Property market
The five-year median is £448,000 from 3 recorded sales in N7 8XL. 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 8XL
Laycock · Islington · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- N7 8XL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- N
- Postcode district
- N7
- Postcode sector
- N7 8
- Latitude
- 51.544833
- Longitude
- -0.114019
- British National Grid easting
- 530,876
- British National Grid northing
- 184,567
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
- E00013494
- Lower layer super output area
- Islington 015C · E01002713
- 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
26 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Caister House, Flat 30, Roman Way, London, N7 8XL | 5 December 2025 | £448,000 |
| Caister House Garage, Roman Way, London, N7 8XL | 14 November 2022 | £790,000 |
| Caister House, Flat 13, Roman Way, London, N7 8XL | 23 August 2021 | £360,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 384
- Primary
- 175
- Secondary
- 46
- 290 m
New River College Secondary
Pupil referral unit
- 406 m
St Mary Magdalene Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 528 m
Thornhill Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 18,059
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,327
- Shoplifting 2,266
- Anti social behaviour 2,110
- Other theft 1,981
- Theft from the person 1,611
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 86
- Postcode households
- 53
- Residents per household
- 1.6
- N7 8 residents
- 11,440
42 female, 44 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 0.8% 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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- 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
- 421
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 135
- 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 860 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 - 2025/2142/P Date not supplied 974 m away
Replacement of timber sash windows with like-for-like double glazed timber sash windows.
Flat B 31 Cantelowes Road London NW1 9XR
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/1025/P Date not supplied 917 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 887 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 883 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 908 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 - 2025/2228/T Decision dated 17 July 2025 987 m away
(TPO REF: C10 - G6) REAR GARDEN: 1 x Lime (T1) - Pollard/reduction in size, leaving a standing stem of approximately 6m. 1 x Lime (T2) - Remove the least dominant stem that is currently touching the outhouse and reduce the remaining canopy back to the most recent previous points of reduction. 1 x Lime (T3) - Fell to ground level.
32 Cantelowes Road London NW1 9XT
London Borough of Camden Approve Works (TPO) - 2025/1361/P Decision dated 15 July 2025 917 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 917 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 - 2025/1747/T Decision dated 30 May 2025 969 m away
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Goat Willow (T1) - Reduce height and lateral spread by approx. 1m - 2m.
18 St. Paul's Mews London NW1 9TZ
London Borough of Camden No Objection to Works to Tree(s) in CA - 2025/2034/P Decision dated 20 May 2025 860 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 946 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
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
134
within 5 km straight-line
ISLINGTON CENTRAL MEDICAL CENTRE
28 LAYCOCK STREET, LONDON, N1 1SW
ODS code F83010
582 m
ISLINGTON GP FEDERATION
UNIT 16-18, 8 HORNSEY STREET, LONDON, N7 8EG
ODS code Y05190
703 m
THE NORTHERN MEDICAL CENTRE
HOLLOWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, 11 HORNSEY STREET, LONDON, N7 8GG
ODS code F83060
705 m
BARNSBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE
8 BINGFIELD STREET, LONDON, N1 0AL
ODS code F83033
712 m
MEDICUS SELECT CARE
BINGFIELD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 8 BINGFIELD STREET, LONDON, N1 0AL
ODS code Y03103
712 m
THE MEDICAL CENTRE
140 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON, N7 8DD
ODS code F83673
754 m
THE GOODINGE GROUP PRACTICE
GOODINGE HEALTH CENTRE, GOODINGE CLOSE, 20 NORTH ROAD, LONDON, N7 9EW
ODS code F83008
877 m
SOBELL MEDICAL CENTRE
272 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON, N7 6NE
ODS code F83680
1.0 km
PARTNERSHIP PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
331 CAMDEN ROAD, LONDON, N7 0SL
ODS code F83681
1.2 km
RITCHIE STREET GROUP PRACTICE
34 RITCHIE STREET, LONDON, N1 0DG
ODS code F83021
1.2 km
KILLICK STREET HEALTH CENTRE
KILLICK STREET HEALTH CTR, 75 KILLICK STREET, LONDON, N1 9RH
ODS code F83063
1.2 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
1.7 km
THE VILLAGE PRACTICE
115 ISLEDON ROAD, LONDON, N7 7JJ
ODS code F83664
1.7 km
THE MILLER PRACTICE
49 HIGHBURY NEW PARK, HIGHBURY, LONDON, N5 2ET
ODS code F83045
1.7 km
HIGHBURY GRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
1-5 HIGHBURY GRANGE, LONDON, N5 2QB
ODS code F83660
1.7 km
CAMDEN BRIDGING ACCESS SERVICE
PECKWATER HEALTH CENTRE, 6 PECKWATER STREET, LONDON, NW5 2TX
ODS code Y05257
1.8 km
NEW NORTH HEALTH CENTRE
287-293 NEW NORTH ROAD, LONDON, N1 7AA
ODS code F83034
1.8 km
CAVERSHAM GROUP PRACTICE
4 PECKWATER STREET, KENTISH TOWN, LONDON, NW5 2UP
ODS code F83022
1.8 km
Showing 20 of 134 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Ellington Street
BCT · Caledonian Road
- 0.1 miles
Ellington Street / Arundel Square
BCT · Caledonian Road
- 0.1 miles
Caledonian Road & Barnsbury Station
RSE · Barnsbury
- 0.1 miles
Westbourne Road / Arundel Square
BCT · Barnsbury
- 0.1 miles
The Hemingford Arms
BCT · Barnsbury
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Islington 015C, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
6,490 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
- 0
- 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
384 open schools are in scope, including 175 primary and 46 secondary schools. New River College Secondary is the nearest published school at 290 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
18,059 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,504.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,327 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.