Property market
The five-year median is £830,000 from 1 recorded sale in N7 8BH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Islington is £673,384 in June 2026, down 8.1% year on year.
N7 8BH
Laycock · Islington · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- N7 8BH
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- N
- Postcode district
- N7
- Postcode sector
- N7 8
- Latitude
- 51.544957
- Longitude
- -0.113350
- British National Grid easting
- 530,922
- British National Grid northing
- 184,582
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Islington · E09000019
- Electoral ward
- Laycock · E05013708
- Parish or community
- E43000209
- Westminster constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury · E14001306
- Output area
- E00013496
- Lower layer super output area
- Islington 015B · E01002712
- Middle layer super output area
- Islington 015 · E02000568
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore N7
Property
12 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 16, Faraday Close, London, N7 8BH | 19 August 2022 | £830,000 |
| 6, Faraday Close, London, N7 8BH | 15 July 2021 | £900,000 |
| 18, Faraday Close, London, N7 8BH | 21 July 2016 | £717,600 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 386
- Primary
- 175
- Secondary
- 48
- 250 m
New River College Secondary
Pupil referral unit
- 364 m
St Mary Magdalene Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 516 m
Thornhill Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 17,846
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,311
- Anti social behaviour 2,126
- Shoplifting 2,088
- Other theft 1,938
- Theft from the person 1,612
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 32
- Postcode households
- 12
- Residents per household
- 2.7
- N7 8 residents
- 11,440
15 female, 17 male
Age bands in N7 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 16.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 43.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 19.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.8%
1,511 residents
1,840 residents
4,902 residents
2,244 residents
883 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider N7 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 91.7%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 91.7%
- Gigabit-capable
- 91.7%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Planning applications
Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.
- Available records
- 254
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 89
- Latest available record date
- 18 August 2025
London Borough of Camden
Partial beta coverage
This beta dataset covers only Adur, Camden, Doncaster and Worthing and is not a complete national planning register. Doncaster records have no published coordinates, so they cannot be matched to local reports.
Latest available applications
- 2025/3699/P Date not supplied 908 m away
Amendments to external alterations to side access elevation, internal basement access, and the rear elevation of the rear extension, approved under planning permission 2022/5408/P dated 16/02/2023
15 York Way London N7 9QG
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/1025/P Date not supplied 963 m away
Retrospective application for removal of portacabins on the western and southern boundaries and provision of replacement single storey operational buildings.
Linear Land North of Freight Lane Freight Lane London
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/0786/P Date not supplied 935 m away
Erection of a single storey rear extension.
34 Marquis Road London NW1 9UB
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/0805/P Decision dated 18 August 2025 931 m away
Retention of glazed lobby to external roof space at rear first floor level
Flat A, 160 Agar Grove London NW1 9TY
London Borough of Camden Refused and Warning of Enforcement Action to be Taken - 2025/2653/T Decision dated 17 July 2025 954 m away
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Fig (T1) - Reduce crown to historic pruning points (by up to 1.5m) approx. 2.5m from ground level.
72 Marquis Road London NW1 9UB
London Borough of Camden No Objection to Works to Tree(s) in CA - 2025/1361/P Decision dated 15 July 2025 963 m away
Removal of single storey modular building; erection of a single-storey office and welfare building and a single-storey storage building, provision of on-site car parking, and associated works.
Land to Western End of Freight Lane Freight Lane London N1C 4BE
London Borough of Camden Granted - 2025/1360/P Decision dated 11 July 2025 963 m away
Erection of a salt store, a salt bin store and modular cabin with WC and staff kitchen and associated works.
Land South of CATS Building Freight Lane London N1C 4BE
London Borough of Camden Granted - 2025/2034/P Decision dated 20 May 2025 908 m away
Details of living roof as required by condition 4 of planning permission 2022/5408/P dated 16/02/2023 (for: Change of use of ground floor commercial unit from hot food takeaway (sui generis) to residential use (Class C3), reconfiguring an existing first floor two bedroom flat and combining with the ground floor to create a 3 bedroom maisonette over the ground and first floors, demolition of existing rear extension and erection of replacement single-storey rear extension and rear garden.)
15 York Way London N7 9QG
London Borough of Camden Granted - 2025/0764/P Decision dated 13 May 2025 995 m away
Installation of 2 x rooflights to front elevation and 1 x rooflight to rear elevation.
23 St Paul's Mews London Camden NW1 9TZ
London Borough of Camden Granted - 2024/4311/P Decision dated 1 April 2025 960 m away
Change of use of the basement floor from office (Class E) to a one bedroom flat (Class C3) and subsequent external alterations
93 Agar Grove London Camden NW1 9UE
London Borough of Camden Withdrawn Decision - 2024/5605/T Decision dated 22 January 2025 934 m away
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Norway Maple (T1) - Crown reduce by 1.75m on all axis.. Lift 3m.
30 Marquis Road London NW1 9UB
London Borough of Camden No Objection to Works to Tree(s) in CA - 2024/2166/P Decision dated 19 November 2024 972 m away
Part demolition of the front boundary treatment to allow mobility access to and from the pavement.
3 Marquis Road London NW1 9UD
London Borough of Camden Granted
Source: MHCLG Planning Data, snapshot 2025-09-17, version 2025-09-17-beta. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Record dates use the submitted date where published, otherwise the decision date.
GP practices
133
within 5 km
ISLINGTON CENTRAL MEDICAL CENTRE
28 LAYCOCK STREET, LONDON, N1 1SW
ODS code F83010
536 m
ISLINGTON GP FEDERATION
UNIT 16-18, 8 HORNSEY STREET, LONDON, N7 8EG
ODS code Y05190
691 m
THE NORTHERN MEDICAL CENTRE
HOLLOWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, 11 HORNSEY STREET, LONDON, N7 8GG
ODS code F83060
700 m
THE MEDICAL CENTRE
140 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON, N7 8DD
ODS code F83673
724 m
BARNSBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE
8 BINGFIELD STREET, LONDON, N1 0AL
ODS code F83033
748 m
MEDICUS SELECT CARE
BINGFIELD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 8 BINGFIELD STREET, LONDON, N1 0AL
ODS code Y03103
748 m
THE GOODINGE GROUP PRACTICE
GOODINGE HEALTH CENTRE, GOODINGE CLOSE, 20 NORTH ROAD, LONDON, N7 9EW
ODS code F83008
914 m
SOBELL MEDICAL CENTRE
272 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON, N7 6NE
ODS code F83680
992 m
RITCHIE STREET GROUP PRACTICE
34 RITCHIE STREET, LONDON, N1 0DG
ODS code F83021
1.2 km
PARTNERSHIP PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
331 CAMDEN ROAD, LONDON, N7 0SL
ODS code F83681
1.2 km
KILLICK STREET HEALTH CENTRE
KILLICK STREET HEALTH CTR, 75 KILLICK STREET, LONDON, N1 9RH
ODS code F83063
1.3 km
RIVER PLACE HEALTH CENTRE
RIVER PLACE, ESSEX ROAD, LONDON, N1 2DE
ODS code F83002
1.3 km
ST PETER'S STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
16 1/2 ST PETER'S STREET, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 8JG
ODS code F83032
1.4 km
ELIZABETH AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE
2 ELIZABETH AVENUE, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 3BS
ODS code F83012
1.6 km
THE MILLER PRACTICE
49 HIGHBURY NEW PARK, HIGHBURY, LONDON, N5 2ET
ODS code F83045
1.6 km
THE VILLAGE PRACTICE
115 ISLEDON ROAD, LONDON, N7 7JJ
ODS code F83664
1.7 km
HIGHBURY GRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
1-5 HIGHBURY GRANGE, LONDON, N5 2QB
ODS code F83660
1.7 km
NEW NORTH HEALTH CENTRE
287-293 NEW NORTH ROAD, LONDON, N1 7AA
ODS code F83034
1.7 km
CAMDEN BRIDGING ACCESS SERVICE
PECKWATER HEALTH CENTRE, 6 PECKWATER STREET, LONDON, NW5 2TX
ODS code Y05257
1.8 km
THE MITCHISON ROAD SURGERY
2 MITCHISON ROAD, LONDON, N1 3NG
ODS code F83056
1.8 km
Showing 20 of 133 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Ellington Street
BCT · Caledonian Road
- 0.1 miles
Ellington Street / Arundel Square
BCT · Caledonian Road
- 0.1 miles
Westbourne Road / Arundel Square
BCT · Barnsbury
- 0.1 miles
Offord Road
BCT · Barnsbury
- 0.1 miles
The Hemingford Arms
BCT · Barnsbury
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Islington 015B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,007 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 3
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Schools
386 open schools are in scope, including 175 primary and 48 secondary schools. New River College Secondary is the nearest published school at 250 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
17,846 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,487.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,311 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.