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On University Road, in Colliers Wood
What it's like at SW19 2BX: every home that has sold on University 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on University 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 51 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 4, University RoadTerraced | Nov 2001 | £182,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, University RoadFlat | Dec 2024 | £525,000 | 61 m² | £8,607/m² | 4 |
| 8, University RoadTerraced | Jul 2019 | £440,000 | 67 m² | £6,567/m² | 2 |
| 10, University RoadFlat | Mar 2022 | £515,000 | 60 m² | £8,583/m² | 2 |
| 12, University RoadFlat | Nov 2022 | £485,000 | 54 m² | £8,981/m² | 7 |
| 14, University RoadFlat | Jul 2001 | £139,000 | 56 m² | £2,482/m² | 4 |
| 16, University RoadFlat | Jul 2026 | £485,000 | 62 m² | £7,823/m² | 2 |
| 18, University RoadFlat | Sept 2018 | £575,000 | 122 m² | £4,713/m² | 4 |
| 20, University RoadFlat | Mar 2025 | £475,000 | 52 m² | £9,135/m² | 4 |
| 22, University RoadFlat | May 2018 | £405,000 | 57 m² | £7,105/m² | 3 |
| 24, University RoadTerraced | Aug 1998 | £73,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, University RoadTerraced | Jun 2010 | £249,950 | 91 m² | £2,747/m² | 4 |
| 28, University RoadFlat | Jun 2025 | £519,500 | 56 m² | £9,277/m² | 2 |
| 30, University RoadFlat | Jun 2022 | £445,000 | 58 m² | £7,672/m² | 4 |
| 32, University RoadFlat | Dec 2025 | £690,000 | 113 m² | £6,106/m² | 2 |
| 34, University RoadFlat | Aug 2022 | £450,000 | 64 m² | £7,031/m² | 3 |
| 36, University RoadFlat | Jan 2026 | £445,000 | 59 m² | £7,542/m² | 1 |
| 38, University RoadFlat | Oct 2019 | £465,000 | 67 m² | £6,940/m² | 4 |
| 40, University RoadTerraced | Jan 1997 | £59,999 | 61 m² | £984/m² | 1 |
| 42, University RoadFlat | Mar 2003 | £178,000 | 63 m² | £2,825/m² | 4 |
| 44, University RoadFlat | Jan 2021 | £475,000 | 61 m² | £7,787/m² | 2 |
| 46, University RoadFlat | Apr 2024 | £515,000 | 52 m² | £9,904/m² | 5 |
| 52, University RoadTerraced | Jun 2010 | £242,466 | 58 m² | £4,180/m² | 1 |
| 54, University RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1997 | £86,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 2, Cherrywood Court, 58, University RoadFlat | Nov 1999 | £79,950 | 42 m² | £1,904/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, Cherrywood Court, 58, University RoadFlat | Apr 2003 | £140,000 | 43 m² | £3,256/m² | 3 |
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: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Colliers Wood Underground station, a few minutes' walk (300 m). The nearest rail station is Haydons Road, 1.0 km away, with 323k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Walpole Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 131, 219, 57); 139 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 20% 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 12 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 10 km away as the crow flies.
48% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Singlegate Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 74% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Wimbledon, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 58.3 · 24.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Graveney School (1.8 km) and Ricards Lodge High School (2.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wallington County Grammar School (6 km) and Sutton Grammar School (6.2 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 200 m away, with Co-op closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Colliers Wood Surgery (50 m), with Ap Chemist the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Morris Roots is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St George's Hospital (Tooting), 750 m away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 71% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% 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: 31 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Fish Inn is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Hux at the Holden the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 101 per 1,000 residents a year.
Homes are mostly flats (67%).
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
The nearest park is Wandle Park, 300 m away; for exercise, The Gym (550 m).
49 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%.
115 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 SW19 2BX →
On this street: 0 of 16 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 68.6% | 86.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 28.1% | 9.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.0% | 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.
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 9.5 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 18 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 20 km.
Many neighbours rent: 44% of households rent privately and 9% socially.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 59% of adults have a degree.
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 51 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
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