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On Rectory Grove, in Clapham North
What it's like at SW4 0DX: every home that has sold on Rectory Grove 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 Rectory Grove; 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.
8 of the 83 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 1a, Rectory GroveTerraced | Mar 2007 | £1,202,500 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Rectory GroveSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2006 | £485,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 5, Rectory GroveTerraced | Sept 2006 | £1,185,000 | 270 m² | £4,389/m² | 3 |
| Top Floor Flat, 7, Rectory GroveFlat | Apr 2022 | £737,000 | – | – | 5 |
| 7, Rectory GroveTerraced · company-owned | Oct 1999 | £420,000 | 92 m² | £4,565/m² | 2 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 7, Rectory GroveFlat | Jul 2024 | £1,050,000 | – | – | 6 |
| First Floor Flat, 7, Rectory GroveFlat | Sept 2022 | £645,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 9a, Rectory GroveTerraced | Jun 2002 | £747,565 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Rectory GroveTerraced | Jul 2014 | £993,000 | 100 m² | £9,930/m² | 3 |
| 15, Rectory GroveFlat | May 1998 | £132,000 | 59 m² | £2,237/m² | 1 |
| 17, Rectory GroveFlat | Jun 1998 | £128,000 | 61 m² | £2,098/m² | 1 |
| 23, Rectory GroveTerraced | May 2021 | £552,000 | 80 m² | £6,900/m² | 1 |
| 29, Rectory GroveFlat | Mar 2011 | £571,000 | 127 m² | £4,496/m² | 3 |
| Garden Flat, 33, Rectory GroveFlat | Apr 2005 | £310,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 1, 35, Rectory GroveFlat | Aug 2013 | £375,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 2, 35, Rectory GroveFlat | Jun 2003 | £265,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 37, Rectory GroveFlat | Mar 2003 | £365,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 39, Rectory GroveFlat | Jan 2003 | £250,000 | 61 m² | £4,098/m² | 2 |
| 41, Rectory GroveTerraced | Aug 2022 | £1,231,700 | 143 m² | £8,613/m² | 6 |
| Ground Floor Shop, 47, Rectory GroveFlat | Dec 2005 | £125,000 | – | – | 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: 59% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Wandsworth Road, a few minutes' walk (300 m), with 610k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Canada Water.
The nearest bus stop is St Rule Street, 200 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 87, 77, 452); 95 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 16% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 5 km away as the crow flies.
60% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Heathbrook Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 76% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Iqra Primary School (1.3 km), with 7 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is The Elms Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 52.8 · 15.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Battersea (1.9 km) and La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School (2.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wallington County Grammar School (10.9 km) and Sutton Grammar School (12 km).
Few families with young children: only 11% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's Local, 450 m away, with North Street Deli closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Grafton Square Surgery (350 m), with Kamsons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Soul is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is King's College Hospital, 2.8 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: 25 restaurants and cafés, 11 pubs and bars.
Millie & Maisie is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Old Town Tavern the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (18 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 204 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 39% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Rectory Grove, Sibella Road).
There are 42 listed buildings.
64 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cromwell Lodge, Including Garden Wall to Rear and Area Wall and Railings | II | 30 m |
| 12-18, Rectory Grove Sw4 | II | 50 m |
| Walls Between and to Front of Front Gardens Numbers 8 and 10 | II | 70 m |
| 49, Rectory Grove Sw4 | II | 70 m |
| 8 and 10, Rectory Grove Sw4 | II | 70 m |
| 2, Rectory Grove Sw4 | II | 90 m |
| Thurston House | II | 90 m |
| 51 and 53, Rectory Grove Sw4 | II | 90 m |
| 6, Rectory Grove Sw4 | II | 100 m |
| 94, Larkhall Rise Sw8 | II | 100 m |
| 97, Larkhall Rise Sw8 | II | 110 m |
| 55 and 57, Rectory Grove Sw4 | II |
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%.
96 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 0DX →
Homes are mostly flats (79%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 57% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 217 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is St Paul's Churchyard, 150 m away; for exercise, Virgin Active (200 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 4.9 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 20.7 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 13 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 22 km.
Many neighbours rent: 37% of households rent privately and 28% socially.
It's young: 36% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 66% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is London South Bank University, 4.4 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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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.
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On this street: 0 of 40 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 6 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 | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 84.3% | 74.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.1% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 8.9% | 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.
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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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 83 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.