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Nicholson Square

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57 recorded sales · median £492,500 · Tower Hamlets

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Tower Hamlets Council · Aspire (directly-elected mayor) 33/45 seats · 73% · OCD 2026

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

60/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£493k

median price

13.7

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£493k

median sold price

7.5 yrs

of local pay to buy

5 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

128

schools total

13.7

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

1,153

Violence — most

24.3

NO₂ · WHO 10

28.4%

in a flood zone

1,773

green spaces

9.3

PM2.5 · WHO 5

1,341

eat & drink

319

shops

73.4%

gigabit

108

gyms & leisure

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

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Sold price trend

£435,000 in 2016 → £475,000 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 Tower Hamlets, 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 £492,500. That's about 7.5× local earnings — around the 9.1× five-year average.

Sold price history

2025 · 4 sales

Median sold price · median of all 57 sales£492,500

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay7.5× · five-year average 9.1×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership23%

Owned outright

With a mortgage

15%

Private rented

38%

Social rented

36%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£1,838

Your band:

London Borough of Tower Hamlets£1,327

Greater London Authority£511

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,225

Band B£1,429

Band C£1,634

Band D (baseline)£1,838

Band E£2,246

Band F£2,655

Band G£3,063

Band H£3,676

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 Tower Hamlets how Nicholson Square compares · from Tower Hamlets

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: East Smithfield +27.5%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
East Smithfield	£806,300	+27.5%	324
Canary Wharf	£635,000	+14.9%	270
Bethnal Green	£500,000	+11.6%	288
Globe Town	£475,000	+6.1%	232
Hughesfield Estate	£485,000	+5.3%	94
Shoreditch	£545,000	+2.9%	188
Limehouse	£440,000	+1.8%	456
Mile End	£515,000	+0%	240
Whitechapel	£490,000	+0%	246
Stepney	£440,000	-2.3%	242
Bow	£437,000	-2.5%	382
St John's Estate	£435,000	-5.5%	134
Wapping	£475,000	-8.8%	146
Pepys Estate	£430,000	-9.3%	34
Blackwall	£479,750	-10.6%	512
Fish Island	£505,000	-11.1%	228
Manchester Estate	£450,000	-11.8%	118
Shadwell	£480,000	-12%	122
Three Mills	£337,000	-16.9%	122
Isle of Dogs	£463,000	-20.3%	198
Poplar	£372,500	-23.2%	332

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 Nicholson Square — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
Flat 304 Staith Court 8, Nicholson Square	Flat	—	—	£490,000	Mar 2026
CARRICK COURT 5 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£330,000	Nov 2025
STAITH COURT, 8 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£480,000	Mar 2025
Flat 401 Carrick Court 5, Nicholson Square	Flat	—	—	£590,000	Mar 2025
HARGREAVES COURT, 4 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£470,000	Jan 2025
CARRICK COURT, 5 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£525,000	Jul 2024
CARRICK COURT, 5 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£375,000	May 2024
HARGREAVES COURT, 4 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£145,000	Apr 2024
STAITH COURT, 8 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£515,000	Jan 2024
CARRICK COURT, 5 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£360,000	Jul 2023
CARRICK COURT, 5 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£300,000	Jan 2023
STAITH COURT, 8 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£607,000	Oct 2022
HARGREAVES COURT, 4 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£460,000	Nov 2021
Flat 302 Staith Court 8, Nicholson Square	Flat	—	—	£380,000	Jun 2021
Flat 401 Hargreaves Court 4, Nicholson Square	Flat	—	—	£171,000	Apr 2021
Flat 304 Staith Court 8, Nicholson Square	Flat	—	—	£525,000	Apr 2021
STAITH COURT, 8 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£375,000	Feb 2021
Flat 103 Staith Court 8 Nicholson Square	Flat	—	—	£342,000	Dec 2018
Flat 502 Hargreaves Court 4, Nicholson Square	Flat	—	—	£200,750	Nov 2018
STAITH COURT, 8 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£569,950	Sep 2017
STAITH COURT, 8 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£545,000	Sep 2017
CARRICK COURT, 5 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£559,500	Aug 2017
CARRICK COURT, 5 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£510,000	Jun 2017
HARGREAVES COURT, 4 NICHOLSON SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£192,500	Jun 2017

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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 Tower Hamlets

Crime runs at 13.7 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 / month13.7

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

By category, 12 months from Tower Hamlets

Violence & sexual offences

1,153

Anti-social behaviour

958

Shoplifting

418

Other theft

345

Theft from the person

236

Public order

231

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Tower Hamlets 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 Tower Hamlets

Population310,306

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 — more deprived than most (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

2.8/10

Employment

4.8/10

Education & skills

6.2/10

Health & disability

4.0/10

Crime

3.9/10

Housing & services

2.7/10

Living environment

3.0/10

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

Figures for the wider Tower Hamlets — 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+61%

Unemployment · economically active residents8.9%

Degree-level (Level 4+)50%

Good or very good health85%

Own their home23%

Median age30.8

Born outside the UK47%

See the full Tower Hamlets report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 6 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

6 of 6 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 6 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
Old Palace Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.2 km
Harris Science Academy East London	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.3 km
School 360	Primary	Good ('23)	0.4 km
East London Arts & Music	16 plus	—	0.4 km
Bow School	Secondary	—	0.6 km
St Agnes RC Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('24)	0.6 km
Glyn Hopkin Abbey Hub	Nursery	—	0.6 km
Marner Primary School	Primary	—	0.6 km
Smarty Pants Abbey Lane Limited	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.6 km
Pillar Box Gardens Nursery	Nursery	Good ('21)	0.8 km
Pillar Box Montessori	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.9 km
The Clara Grant Primary School	Primary	—	1.0 km
Carpenters Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.0 km
Wellington Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	1.0 km
The Mary Ward Centre (AE Centre)	16 plus	—	1.0 km
Bobby Moore Academy	All-through	Good ('21)	1.1 km
Lincoln Hall Preschool @ Sleaford	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.1 km
Manorfield Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	1.1 km
Lincoln Hall Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.2 km
Gainsborough Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.2 km
Central Foundation Girls' School	Secondary	Inspected '26 — see report	1.2 km
Edu Plus Care	Nursery	—	1.3 km
Mulberry UTC	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.3 km
London Academy of Excellence	16 plus	—	1.3 km
Vernon Pre-School Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.3 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 0.5 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 1.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.1 km
NHS ODS

16 of 18 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.1 km
Kamsons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
St Andrews Health Centre	GP	—	0.5 km
Greenlight Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Newgen Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Wellington Way Health Centre	GP	Good ('24)	1.0 km
Mayors Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Carpenters Practice	GP	Good ('18)	1.1 km
Harley Grove Medical Ctr.	GP	Good ('19)	1.2 km
Www.Your-Chemist.Com	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Parnell Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Wagpharm Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Abbey Road Medical Practice	GP	—	1.4 km
Forward Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Poplar Dental & Medical Clinic	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Sinclairs	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Dental Beauty Bow	Dentist	—	1.4 km
M C Lewis & Associates Ltd	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Bell Pharmacy Bow	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Ruston Street Clinic	GP	Good ('16)	1.4 km
Nhs North East London Icb	Dentist	Good ('19)	1.4 km
Tredegar Practice	GP	—	1.5 km
St. Stephens Health Centre	GP	Good ('22)	1.5 km
William Place Dental Aesthetics	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Lincoln Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Britannia Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Chrischem Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Chrisp Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Lansbury Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
The Chrisp Street Hth Ctr	GP	Good ('16)	1.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
195 Bow Common Lane (Dental Practice)	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Osbon Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Meds Point Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Chrisp Street Dental Centre	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Apples & Spice Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Medina Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Star Lane Medical Centre	GP	—	1.8 km
Aberfeldy Practice	GP	Good ('16)	1.8 km
Britannia Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Jetsol Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
All Saints Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Docklands Dental House Limited	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Gynaecology Services	GP	—	1.9 km
Patient First Social Enterprise	GP	—	1.9 km
Stratford Village Surgery	GP	—	1.9 km
Stratford Village Dental	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Sherman Chemists	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
The Grove Road Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	2.0 km
Gough Walk Practice	GP	—	2.0 km
Canning Town Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.0 km
East Village Dental Canning Town	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Berg'S Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Newham Vicarage Practice	GP	Good ('18)	2.0 km
The Vicarage Lane Surgery	GP	Inadequate ('19)	2.0 km
Uk Smiles Dental Practice Ltd	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Wisteria House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.1 km
East Village Dental	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Dental Surgery (Burdett Road)	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Stratford Health Centre	GP	Good ('21)	2.1 km
Suttons Wharf Health Centre	GP	Requires improvement ('24)	2.2 km
E14 Dental Centre	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Liberty Bridge Road Practice	GP	Good ('16)	2.2 km
Harford Health Centre	GP	Good ('20)	2.2 km
Smile Dental Care Tower Hamlets	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Xx Place Health Centre	GP	Good ('23)	2.2 km
The Project Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	2.2 km
The Limehouse Practice	GP	Good ('16)	2.3 km
Salmon Lane Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Abbey Arms Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Sda Dental Studio	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Sda Dental Studio	Dentist	—	2.3 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 Tower Hamlets

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 7 min from Stratford (London) Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
West Ham Rail Station	0.7 mi	London Fenchurch Street	9 min
Stratford (London) Rail Station	1.0 mi	London Liverpool Street	7 min
Stratford International Rail Station	1.1 mi	London St Pancras	7 min
Hackney Wick Rail Station	1.2 mi	—	no direct train
Maryland Rail Station	1.4 mi	London Liverpool Street	10 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Stratford (London) Rail Station (7 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Work from home

50%

Public transport

24%

Walk or cycle

14%

Drive

10%

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging20 points

Per 10,000 residents0.6

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

Environment from Tower Hamlets

Air quality

NO₂

24.3

— WHO guide

PM2.5

9.3

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1001.1%

Flood zone28.4% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill81 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 buildings903

Conservation areas54

Green belt0%

Green spaces1,773

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Tower Hamlets

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	1,341	88% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	319	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	108	—
Green spaces & parks	1,773	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

73.4%

Superfast

92.5%

Ultrafast

75%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Tower Hamlets

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

Unemployment rate8.9%

In work (employment rate)61.4%

Companies registered here55,280

New incorporations (12m)10,163

Property companies (SPVs)5,683

See the full Tower Hamlets report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district