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Southbury
Enfield, London
PocketsSouthbury West (Saddler's Mill Stream · Bush Hill Park · west · Enfield Playing Fields)Enfield Town South & Bush Hill Park (Saddler's Mill Stream · Bush Hill Park · Main Avenue)Carterhatch & Forty Hall
Southbury runs along the A10 in eastern Enfield, centred on Southbury Road and the retail and leisure corridor between Enfield Town and Turkey Street. The character is mixed inter-war housing, post-war council estates and the Queen Elizabeth Stadium at the civic core, with the whole ward sitting inside a conservation area. Two Grade II listed buildings — the stadium itself and 2 Queen Anne's Place — are the named anchors. Enfield Playing Fields gives fifteen hectares of open space, and total green cover is over twenty-seven hectares. Ten outstanding schools lie within reach and the food-and-retail scene along Southbury Road is busy. The drawbacks: safety readings are well below the London average, driven by the A10 corridor and retail-park late-night activity; public transport is moderate, with Southbury station on the Cheshunt line and no tube close by; and air quality sits only in the middling band because of the A10 and North Circular.
- Strongest68Nature Access
Strong access to green space and waterways
- Also strong61Property prices & growth
Strong combination of affordability, price momentum and turnover
- Watch out7Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Moderate public-transport access
- 2 listed buildings
- 100% covered by a conservation area
- 3 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Enfield Playing Fields (15 hectares)
- 89 open venues (60 food and drink, 29 other)
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
61Better than 81% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability75
- Rent affordability60
- Price momentum (5yr)57
- Activity (turnover)56
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Prices, rent & trends
£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Southbury: 140 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
35Better than 23% of London
- Personal safety35
- Property crime31
- Anti-social behaviour40
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Connectivity
39Better than 36% of London
Median public-transport access is moderate (TfL PTAL 3.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Real TfL journey times to London's major hubs, plus this ward's transport access rank across London.
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Air & Quiet
56Better than 62% of London
- Air quality73
- Quietness30
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
21Better than 43% of London
- Nightlife0
- Dining14
- Arts & culture0
- Retail & shops7
- Sports & recreation7
- Independent scene43
- Vitality (openings, diversity)56
89 open venues nearby — 60 food & drink, 29 other.
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Education
52Better than 45% of London
- Primary schools50
- Secondary schools54
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School inspection history
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For Southbury: 2 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
44Better than 60% of London
2 listed buildings · 100% under a conservation area
- 2, Queen Annes PlaceGrade II
- Queen Elizabeth StadiumGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
68Better than 68% of London
- Green spaces83
- Waterways50
Largest green space: Enfield Playing Fields (15 ha). ~27 ha of green space in total.
Area development
7Better than 65% of London
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- Is Southbury safe?
- Southbury scores 35 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — recording more crime than most London wards. The score weighs personal safety, property crime and anti-social behaviour separately rather than ranking on one raw total, so the mix of crime matters as well as the volume.
- Is Southbury a good place to live?
- Southbury scores 43 overall when all nine data layers are weighted equally. The London comparison beside the score shows how that number ranks against every ward. Its strongest suits are nature access (68) and property prices & growth (61); its weakest is area development (7). Whether it suits you depends on what you weight — the same data re-ranked around your own priorities can read very differently.
- How well connected is Southbury?
- Moderate public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Southbury 3 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 39 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Southbury expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Southbury is among London's more affordable areas to buy: its purchase-affordability score is 15/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Southbury?
- Southbury scores 52 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 3 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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