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Champion Hill
Southwark, London
PocketsNorth Dulwich (Dog Kennel Hill · west · Green Dale Fields · Dog Kennel Hill Wood · Denmark Hill)Camberwell South
Champion Hill sits between Camberwell and East Dulwich in Southwark, a quiet residential ward of Victorian villas on the wooded ridge above the Peckham plain. Around a quarter of the ward sits inside a conservation area. The thirty-nine listed buildings are mostly Grade II individual houses and villas — Redholm, The Hermitage and Champion Lodge lead the set — reflecting the area's mid-nineteenth-century development as a merchants' enclave. Green Dale Fields and surrounding greens give around seventeen hectares, and twenty-five Ofsted outstanding rated schools fall within reach. Safety sits comfortably above the London median, and air quality is reasonable for inner-south London. Transport is moderate, with Denmark Hill on Thameslink and the Overground at the ward's edge and buses on Grove Lane and Champion Park. The trade-offs: a thin retail offer with fourteen eating places reflecting the residential grain, and a market score held back by limited liquidity in the older villa stock.
- Strongest73Safety
Low recorded crime relative to the rest of London
- Also strong58Nature Access
Strong access to green space and waterways
- Watch out0Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Good public-transport access
- 39 listed buildings
- 24.8% covered by a conservation area
- 7 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Green Dale Fields (3.1 hectares)
- 46 open venues (15 food and drink, 31 other)
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
48Better than 47% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability45
- Rent affordability45
- Price momentum (5yr)40
- Activity (turnover)64
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£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Champion Hill: 109 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
73Better than 91% of London
- Personal safety78
- Property crime60
- Anti-social behaviour84
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Connectivity
54Better than 67% of London
Median public-transport access is good (TfL PTAL 4.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Air & Quiet
39Better than 36% of London
- Air quality25
- Quietness60
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Cultural Signal
19Better than 36% of London
- Nightlife7
- Dining7
- Arts & culture14
- Retail & shops7
- Sports & recreation0
- Independent scene50
- Vitality (openings, diversity)31
46 open venues nearby — 15 food & drink, 31 other.
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Education
57Better than 69% of London
- Primary schools54
- Secondary schools60
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Heritage
48Better than 67% of London
39 listed buildings · 25% under a conservation area
- RedholmGrade II
- The HermitageGrade II
- Champion LodgeGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
58Better than 35% of London
- Green spaces77
- Waterways20
Largest green space: Green Dale Fields (3 ha). ~17 ha of green space in total.
Area development
0Shared lowest band with 24% of London
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- Is Champion Hill safe?
- Champion Hill scores 73 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — one of London's safer wards on this measure. 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 Champion Hill a good place to live?
- Champion Hill scores 44 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 safety (73) and nature access (58); 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 Champion Hill?
- Good public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Champion Hill 4 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 54 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Champion Hill expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Champion Hill is mid-priced by London standards: its purchase-affordability score is 9/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Champion Hill?
- Champion Hill scores 57 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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