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Longthornton
Merton, London
PocketsRowan Road (Streatham Park Cemetery · Northborough Road · Manor Road · west)Lonesome (Grove Road · Oakleigh Way Recreation Ground · Mitcham Common)
Longthornton sits at the southern tip of Merton, pressed up against Mitcham Common and the Croydon border. Listed buildings are minimal — the Grade II Bidder Memorial and a Grade II windmill base — and there is no conservation coverage. The draw is Mitcham Common itself, sixty-two hectares of the ward's 84-hectare green footprint, and market affordability is one of the stronger scores on this list. Education reads well with twenty-seven outstanding schools within reach, reflecting the Wimbledon cluster's southern edge. Public-transport access is moderate via Streatham Common and bus corridors. The drawbacks are heritage, culture and safety: heritage and culture scores are both near the floor, safety sits around the London median, and new housing delivery is zero.
- Strongest66Property prices & growth
Strong combination of affordability, price momentum and turnover
- Also strong65Nature Access
Strong access to green space and waterways
- Watch out0Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Moderate public-transport access
- 2 listed buildings
- 7 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Mitcham Common (61.9 hectares)
- 65 open venues (40 food and drink, 25 other)
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
66Better than 90% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability65
- Rent affordability65
- Price momentum (5yr)71
- Activity (turnover)60
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£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Longthornton: 105 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
52Better than 57% of London
- Personal safety43
- Property crime63
- Anti-social behaviour52
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Connectivity
34Better than 24% of London
Median public-transport access is moderate (TfL PTAL 3.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Air & Quiet
59Better than 68% of London
- Air quality52
- Quietness70
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Cultural Signal
15Better than 22% of London
- Nightlife0
- Dining7
- Arts & culture0
- Retail & shops7
- Sports & recreation7
- Independent scene36
- Vitality (openings, diversity)38
65 open venues nearby — 40 food & drink, 25 other.
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Education
60Better than 80% of London
- Primary schools50
- Secondary schools70
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For Longthornton: 1 school, with its inspection record
Heritage
3Better than 9% of London
2 listed buildings
- Bidder MemorialGrade II
- Base of Windmill at Mill HouseGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
65Better than 56% of London
- Green spaces86
- Waterways25
Largest green space: Mitcham Common (62 ha). ~84 ha of green space in total.
Area development
0Shared lowest band with 24% of London
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- Is Longthornton safe?
- Longthornton scores 52 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 Longthornton a good place to live?
- Longthornton scores 39 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 property prices & growth (66) and nature access (65); its weakest is area development (0). 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 Longthornton?
- Moderate public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Longthornton 3 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 34 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Longthornton expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Longthornton is mid-priced by London standards: its purchase-affordability score is 13/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Longthornton?
- Longthornton scores 60 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 7 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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