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Nelson Square

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120 recorded sales · median £285,000 · Southwark

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Southwark Council · Green / Liberal Democrat coalition 34/63 seats · 54% · OCD 2026

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

68/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£285k

median price

14.2

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£285k

median sold price

10.8 yrs

of local pay to buy

5 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar school

121

schools total

14.2

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

994

Violence — most

22.8

NO₂ · WHO 10

69.2%

in a flood zone

518

green spaces

PM2.5 · WHO 5

1,286

eat & drink

279

shops

81.9%

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

£324,500 in 2011 → £375,000 in 2025

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Southwark, 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 £285,000. That's about 10.8× local earnings — around the 12.3× five-year average.

Sold price history

2025 · 4 sales

Median sold price · median of all 120 sales£285,000

Full history since 1998

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay10.8× · five-year average 12.3×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership29%

Owned outright

11%

With a mortgage

18%

Private rented

29%

Social rented

40%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£1,967

Your band:

London Borough of Southwark£1,457

Greater London Authority£511

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,312

Band B£1,530

Band C£1,749

Band D (baseline)£1,967

Band E£2,404

Band F£2,842

Band G£3,279

Band H£3,935

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 Southwark how Nelson Square compares · from Southwark

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Browning Estate +233.9%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Browning Estate	£463,112	+233.9%	166
Old Kent Road	£490,000	+41%	33
Kennington	£541,000	+21%	36
St James Estate	£450,000	+18.4%	348
Southwark	£887,500	+16.8%	88
Cossall Estate	£495,000	+15.9%	179
St John's Estate	£525,000	+8.5%	82
The Borough	£650,000	+7.8%	166
Aylesbury Estate	£386,250	+6.7%	68
Dulwich Village	£967,500	+4.8%	120
Pepys Estate	£385,000	+3.5%	78
East Dulwich	£735,000	+3.1%	751
Borough Market	£597,500	+3.1%	48
Crystal Palace	£475,000	+2.8%	96
Cooper's Estate	£360,000	+1.6%	61
Rotherhithe	£520,000	+1.5%	314
Camberwell	£450,000	+0%	325
Dulwich	£485,000	-0.9%	116
Peckham	£575,750	-1.4%	328
Nunhead	£514,000	-2%	176
Bermondsey Spa	£470,000	-2%	123
Elephant and Castle	£585,000	-2.4%	219
Tappesfield Estate	£525,000	-4.8%	184
Walworth	£400,000	-7.6%	103
Longfield Estate	£387,500	-8.8%	65
Elmington Estate	£385,000	-8.8%	184
Clifton Estate	£500,000	-10.1%	104
Herne Hill	£810,250	-13.5%	105
Bermondsey	£403,500	-15.2%	163
Butler's Wharf	£740,000	-17.2%	113
St Olave's Estate	£580,000	-22.6%	75
Purbrook Estate	£535,000	-23.6%	138
Lynton Estate	£398,000	-23.7%	62
Pullens Estate	£445,000	-24.2%	136

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 Nelson Square — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
Flat 240 Helen Gladstone House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£340,000	Dec 2025
Flat 1 Vaughan House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£540,000	Nov 2025
Flat 103 Rowland Hill House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£400,000	Sep 2025
Flat 118 Rowland Hill House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£350,000	Aug 2025
Flat 3 44, Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£676,000	Dec 2024
Flat 188 Applegarth House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£495,000	Nov 2024
Flat 139 Rowland Hill House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£495,000	Feb 2024
Flat 21 Vaughan House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£465,000	Dec 2023
FLAT 268 HELEN GLADSTONE HOUSE NELSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£400,000	Nov 2023
HELEN GLADSTONE HOUSE NELSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£368,000	Feb 2023
Flat 236 Helen Gladstone House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£325,000	Dec 2022
Flat 1 45 Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£800,000	Sep 2022
Flat 7 Vaughan House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£465,000	Sep 2022
Flat 103 Rowland Hill House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£399,500	Jan 2022
FLAT 229 HELEN GLADSTONE HOUSE NELSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£375,000	Jun 2021
Flat 93 Rowland Hill House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£375,000	Jun 2021
Flat 100 Rowland Hill House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£278,000	Jun 2021
Flat 165 Applegarth House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£425,000	Mar 2021
Flat 160 Applegarth House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£458,500	Dec 2020
Flat 233 Helen Gladstone House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£335,000	Oct 2020
Flat 139 Rowland Hill House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£468,620	Nov 2019
Flat 109 Rowland Hill House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£581,000	Sep 2019
Flat 181 Applegarth House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£430,000	Jul 2019
Flat 28 Vaughan House Nelson Square	Flat	—	—	£500,000	Nov 2018

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 Southwark

Crime runs at 14.2 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 / month14.2

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

By category, 12 months from Southwark

Violence & sexual offences

994

Anti-social behaviour

801

Theft from the person

679

Other theft

389

Shoplifting

338

Public order

215

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Southwark 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 Southwark

Population307,637

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 4/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 35% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 4/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 4/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 35% 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 4 in 2019 — little changed 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

4.2/10

Employment

4.9/10

Education & skills

7.0/10

Health & disability

4.7/10

Crime

4.2/10

Housing & services

3.6/10

Living environment

2.6/10

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

Figures for the wider Southwark — 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+65%

Unemployment · economically active residents7.9%

Degree-level (Level 4+)55%

Good or very good health86%

Own their home29%

Median age33.6

Born outside the UK41%

See the full Southwark report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

71% of the 7 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

5 of 7 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 7 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
Friars Primary Foundation School	Primary	—	0.2 km
Haberdashers' Borough Academy	Secondary	Good ('24)	0.4 km
Pearl Nursery	Nursery	—	0.4 km
Maryams Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.5 km
Charles Dickens Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('19)	0.5 km
London Nautical, City of London Academy	Secondary	Requires improvement ('23)	0.5 km
St Patrick's	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	0.6 km
Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.6 km
Oasis Academy South Bank Primary	Primary	—	0.6 km
St George's Cathedral Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	0.6 km
The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie	Primary	Outstanding ('22)	0.6 km
Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School	Secondary	Requires improvement ('24)	0.7 km
St Jude's Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('21)	0.7 km
Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, the Borough	Primary	—	0.7 km
Morley College London	16 plus	—	0.7 km
Morley Creche	Nursery	—	0.8 km
Oasis Academy South Bank	Secondary	Outstanding ('24)	0.8 km
Oasis Restore	16 plus	—	0.8 km
London Christian School	Primary	—	0.9 km
MNS SE London Activities	Nursery	—	0.9 km
DLD College	Secondary	—	0.9 km
City of London School	All-through	—	0.9 km
Rockingham Community Pre-school Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.0 km
King's College London Maths School	16 plus	—	1.0 km
Rockingham Community Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.0 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 0.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS

13 of 14 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Blackfriars Medical Practice	GP	—	0.3 km
Wellington House (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Waterloo Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Smileright Dental Clinic At Waterloo	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Southwark Urgent Dental Care	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Kalmak (Chemists) Ltd	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Borough Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Qrystal Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Mint Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Mint Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
Tooth London Ltd	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Waterloo Health Centre	GP	Good ('17)	0.8 km
St Georges Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Nexus Health Group	GP	—	0.8 km
Pharmaceutra	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Se1 Dental	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Cam Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Sensu - Talbot Yard	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Chana Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Falmouth Road Group Practice	GP	Good ('18)	1.0 km
City Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
A Silva Dental Studio, Health & Wellbeing Clinic	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Wytes Elephant & Castle	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Baird Dental Centre	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Bupa Dental Care - Cannon Street	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Your Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Hurley And Riverside Practices	GP	—	1.4 km
Bupa Health And Dental Centre (Chancery Lane)	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Bell Yard Dental	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Osbon Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Kings College Health Centre	GP	Good ('19)	1.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
London Bridge Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Vestry House Dental Centre	Dentist	—	1.5 km
St Philips Medical Centre	GP	Inadequate ('17)	1.5 km
Amelia Street Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Hills Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Tower Bridge Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Harfleur Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Walworth Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Ridgway Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Sardinia House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Sardinia House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Penrose Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	1.8 km
Westminster School	GP	—	1.8 km
Gray'S Inn Medical Group Vauxhall	GP	—	1.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
The Neaman Practice	GP	Good ('17)	1.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Covent Garden Medical Centre	GP	Good ('21)	2.0 km
East Street	GP	—	2.0 km
Old Kent Road Surgery	GP	—	2.1 km
The Villa Street Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	2.1 km
The Dr Hickey Surgery For The Homeless	GP	Outstanding ('22)	2.1 km
Millbank Medical Centre	GP	Good ('16)	2.1 km
The New Mill Street Surgery	GP	—	2.2 km
Museum Practice	GP	Good ('16)	2.3 km
Gray'S Inn Medical Group Chancery Lane	GP	Good ('18)	2.3 km
Great Chapel Street Medical Centre	GP	Good ('21)	2.4 km
Soho Centre For Health And Care	GP	—	2.4 km
Soho Square General Practice	GP	—	2.4 km
Holborn Medical Centre	GP	Good ('24)	2.4 km
Bermondsey Spa Medical Centre	GP	—	2.4 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 Southwark

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

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
London Waterloo East Rail Station	0.3 mi	London Charing Cross	5 min
London Waterloo Rail Station	0.4 mi	London Waterloo	79 min
London Blackfriars Rail Station	0.6 mi	London Bridge	5 min
Elephant & Castle Rail Station	0.6 mi	London Blackfriars	5 min
London Bridge Rail Station	0.8 mi	London Cannon Street	5 min

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

Travel to work

Work from home

48%

Public transport

27%

Walk or cycle

14%

Drive

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging24 points

Per 10,000 residents0.8

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

Environment from Southwark

Air quality

NO₂

22.8

— WHO guide

PM2.5

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1001.8%

Flood zone69.2% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill57 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 buildings906

Conservation areas53

Green belt0%

Green spaces518

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Southwark

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	1,286	90% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	279	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	83	—
Green spaces & parks	518	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

81.9%

Superfast

93.8%

Ultrafast

82.1%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Southwark

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

Unemployment rate7.9%

In work (employment rate)65.2%

Companies registered here33,169

New incorporations (12m)3,977

Property companies (SPVs)3,103

See the full Southwark report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district