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Weavers
Tower Hamlets, London
PocketsBrick Lane North (Bethnal Green Road · Squirries Street · west · Allen Gardens · Shoreditch High Street)Columbia Road (Ravenscroft Park · Bethnal Green Road · Ion Square Gardens)
Weavers sits in the north of Tower Hamlets, running from Brick Lane up toward Columbia Road and taking its name from the Huguenot silk weavers who settled here after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Sixty-two listed buildings include the Grade II* Church of St Matthew, built 1743–46 by George Dance after Nicholas Hawksmoor's earlier plans were abandoned, alongside Grade II Culham House and Iffley House. Half the ward is within a conservation area. Public transport is very good via Shoreditch High Street and Bethnal Green, fifty-one outstanding schools lie within reach, and the food-and-drink scene along Brick Lane, Redchurch Street and Columbia Road is among the densest in east London. The drawbacks: safety readings are well below the London average, driven by nightlife footfall and Brick Lane activity; air quality is poor thanks to Bethnal Green Road and the surrounding grid; and green cover within the ward is thin at under seven hectares.
- Strongest71Connectivity
Excellent public-transport access
- Also strong67Heritage
Dense with listed buildings and conservation-area coverage
- Watch out21Air & Quiet
Elevated pollution or noise from major roads or rail
At a glance
- Very good public-transport access
- 62 listed buildings
- 50.3% covered by a conservation area
- 13 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Allen Gardens (1.6 hectares)
- 444 open venues (170 food and drink, 274 other)
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St Matthew's Church, Bethnal Green was built between 1743 and 1746 to designs by George Dance after earlier plans by Nicholas Hawksmoor, for a parish shaped by the Huguenot weavers' community around Hare Street.
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
29Better than 6% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability20
- Rent affordability15
- Price momentum (5yr)34
- 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 Weavers: 72 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
24Better than 6% of London
- Personal safety28
- Property crime26
- Anti-social behaviour16
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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 Weavers: personal, property & anti-social breakdown24-mo trend to Jun 2026counts —
Connectivity
71Better than 85% of London
Median public-transport access is excellent (TfL PTAL 6.0 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.
For Weavers: — min by TfL to 8 major hubsaccess rank —
Air & Quiet
21Better than 7% of London
- Air quality5
- Quietness45
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
66Better than 98% of London
- Nightlife43
- Dining71
- Arts & culture50
- Retail & shops71
- Sports & recreation21
- Independent scene100
- Vitality (openings, diversity)81
444 open venues nearby — 170 food & drink, 274 other.
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What's open nearby — the venue mix, share of independents, and recent openings.
For Weavers: the mix behind 444 open venues—% independent
Education
63Better than 90% of London
- Primary schools62
- Secondary schools64
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School inspection history
Every school in this ward with its current Ofsted rating and multi-year trend.
For Weavers: 6 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
67Better than 86% of London
62 listed buildings · 50% under a conservation area
- Church of St MatthewGrade II*
- Walton HouseGrade II
- Sivill HouseGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
39Better than 6% of London
- Green spaces47
- Waterways30
Largest green space: Allen Gardens (2 ha). ~7 ha of green space in total.
Area development
28Better than 95% of London
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For Weavers: 72 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price history £—24-mo crime trend to Jun 2026TfL times to 8 hubs — min6 schools' inspection records444 venues mapped
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- Is Weavers safe?
- Weavers scores 24 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 Weavers a good place to live?
- Weavers scores 46 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 (71) and heritage (67); its weakest is air & quiet (21). 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 Weavers?
- Very good public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Weavers 6 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 71 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Weavers expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Weavers is among London's pricier areas: its purchase-affordability score is 4/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Weavers?
- Weavers scores 63 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 13 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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