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On Porteus Place, in Clapham Old Town
What it's like at SW4 0AS: every home that has sold on Porteus Place 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). 4 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 Porteus Place; 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.
| Apartment 23, 16, Porteus PlaceFlat | Mar 2016 | £960,000 | 111 m² | £8,649/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment 24, 16, Porteus PlaceFlat | Mar 2016 | £955,000 | 110 m² | £8,682/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 30, 16, Porteus PlaceFlat | Apr 2018 | £835,000 | 76 m² | £10,987/m² | 2 |
| Apartment 29, 16, Porteus PlaceFlat | May 2016 | £825,000 | 76 m² | £10,855/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 26, 16, Porteus PlaceFlat | Jan 2016 | £1,044,000 | 113 m² | £9,239/m² | 1 |
| Unit 5-6, 16, Porteus PlaceOther | May 2021 | £1,080,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Apartment 20, 16, Porteus PlaceFlat | Mar 2016 | £810,000 | 76 m² | £10,658/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 32, 16, Porteus PlaceFlat | Feb 2016 | £875,000 | 80 m² | £10,938/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 22, 16, Porteus PlaceFlat · company-owned | Oct 2023 | £750,000 | 76 m² | £9,868/m² | 2 |
| Apartment 13, 16, Porteus PlaceFlat | Mar 2016 | £785,000 | 81 m² | £9,691/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 21, 16, Porteus PlaceFlat | Mar 2016 | £800,000 | 76 m² | £10,526/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 15, 16, Porteus PlaceFlat | Mar 2016 | £765,000 | 85 m² | £9,000/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 27, 16, Porteus PlaceFlat | Jun 2026 | £850,000 | 91 m² | £9,341/m² | 2 |
| Apartment 28, 16, Porteus PlaceFlat | Mar 2016 | £1,050,000 | 148 m² | £7,095/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 25, 16, Porteus PlaceFlat | Mar 2016 | £975,000 | 113 m² | £8,628/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 14, 16, Porteus PlaceFlat | Mar 2016 | £765,000 | 80 m² | £9,563/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 31, 16, Porteus PlaceFlat | Apr 2016 | £850,000 | 76 m² | £11,184/m² | 1 |
| Unit 4, 16, Porteus PlaceOther · company-owned | Apr 2022 | £24,000 | – | – | 1 |
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: 62% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Clapham Common Underground station, a few minutes' walk (400 m). The nearest rail station is Clapham High Street, 750 m away, with 1.4m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Clapham Common Old Town, 50 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (route 137); 199 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.
Central London is 5 km away as the crow flies.
58% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Macaulay Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 65% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Bonneville Primary School (1.3 km), with 7 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is The Elms Academy, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 52.8 · 15.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Battersea (1.4 km) and La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School (1.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wallington County Grammar School (10.7 km) and Sutton Grammar School (11.6 km).
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's Local, 150 m away; Nardulli Fine Italian Ice Cream (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Grafton Square Surgery (250 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Be U Studio is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 3.4 km away, rated outstanding by the CQC.
At its trust, 72% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 69% 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: 27 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Omnibus Theatre is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Prince Of Wales the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (11 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 151 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 67% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Clapham, Wandsworth Road).
69 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Roman Altar in Forecourt of Number 1 (Public Library) | II | 50 m |
| 6,7 and 8, the Polygon Sw4 | II | 110 m |
| 1, the Polygon Sw4 | II | 120 m |
| 20 and 20a, Old Town | II | 130 m |
| Clapham Common War Memorial | II | 140 m |
| Church of Holy Trinity | II* | 140 m |
| the Lodge, Formerly Clapham Old Fire Station | II | 140 m |
| Front Walls, Railings and Gates to Numbers 39,41 and 43 | II* | 140 m |
| 16, Old Town | II | 150 m |
| Forecourt Walls, Railings and Gates to Numbers 12 to 21 (Consecutive) | II* | 150 m |
| 45, Old Town | II | 150 m |
| 39,41 and 43, Old Town |
Clapham and Brixton Hill constituency: Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 18,005 (42.1%), turnout 58%. Vote shares: Labour 57%, Liberal Democrat 14%, Green Party 14%, Conservative 10%.
102 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 SW4 0AS →
There are 63 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (74%).
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Holy Trinity Churchyard, 150 m away; for exercise, YogaHaven (150 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 4.8 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 20.3 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 14 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 22 km.
Many neighbours rent: 37% of households rent privately and 24% socially.
It's young: 31% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 67% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Imperial College London, 4.7 km away (TEF Gold).
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.
| II* |
| 150 m |
Nearest 12 shown. 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.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Porteus Place in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 43 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 14 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 84.2% | 74.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.7% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 6.6% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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