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On Denmark Hill, in Herne Hill East
What it's like at SE5 8ED: every home that has sold on Denmark Hill 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). 5 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 Denmark Hill; 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.
31 of the 222 homes on the street are owned by companies (3 overseas).
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: 51% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Denmark Hill, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 6.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Deepdene Road Herne Hill, 150 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 468, 68, 42); 143 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 12% 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 9 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 5 km away as the crow flies.
53% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Saviour's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 52% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Jessop Primary School (0.5 km), with 7 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is The Charter School North Dulwich, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 65 · 39.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Sacred Heart Catholic School (1.3 km) and Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich (2.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wallington County Grammar School (11.2 km) and Wilson's School (11.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 300 m away; Ps newsagents & post office (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Herne Hill Road Medical Practice (600 m), with Davis Chemist the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, St. Newton Ventures is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is King's College Hospital, 500 m 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Riverside is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Cambria the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (17 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 169 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 10 listed buildings.
44 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.
Dulwich and West Norwood constituency: Helen Hayes MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 18,789 (41.4%), turnout 61%. Vote shares: Labour 60%, Green Party 19%, Conservative 9%, Liberal Democrat 8%.
46 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 8ED →
Homes are mostly flats (63%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 68% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 150 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Ruskin Park, 250 m away; for exercise, Herne Hill Lifestyle Centre (250 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 6.7 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 20.5 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 11 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 25 km.
Most households own their home, 31% rent privately.
It's young: 27% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 61% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is London South Bank University, 4.1 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.
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On this street: 0 of 151 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 29 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 87.7% | 74.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.6% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 7.9% | 14.7% | 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 222 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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