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Lambeth, London
PocketsBrixton North (Max Roach Park · Dora Boatemah Memorial Garden · north-west · west · The Academy)Loughborough Road (Dora Boatemah Memorial Garden · Wyck Gardens)Acre LaneStockwell South
Brixton North covers the streets running up from Brixton town centre to Stockwell, a dense ward mixing Victorian terraces, Academy venues and the Brixton Road corridor. Heritage is meaningful: thirty listed buildings including the Grade II* Academy (the O2 Brixton Academy), the Grade II Duke of Edinburgh and 320 Brixton Road. Public-transport access is very good — Brixton Victoria line terminus, Brixton National Rail and frequent buses — and eighteen Outstanding-rated schools are within reach. The food and retail depth around Brixton Road is strong. The drawbacks are sharp: safety scores are among the lowest in the dataset, driven by nightlife rather than residential risk a few streets back, air quality on Brixton Road is poor, green space within the ward is limited at 6.1 hectares with Wyck Gardens the largest at 1.7, and market affordability is middling after a decade of rising prices.
Excellent public-transport access
Dense with listed buildings and conservation-area coverage
Little recent major-development activity
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Brixton Academy, opened in 1929 as the Astoria Cinema and Grade II* listed, is one of London's best-preserved interwar super-cinemas.
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
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For Brixton North: 113 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
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Median public-transport access is excellent (TfL PTAL 7.0 of 8 across this ward).
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179 open venues nearby — 96 food & drink, 83 other.
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For Brixton North: the mix behind 179 open venues—% independent
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For Brixton North: 5 schools, each with its inspection record
30 listed buildings · 16% under a conservation area
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Largest green space: Wyck Gardens (2 ha). ~6 ha of green space in total.
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For Brixton North: 113 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price history £—24-mo crime trend to Jun 2026TfL times to 8 hubs — min5 schools' inspection records179 venues mapped
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