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Water Lane

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174 recorded sales · median £1,162,500 · City of London

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City of London Corporation · Non-partisan (independent members) 118/125 seats · 94% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

65/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£1.2m

median price

98.5

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£1.2m

median sold price

11.1 yrs

of local pay to buy

5 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

98.5

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

178

Theft — most

32.2

NO₂ · WHO 10

5.3%

in a flood zone

171

green spaces

9.9

PM2.5 · WHO 5

999

eat & drink

shops

28%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£994,650 in 2018 → £1,250,000 in 2024

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider City of London, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £1,162,500. That's about 11.1× local earnings — around the 13× five-year average.

Sold price history

2024 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 174 sales£1,162,500

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay11.1× · five-year average 13×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership37%

Owned outright

23%

With a mortgage

14%

Private rented

48%

Social rented

15%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£1,330

Your band:

City of London Corporation£1,153

Greater London Authority£176

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£886

Band B£1,034

Band C£1,182

Band D (baseline)£1,330

Band E£1,625

Band F£1,920

Band G£2,216

Band H£2,659

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in City of London how Water Lane compares · from City of London

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Leadenhall Market +3.5%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Leadenhall Market	£735,000	+3.5%	99
West Smithfield	£775,000	-8.8%	103

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Water Lane — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
Flat 139 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£1,300,000	Jul 2025
Flat 1 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£1,450,000	Nov 2024
Flat 161 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£1,075,000	Jun 2024
Flat 45 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£1,250,000	Jun 2024
Flat 69 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£770,000	Dec 2023
Flat 70 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£775,000	Mar 2023
Flat 155 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£4,590,000	Aug 2022
Flat 143 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£2,840,000	May 2022
Flat 53 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£1,700,000	Feb 2022
Flat 24 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£4,680,000	Jan 2022
Flat 114 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£6,350,000	Sep 2020
Flat 110 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£6,450,000	Apr 2020
Flat 109 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£650,000	Mar 2020
Flat 4 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£1,900,000	Dec 2019
Flat 26 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£6,725,000	Dec 2019
Flat 106 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£8,062,500	Dec 2019
Flat 27 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£4,450,200	Nov 2019
Flat 56 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£1,570,160	Nov 2019
Flat 115 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£3,651,300	Oct 2019
Flat 46 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£1,500,000	Oct 2019
Flat 86 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£1,627,160	Sep 2019
Flat 76 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£1,608,160	Sep 2019
Flat 66 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£1,600,000	Sep 2019
Flat 33 Sugar Quay 1, Water Lane	Flat	—	—	£1,720,000	Aug 2019

Show all sales ↓

24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from City of London

Crime runs at 98.5 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month98.5

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from City of London

Other theft

178

Shoplifting

165

Theft from the person

120

Violence & sexual offences

115

Anti-social behaviour

Public order

Recorded crimes by category across the whole City of London district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from City of London

Population8,583

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 8/10 · improved since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 75% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 8/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 8/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 75% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 6 in 2019 — has improved since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

9.6/10

Employment

9.1/10

Education & skills

9.1/10

Health & disability

6.3/10

Crime

9.9/10

Housing & services

7.1/10

Living environment

1.2/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider City of London — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+67%

Unemployment · economically active residents5.8%

Degree-level (Level 4+)74%

Good or very good health89%

Own their home37%

Median age37.4

Born outside the UK50%

See the full City of London report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

80% of the 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
David Game College	Secondary	—	0.6 km
The Aldgate School	Primary	Outstanding ('24)	0.6 km
Childcare at The Aldgate School	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.6 km
Zaytunah Preschool	Nursery	—	0.7 km
Tower Bridge Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.8 km
Snowsfields Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.8 km
Maryams Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.8 km
English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	0.8 km
Matilda Community Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.9 km
St Paul's Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.9 km
Maxxi Childcare	Nursery	—	0.9 km
Arc Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.0 km
Mulberry Academy London Dock	Secondary	—	1.0 km
Global Kids Aldgate East	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.0 km
St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	1.1 km
Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, the Borough	Primary	—	1.1 km
Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy	Primary	—	1.1 km
The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie	Primary	Outstanding ('22)	1.1 km
Kids Kingdom Nursery @ Pinchin St	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.1 km
London Christian School	Primary	—	1.2 km
MNS SE London Activities	Nursery	—	1.2 km
Hermitage Primary School	Primary	Requires improvement ('23)	1.2 km
The Complete Works	All-through	—	1.2 km
Harry Gosling Primary School	Primary	—	1.2 km
Maryams Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.2 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.9 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS

7 of 8 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
The Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.2 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
Smilepod Bank	Dentist	—	0.4 km
London Bridge Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Novelty Orthodontics Ltd	Dentist	—	0.6 km
The Wellness Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Londent Oral Care	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
City Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
Bupa Dental Care St Mary Axe	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Sensu - Talbot Yard	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Bupa Dental Care - Cannon Street	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Square Mile Dental Centre	Dentist	—	0.8 km
St. Katherine'S Dock Practice	GP	—	0.9 km
Pharmaceutra	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Dentexcel	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Boston House Healthcare	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Bupa Dental Care -Moorgate	Dentist	—	1.0 km
City Dock Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Bellcourt Dental Ltd	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Goodman'S Field Health Centre	GP	—	1.0 km
Sai Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Finsbury Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Sunny Smiles Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.1 km
The New Mill Street Surgery	GP	—	1.1 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Fresh Springs Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Toynbee Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	1.1 km
The Whiter Smile	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Smile Hub	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Amadi'S Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
The Spitalfields Practice	GP	—	1.3 km
Letterbox Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Health E1	GP	—	1.3 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Hermitage Clinic	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Bishopsgate Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Harfleur Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Care Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Borough Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Qrystal Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Chapel Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Barbican Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Pharmacyforce	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Bermondsey Spa Medical Centre	GP	—	1.5 km
Qhs Gp Care Home Service	GP	—	1.5 km
Hobbs Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
The Wapping Group Practice	GP	Good ('18)	1.5 km
Tower Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Falmouth Road Group Practice	GP	Good ('18)	1.6 km
Chana Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Cambelle Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
The Neaman Practice	GP	Good ('17)	1.7 km
Blackfriars Medical Practice	GP	—	1.8 km
City Square Medical Group	GP	—	1.9 km
Old Kent Road Surgery	GP	—	2.0 km
The Blithehale Med.Ctr.	GP	—	2.0 km
Nexus Health Group	GP	—	2.0 km
Albion Health Centre	GP	—	2.1 km
The Jubilee Street Practice Ltd	GP	—	2.2 km
Albion Street Group Practice	GP	Good ('19)	2.2 km
City Road Medical Centre	GP	—	2.3 km
East Street	GP	—	2.3 km
Bethnal Green Health Ctr.	GP	—	2.4 km
Strouts Place Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	2.4 km
Waterloo Health Centre	GP	Good ('17)	2.4 km
St Philips Medical Centre	GP	Inadequate ('17)	2.5 km
The Villa Street Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	2.5 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from City of London

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 5 min from London Bridge Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
London Fenchurch Street Rail Station	0.2 mi	—	no direct train
London Bridge Rail Station	0.3 mi	London Cannon Street	5 min
London Cannon Street Rail Station	0.5 mi	London Bridge	83 min
Liverpool Street	0.6 mi	—	no direct train
London Liverpool Street Rail Station	0.7 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from London Bridge Rail Station (5 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Work from home

67%

Walk or cycle

18%

Public transport

11%

Drive

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging1 points

Per 10,000 residents1.2

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from City of London

Air quality

NO₂

32.2

— WHO guide

PM2.5

9.9

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1003.3%

Flood zone5.3% of postcodes

Radonup to <1% of homes

Historic landfill7 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings629

Conservation areas28

Green belt0%

Green spaces171

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from City of London

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	999	95% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	46	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	40	—
Green spaces & parks	171	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

28%

Superfast

31.4%

Ultrafast

28%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from City of London

Figures for the wider City of London — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate5.8%

In work (employment rate)66.9%

Companies registered here60,082

New incorporations (12m)4,607

Property companies (SPVs)4,917

See the full City of London report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district