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St Mark's & Seething Wells
Kingston upon Thames, London
PocketsKingston Riverside (Portsmouth Road · Claremont Gardens · Cranes Park)Surbiton North (Claremont Gardens · Victoria Park · Saint Andrew's Square)Berrylands North
St Mark's and Seething Wells covers the Surbiton end of Kingston, running from the Victorian heart around Surbiton station down to the Thames at Seething Wells, where the former waterworks sit on the riverside. The character is an intact piece of early-Victorian commuter-Thames suburbia. Heritage is solid: sixteen listed buildings include the Grade II clock tower, the Grade II 128 Maple Road, and the Grade II Surbiton station. A third of the ward sits inside a conservation area. Safety scores above the London middle, air quality is strong, and eighteen Ofsted-outstanding schools are within reach. Food amenity at eighty-three venues gives the Victoria Road a real strip. The drawbacks are modest by outer-London standards. Public transport is moderate — Surbiton is a main-line South Western Railway station with frequent services to Waterloo but there is no Tube — and green space is thin at just over seven hectares, with Victoria Park a small anchor and the river providing the main open aspect.
- Strongest72Air & Quiet
Clean air and low ambient noise by London standards
- Also strong66Safety
Low recorded crime relative to the rest of London
- Watch out1Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Good public-transport access
- 16 listed buildings
- 30.2% covered by a conservation area
- 4 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Victoria Park (3.3 hectares)
- 157 open venues (84 food and drink, 73 other)
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
55Better than 66% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability40
- Rent affordability85
- Price momentum (5yr)26
- Activity (turnover)84
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£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For St Mark's & Seething Wells: 201 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
66Better than 82% of London
- Personal safety68
- Property crime69
- Anti-social behaviour60
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Connectivity
47Better than 56% of London
Median public-transport access is good (TfL PTAL 4.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Air & Quiet
72Better than 86% of London
- Air quality73
- Quietness70
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
28Better than 62% of London
- Nightlife21
- Dining21
- Arts & culture0
- Retail & shops14
- Sports & recreation7
- Independent scene43
- Vitality (openings, diversity)50
157 open venues nearby — 84 food & drink, 73 other.
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Education
59Better than 76% of London
- Primary schools54
- Secondary schools64
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For St Mark's & Seething Wells: 4 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
40Better than 52% of London
16 listed buildings · 30% under a conservation area
- Clock TowerGrade II
- 128, Maple RoadGrade II
- Surbiton StationGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
60Better than 42% of London
- Green spaces66
- Waterways65
Largest green space: Victoria Park (3 ha). ~8 ha of green space in total.
Area development
1Better than 33% of London
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- Is St Mark's & Seething Wells safe?
- St Mark's & Seething Wells scores 66 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — safer than most of 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 St Mark's & Seething Wells a good place to live?
- St Mark's & Seething Wells scores 47 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 air & quiet (72) and safety (66); its weakest is area development (1). 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 St Mark's & Seething Wells?
- Good public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in St Mark's & Seething Wells 4 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 47 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is St Mark's & Seething Wells expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, St Mark's & Seething Wells is mid-priced by London standards: its purchase-affordability score is 8/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near St Mark's & Seething Wells?
- St Mark's & Seething Wells scores 59 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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