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On Albany Road, in Burgess Park West & John Ruskin Street
What it's like at SE5 0DF: every home that has sold on Albany 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 Albany 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 147 homes on the street are owned by companies.
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: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Kennington Underground station, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km). The nearest rail station is Elephant & Castle, 1.3 km away, with 2.2m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Albany Road / Camberwell Road, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (route 42); 343 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 13% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 14 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 3 km away as the crow flies.
65% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Michael Faraday School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 65% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is John Ruskin Primary School and Language Classes (0.2 km), with 8 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is South Bank University Academy, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 41.5 · 7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Sacred Heart Catholic School (0.8 km) and Ark Globe Academy (1.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (12.6 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (13.2 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is La fama butcher, 100 m away; Ly trang supermarket (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Villa Street Medical Centre (500 m), with Superdrug Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Genesis is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is King's College Hospital, 1.7 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 52% 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: 22 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
100% holy cafe is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Burgess park tennis courts the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (13 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 117 per 1,000 residents a year.
65 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 62 and 64, Camberwell Road | II | 170 m |
| Numbers 47 and 48 and Attached Railings | II | 170 m |
| 38-42, Addington Square | II | 180 m |
| Numbers 117-129 and Attached Railings | 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.
Peckham constituency: Miatta Fahnbulleh MP (Labour (Co-op)), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 15,228 (39.3%), turnout 54%. Vote shares: Labour 59%, Green Party 20%, Liberal Democrat 7%, Conservative 6%.
77 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 SE5 0DF →
On this street: 0 of 115 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 100 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 64.3% | 57.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.6% | 18.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 26.7% | 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.
Much of it is protected: 37% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Walworth Road, Sutherland Square).
There are 36 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (84%).
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Addington Square, 200 m away; for exercise, Burgess Park Tennis Centre (150 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 5.6 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 22.9 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 10 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 25 km.
Most households own their home, 27% rent privately.
It's young: 27% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 49% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is London South Bank University, 1.9 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 147 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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