Arsenal Middle Gate and Attached Boundary Wall to the West | II | 120 m |
| Royal Arsenal Middlegate House | II | 150 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.
Erith and Thamesmead constituency: Ms Abena Oppong-Asare MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 16,302 (40.4%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 55%, Reform UK 15%, Conservative 14%, Green Party 9%.
69 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 7EJ →
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.
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 11 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.8% | 65.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.0% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.2% | 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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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 14 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 46 min
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