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Mayfield
Redbridge, London
PocketsSouth Park (Goodmayes Lane · Longbridge Road · Loxford Water · Knox Field · east-north-east · Water Lane · east)
Mayfield sits in the middle of Redbridge around Cranbrook and Seven Kings, a dense Edwardian and interwar residential ward. The listed-building stock is thin — just the Grade II Homes of Rest — though a quarter of the ward sits inside a conservation area and South Park provides thirteen hectares of green within a nineteen-hectare total. Schools are decent with twelve outstanding nearby, and safety and pollution both sit near the London midpoint. Public-transport access is moderate at 3 via Seven Kings on the Elizabeth line. The drawbacks are culture and heritage: heritage scores very low, culture is thin, non-food venues are moderate at fifty-three, and market affordability has tightened with Elizabeth-line uplift.
- Strongest67Nature Access
Strong access to green space and waterways
- Also strong63Property prices & growth
Strong combination of affordability, price momentum and turnover
- Watch out2Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Moderate public-transport access
- 1 listed building
- 25.2% covered by a conservation area
- 3 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: South Park (12.9 hectares)
- 75 open venues (22 food and drink, 53 other)
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
63Better than 85% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability90
- Rent affordability60
- Price momentum (5yr)66
- 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 Mayfield: 102 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
54Better than 61% of London
- Personal safety50
- Property crime57
- Anti-social behaviour56
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Connectivity
36Better than 29% 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 quality75
- Quietness35
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
13Better than 15% of London
- Nightlife0
- Dining0
- Arts & culture0
- Retail & shops7
- Sports & recreation0
- Independent scene36
- Vitality (openings, diversity)31
75 open venues nearby — 22 food & drink, 53 other.
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Education
58Better than 74% of London
- Primary schools50
- Secondary schools64
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For Mayfield: 7 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
10Better than 25% of London
1 listed building · 25% under a conservation area
- Homes of Rest, Church of England Temperance SocietyGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
67Better than 65% of London
- Green spaces87
- Waterways30
Largest green space: South Park (13 ha). ~19 ha of green space in total.
Area development
2Better than 43% of London
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- Is Mayfield safe?
- Mayfield scores 54 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 Mayfield a good place to live?
- Mayfield scores 40 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 (67) and property prices & growth (63); 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 Mayfield?
- Moderate public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Mayfield 3 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 36 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Mayfield expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Mayfield is among London's more affordable areas to buy: its purchase-affordability score is 18/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Mayfield?
- Mayfield scores 58 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 3 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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