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Furzedown
Wandsworth, London
PocketsFurzedown West (north · Mitcham Lane · River Graveney · south-west · Tooting Bec Common)Furzedown East (Eardley Road · south · River Graveney · Tooting Bec Common)Tooting East
Furzedown sits south of Tooting Bec Common, a settled Edwardian residential ward tucked behind the main Tooting arteries. Nine listed buildings include the Grade II* Dixcote and the Grade II Yew Tree Lodge and Furzedown Lodge. Tooting Bec Common provides fourteen hectares of the ward's sixteen-hectare green footprint. Schools are exceptional with forty-two outstanding nearby, and safety is solid. Culture and food venue provision are moderate for the area. Public-transport access is moderate at 3 via Tooting and Streatham stations and the buses along Tooting High Road. The drawbacks are narrow: market affordability is tight, new housing delivery is essentially zero, heritage scores modestly despite the Dixcote listing, and non-food venue provision is modest at twenty-four.
- Strongest62Nature Access
Strong access to green space and waterways
- Also strong61Education
Strong access to rated primary and secondary schools
- Watch out1Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Moderate public-transport access
- 9 listed buildings
- 7.7% covered by a conservation area
- 8 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Tooting Bec Common (14 hectares)
- 87 open venues (62 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
49Better than 50% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability40
- Rent affordability40
- Price momentum (5yr)46
- Activity (turnover)68
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£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Furzedown: 189 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
59Better than 70% of London
- Personal safety55
- Property crime60
- Anti-social behaviour64
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Connectivity
40Better than 40% of London
Median public-transport access is moderate (TfL PTAL 3.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Air & Quiet
49Better than 51% of London
- Air quality38
- Quietness63
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
21Better than 43% of London
- Nightlife7
- Dining14
- Arts & culture7
- Retail & shops7
- Sports & recreation7
- Independent scene50
- Vitality (openings, diversity)38
87 open venues nearby — 62 food & drink, 25 other.
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Education
61Better than 84% of London
- Primary schools58
- Secondary schools64
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For Furzedown: 3 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
18Better than 36% of London
9 listed buildings · 8% under a conservation area
- DixcoteGrade II*
- Yew Tree LodgeGrade II
- Furzedown LodgeGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
62Better than 48% of London
- Green spaces83
- Waterways20
Largest green space: Tooting Bec Common (14 ha). ~16 ha of green space in total.
Area development
1Better than 33% of London
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- Is Furzedown safe?
- Furzedown scores 59 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — safer than most of 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 Furzedown a good place to live?
- Furzedown 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 (62) and education (61); its weakest is area development (1). 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 Furzedown?
- Moderate public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Furzedown 3 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 40 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Furzedown expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Furzedown is mid-priced by London standards: its purchase-affordability score is 8/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Furzedown?
- Furzedown scores 61 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 8 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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