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On Rita Road, in Vauxhall South
What it's like at SW8 1JX: every home that has sold on Rita 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Rita 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.
11 of the 54 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat 2, 3, Rita RoadFlat | Jul 2022 | £411,000 | – | – | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Floor Flat, 5, Rita RoadFlat | Dec 1997 | £89,950 | – | – | 1 |
| Second Floor Flat, 5, Rita RoadFlat | Apr 2022 | £600,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Rita RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2006 | £700,000 | 15 m² | £46,667/m² | 1 |
| 9, Rita RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2006 | £700,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 1, 11, Rita RoadFlat | Feb 2019 | £460,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Flat 3, 11, Rita RoadFlat | Jan 2007 | £159,000 | 51 m² | £3,118/m² | 3 |
| Second Floor Flat, 13, Rita RoadFlat | Dec 2019 | £470,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 13, Rita RoadFlat | Nov 2005 | £203,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15a, Rita RoadFlat | Oct 2016 | £610,000 | 76 m² | £8,026/m² | 4 |
| 15c, Rita RoadFlat | Jul 2025 | £425,000 | 51 m² | £8,333/m² | 1 |
| 17, Rita RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2001 | £340,000 | 46 m² | £7,391/m² | 1 |
| 19, Rita RoadTerraced | Nov 1996 | £118,000 | 93 m² | £1,269/m² | 1 |
| 19a, Rita RoadFlat | May 2000 | £199,950 | 51 m² | £3,921/m² | 2 |
| 19c, Rita RoadFlat | Aug 2004 | £290,000 | 86 m² | £3,372/m² | 2 |
| 29, Rita RoadFlat | Jan 2011 | £240,000 | 64 m² | £3,750/m² | 2 |
| 31a, Rita RoadFlat | Jul 2023 | £410,000 | 63 m² | £6,508/m² | 1 |
| 33, Rita RoadFlat | Sept 2015 | £395,000 | 62 m² | £6,371/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, 35 - 37, Rita RoadFlat | Jan 2026 | £798,940 | – | – | 5 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 37, Rita RoadFlat | Nov 2025 | £720,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Flat A, 39, Rita RoadFlat | Jan 2004 | £174,500 | 60 m² | £2,908/m² | 4 |
| 39b, Rita RoadFlat · company-owned | May 2024 | £487,500 | 48 m² | £10,156/m² | 4 |
| 39c, Rita RoadFlat | Jul 2002 | £178,000 | 57 m² | £3,123/m² | 2 |
| 41, Rita RoadTerraced · company-owned | May 2025 | £1,025,000 | 120 m² | £8,542/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, 45, Rita RoadFlat | Sept 2019 | £425,000 | 48 m² | £8,854/m² | 2 |
| 49, Rita RoadTerraced | Sept 2011 | £587,500 | 173 m² | £3,396/m² | 1 |
| 51, Rita RoadTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2006 | £500,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 51a, Rita RoadFlat | Sept 2020 | £600,000 | 61 m² | £9,836/m² | 3 |
| 51b, Rita RoadFlat | Jul 2011 | £250,000 | 50 m² | £5,000/m² | 1 |
| 51c, Rita RoadFlat | Oct 2022 | £700,000 | 88 m² | £7,955/m² | 3 |
| 55, Rita RoadFlat · company-owned | Jul 2000 | £210,000 | 55 m² | £3,818/m² | 3 |
| 55a, Rita RoadFlat | Sept 2005 | £262,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 59, Rita RoadTerraced | May 2001 | £206,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 63, Rita RoadTerraced | Nov 2020 | £755,000 | 120 m² | £6,292/m² | 4 |
| 65, Rita RoadTerraced | Feb 2023 | £680,000 | 98 m² | £6,939/m² | 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: 55% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Nine Elms Underground station, about a 5-minute walk (550 m). The nearest rail station is Vauxhall, 550 m away, with 15.5m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Wheatsheaf Lane, 250 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 2, 88); 111 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 15% 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.
You're in central London.
73% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Stephen's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 61% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Herbert Morrison Primary School (0.3 km), with 5 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Lilian Baylis Technology School, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 46.3 · 10.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Pimlico Academy (1.2 km) and The Grey Coat Hospital (1.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (12 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (12.6 km).
Few families with young children: only 9% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-operative Group Food, 450 m away, with Tony's Delicatessen 1 closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Mawbey Group Practice (350 m), with Medirex Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Unique Barber is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St Thomas' Hospital, 1.9 km away, rated outstanding by the CQC.
At its trust, 61% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 46 restaurants and cafés and 8 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Three Buds is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Fentiman Arms the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (20 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 273 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
76 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.
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.
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green constituency: Florence Eshalomi MP (Labour (Co-op)), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 15,112 (40.3%), turnout 54%. Vote shares: Labour 57%, Green Party 17%, Liberal Democrat 12%, Conservative 8%.
78 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 SW8 1JX →
There are 40 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (89%).
It's new: 54% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 514 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Vauxhall Park, 200 m away; for exercise, Better (300 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 4.1 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 23.9 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 12 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 23 km.
Many neighbours rent: 43% of households rent privately and 29% socially.
It's young: 36% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 62% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is London South Bank University, 2.4 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
On this street: 0 of 31 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 | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 24.5% | 74.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 26.4% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 48.0% | 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 54 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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