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Nunhead & Queen's Road
Southwark, London
PocketsQueens Road Peckham (Loder Street Viaduct · Brimmington Park · Queens Passage Viaduct · Cossall Park · south)Nunhead North (Nunhead · Nunhead Cemetery)Peckham North
Nunhead and Queen's Road sits between Peckham and New Cross in Southwark, a ward shaped by its Victorian cemetery and the Queen's Road Peckham retail corridor. The forty-six listed buildings include the Grade II* Southwark Adult Education Institute, along with the Grade II Queens House and Grade II 4 Woods Road. Nunhead Cemetery, opened in 1840, is one of the Magnificent Seven London cemeteries and is the second-largest of the group after Kensal Green. Six Ofsted outstanding rated schools fall within reach, transport is good with Nunhead on Thameslink and Queen's Road Peckham on the Overground, and the food and retail offer along Queen's Road runs to fifty eating places. The honest downsides: crime sits in the bottom third of London wards along the main corridors, air quality is depressed by the A202, and the ward's green footprint runs to just over nine hectares with the cemetery itself carrying most of the wildlife and walking value.
- Strongest63Connectivity
Excellent public-transport access
- Also strong54Education
Strong access to rated primary and secondary schools
- Watch out9Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Good public-transport access
- 46 listed buildings
- 9.2% covered by a conservation area
- 4 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Brimmington Park (1.8 hectares)
- 112 open venues (55 food and drink, 57 other)
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Nunhead Cemetery was consecrated in 1840 as one of the Magnificent Seven Victorian cemeteries and is the second-largest of the group after Kensal Green.
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
43Better than 33% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability35
- Rent affordability30
- Price momentum (5yr)46
- Activity (turnover)56
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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 Nunhead & Queen's Road: 138 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
34Better than 20% of London
- Personal safety33
- Property crime31
- Anti-social behaviour40
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Every recorded crime type — burglary, robbery, vehicle crime and more — grouped into personal, property and anti-social behaviour, with the monthly trend for this ward.
For Nunhead & Queen's Road: personal, property & anti-social breakdown24-mo trend to Jun 2026counts —
Connectivity
63Better than 78% of London
Median public-transport access is very good (TfL PTAL 5.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Real TfL journey times to London's major hubs, plus this ward's transport access rank across London.
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Air & Quiet
29Better than 20% of London
- Air quality23
- Quietness40
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
29Better than 63% of London
- Nightlife14
- Dining21
- Arts & culture7
- Retail & shops7
- Sports & recreation0
- Independent scene79
- Vitality (openings, diversity)50
112 open venues nearby — 55 food & drink, 57 other.
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For Nunhead & Queen's Road: the mix behind 112 open venues—% independent
Education
54Better than 55% of London
- Primary schools50
- Secondary schools58
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School inspection history
Every school in this ward with its current Ofsted rating and multi-year trend.
For Nunhead & Queen's Road: 3 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
50Better than 70% of London
46 listed buildings · 9% under a conservation area
- Southwark Adult Education InstituteGrade II*
- Queens HouseGrade II
- 4 Woods RoadGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
45Better than 11% of London
- Green spaces60
- Waterways15
Largest green space: Brimmington Park (2 ha). ~9 ha of green space in total.
Area development
9Better than 70% of London
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Nunhead & Queen's Road, quick answers
- Is Nunhead & Queen's Road safe?
- Nunhead & Queen's Road scores 34 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — recording more crime than most London wards. 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 Nunhead & Queen's Road a good place to live?
- Nunhead & Queen's Road 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 connectivity (63) and education (54); its weakest is area development (9). 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 Nunhead & Queen's Road?
- Good public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Nunhead & Queen's Road 5 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 63 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Nunhead & Queen's Road expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Nunhead & Queen's Road is among London's pricier areas: its purchase-affordability score is 7/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Nunhead & Queen's Road?
- Nunhead & Queen's Road scores 54 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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