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On Essex Close, in Lower Morden
What it's like at SM4 4NP: every home that has sold on Essex Close 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 Essex Close; 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.
None of the 7 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Essex CloseTerraced | Mar 2022 | £450,000 | 59 m² | £7,627/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Essex CloseTerraced | Jul 1998 | £100,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Essex CloseTerraced | Oct 2006 | £230,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Essex CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2010 | £227,000 | 86 m² | £2,640/m² | 1 |
| 9, Essex CloseTerraced | Sept 2020 | £440,000 | 91 m² | £4,835/m² | 1 |
| 10, Essex CloseTerraced | Jun 2022 | £465,000 | 79 m² | £5,886/m² | 1 |
| 11, Essex CloseTerraced | Jun 2004 | £199,950 | 91 m² | £2,197/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Motspur Park, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 822k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Essex Close, 50 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (route 293); 34 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 10% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 15 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Aragon Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 85% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School (1.1 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Coombe Boys' School, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 54.8 · 16.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Glenthorne High School (1.5 km) and Rutlish School (2.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Sutton Grammar School (3.2 km) and Nonsuch High School for Girls (3.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op, 500 m away; JK News (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is James O'Riordan Medical Centre (950 m), with Hilton Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Evan Barbers is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, 2.6 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 67% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 67% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Lillie's In The Garden is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Morden Brook the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 15% flats and 2% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 91% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Mayflower Park, 600 m away; for exercise, Paddling Pool (1.1 km).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 14 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 19 km away.
27 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.
Mitcham and Morden constituency: Dame Siobhain McDonagh MP (Labour), since May 1997. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 18,761 (41.5%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 55%, Conservative 14%, Green Party 10%, Reform UK 9%.
44 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 SM4 4NP →
Most households own their home, 15% rent privately.
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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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 7 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 5 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% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.8% | 86.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.8% | 9.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 3.0% | 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 37 min
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