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Plumstead Common
Greenwich, London
PocketsPlumstead South (swingate Lane Playing Fields · Plumstead Common Road · Oxleas Wood · Highmead)Wickham Lane & Winns Common (Winns Common · Kirkham Walkway · Great Bartletts Woods · Bostall Woods)Woolwich South
Plumstead Common runs along the ridge south of the Plumstead High Street, a ward of Victorian terraces and 20th-century infill laid out around the large common itself and dropping down toward Shooters Hill. The whole ward sits within a conservation area and the natural environment score is strong, with the 42-hectare stretch of Oxleas Wood, part of the wider Oxleas Woodlands SSSI — an ancient deciduous woodland at least 8,000 years old — on the eastern edge, and nearly 93 hectares of green across the ward. Three listed buildings include the Grade II Plume of Feathers public house dating from the early 1700s, and seventeen outstanding schools are in reach. The trade-offs are serious: public-transport access is limited with no Tube, the safety score sits below average, housing affordability has weakened as the ward has been priced up by the Crossrail effect at Woolwich, and nightlife is thin.
- Strongest71Nature Access
Strong access to green space and waterways
- Also strong61Air & Quiet
Clean air and low ambient noise by London standards
- Watch out2Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Limited public-transport access
- 3 listed buildings
- 100% covered by a conservation area
- 4 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Oxleas Wood (42.1 hectares)
- 60 open venues (42 food and drink, 18 other)
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Oxleas Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and one of the oldest continuously wooded sites in London, with origins traced back at least 8,000 years.
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
59Better than 76% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability85
- Rent affordability55
- Price momentum (5yr)63
- Activity (turnover)40
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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 Common: 123 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
45Better than 42% of London
- Personal safety48
- Property crime43
- Anti-social behaviour48
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Connectivity
31Better than 15% of London
Median public-transport access is basic (TfL PTAL 2.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Air & Quiet
61Better than 71% of London
- Air quality72
- Quietness45
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
15Better than 22% of London
- Nightlife7
- Dining7
- Arts & culture0
- Retail & shops7
- Sports & recreation0
- Independent scene36
- Vitality (openings, diversity)38
60 open venues nearby — 42 food & drink, 18 other.
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Education
47Better than 20% of London
- Primary schools50
- Secondary schools44
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For Plumstead Common: 4 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
47Better than 65% of London
3 listed buildings · 100% under a conservation area
- Numbers 85 to 91 and Attached Walls Gates and GatepiesrGrade II*
- 108, Plumstead Common Road Se18Grade II
- The Plume of Feathers Public HouseGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
71Better than 78% of London
- Green spaces94
- Waterways25
Largest green space: Oxleas Wood (42 ha). ~93 ha of green space in total.
Area development
2Better than 43% of London
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- Is Plumstead Common safe?
- Plumstead Common scores 45 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — mid-table for London. 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 Common a good place to live?
- Plumstead Common scores 42 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 (71) and air & quiet (61); its weakest is area development (2). 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 Common?
- Limited public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Plumstead Common 2 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 31 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Plumstead Common expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Plumstead Common 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 Common?
- Plumstead Common scores 47 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 4 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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