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Plumstead & Glyndon
Greenwich, London
PocketsPlumstead High Street (north-east · west · Plumstead Gardens · Lakedale Road · Winns Common)Plumstead Common & Riverside (Plumstead · Brewery Road · Plumstead Common · Griffin Road)Woolwich Glyndon (north · Plumstead Common)
Plumstead and Glyndon runs east from Woolwich along the southern slope, with the whole ward sitting inside a conservation area and carrying a strong Victorian and Edwardian grain. Eight listed buildings include the Grade II* Church of St Nicholas (Plumstead), alongside the Grade II Council Depot and The Old Vicarage. Plumstead Common gives almost fifteen hectares of open space and total green cover runs close to thirty hectares. Thirty-four outstanding schools lie within reach, the strongest education cluster in this batch alongside Clock House, and food and drink provision along Plumstead High Street and Woolwich's edge is busy and diverse. The drawbacks are structural: safety readings are well below the London average, driven by the Woolwich corridor; public transport is only moderate, with Plumstead station on the mainline but no Elizabeth line stop within the ward; and air quality sits in the middling band.
- Strongest68Nature Access
Strong access to green space and waterways
- Also strong56Property prices & growth
Strong combination of affordability, price momentum and turnover
- Watch out12Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Moderate public-transport access
- 8 listed buildings
- 100% covered by a conservation area
- 5 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Plumstead Common (14.9 hectares)
- 166 open venues (129 food and drink, 37 other)
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
56Better than 68% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability85
- Rent affordability65
- Price momentum (5yr)51
- Activity (turnover)28
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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 Plumstead & Glyndon: 92 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
33Better than 18% of London
- Personal safety28
- Property crime37
- Anti-social behaviour36
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Connectivity
50Better than 61% of London
Median public-transport access is moderate (TfL PTAL 3.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Air & Quiet
56Better than 62% of London
- Air quality65
- Quietness43
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
27Better than 60% of London
- Nightlife7
- Dining21
- Arts & culture7
- Retail & shops14
- Sports & recreation7
- Independent scene64
- Vitality (openings, diversity)50
166 open venues nearby — 129 food & drink, 37 other.
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Education
47Better than 20% of London
- Primary schools56
- Secondary schools38
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School inspection history
Every school in this ward with its current Ofsted rating and multi-year trend.
For Plumstead & Glyndon: 8 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
53Better than 73% of London
8 listed buildings · 100% under a conservation area
- Church of St Nicholas (plumstead)Grade II*
- Council DepotGrade II
- The Old VicarageGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
68Better than 68% of London
- Green spaces84
- Waterways45
Largest green space: Plumstead Common (15 ha). ~29 ha of green space in total.
Area development
12Better than 76% of London
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For Plumstead & Glyndon: 92 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price history £—24-mo crime trend to Jun 2026TfL times to 8 hubs — min8 schools' inspection records166 venues mapped
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Plumstead & Glyndon, quick answers
- Is Plumstead & Glyndon safe?
- Plumstead & Glyndon scores 33 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 Plumstead & Glyndon a good place to live?
- Plumstead & Glyndon scores 45 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 (56); its weakest is area development (12). 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 Plumstead & Glyndon?
- Moderate public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Plumstead & Glyndon 3 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 50 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Plumstead & Glyndon expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Plumstead & Glyndon is among London's more affordable areas to buy: its purchase-affordability score is 17/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Plumstead & Glyndon?
- Plumstead & Glyndon scores 47 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 5 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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