Property market
The five-year median is £975,000 from 5 recorded sales in NW2 1SH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Barnet is £603,753 in June 2026, down 2.9% year on year.
NW2 1SH
Childs Hill · Barnet · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- London
- Ward
- Childs Hill
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Constituency
- Finchley and Golders Green
- Postcode district
- NW2
- Postcode sector
- NW2 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NW2 1SH
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NW
- Postcode district
- NW2
- Postcode sector
- NW2 1
- Latitude
- 51.564251
- Longitude
- -0.208356
- British National Grid easting
- 524,282
- British National Grid northing
- 186,562
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Barnet · E09000003
- Electoral ward
- Childs Hill · E05013631
- Parish or community
- E43000193
- Westminster constituency
- Finchley and Golders Green · E14001238
- Output area
- E00000712
- Lower layer super output area
- Barnet 040A · E01000138
- Middle layer super output area
- Barnet 040 · E02000063
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 NW2
Property
19 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 23, Purley Avenue, London, NW2 1SH | 21 November 2025 | £1,735,000 |
| 5, Purley Avenue, London, NW2 1SH | 31 May 2023 | £282,000 |
| 23, Purley Avenue, London, NW2 1SH | 10 May 2023 | £975,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 256
- Primary
- 122
- Secondary
- 32
- 250 m
Childs Hill Primary School
Academy converter
- 463 m
St Agnes' Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 624 m
Rimon Jewish Primary School
Free schools
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,172
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,675
- Anti social behaviour 882
- Vehicle crime 640
- Other theft 583
- Shoplifting 571
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 38
- Postcode households
- 14
- Residents per household
- 2.7
- NW2 1 residents
- 9,521
17 female, 21 male
Age bands in NW2 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 31.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.1%
1,808 residents
1,181 residents
2,859 residents
2,331 residents
1,026 residents
This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NW2 1 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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- 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
- 152
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 42
- Latest available record date
- 8 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
- 2025/3297/P Date not supplied 946 m away
Erection of two additional storeys to create four new residential units (Class C3) and the erection of a lift shaft.
Mackellar House Burgess Hill London NW2 2DB
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2024/3069/P Date not supplied 981 m away
Proposed basement under existing footprint of building with associated lightwells to front and rear. Replacement rear extension and small side infill extension at ground floor and a first floor side extension. Alterations to fenestration and front porch.
24 Burgess Hill London NW2 2DA
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/3213/P Decision dated 8 August 2025 948 m away
Details submitted in relation to condition 4 (tree protection details) of approved application 2025/1048/P dated 13/06/2025 (for: Erection of a single-storey rear extension and a garden wall adjoining the front elevation to the south.)
14 Burgess Hill London NW2 2DA
London Borough of Camden Granted - 2025/1368/P Decision dated 26 June 2025 964 m away
Erection of two-storey side extension following replacement of existing single-storey side extension, and extension to rear bay at first floor level.
14 Briardale Gardens London NW3 7PP
London Borough of Camden Granted - 2025/1048/P Decision dated 13 June 2025 948 m away
Erection of a single-storey rear extension and a garden wall adjoining the front elevation to the south.
14 Burgess Hill London NW2 2DA
London Borough of Camden Granted - 2025/1974/P Decision dated 12 June 2025 946 m away
Erection of two additional storeys to create three new residential units (Class C3).
Mackellar House Burgess Hill London NW2 2DB
London Borough of Camden Prior Approval Required - Approval Refused - 2024/4987/P Decision dated 9 April 2025 953 m away
Erection of a single storey rear extension following demolition of the existing, installation of balustrade at rear first floor level to create a terrace, addition of canopy to front entrance and landscaping to rear garden.
25 Briardale Gardens London NW3 7PN
London Borough of Camden Granted - 2025/0202/P Decision dated 13 March 2025 965 m away
Creation of a new plant room in connection with renewable energy development at the school, and new air source heat pump.
Hampstead School Westbere Road NW2 3RT
London Borough of Camden Granted - 2024/2028/P Decision dated 6 February 2025 976 m away
Erection of a part single part two storey rear extension.
14 Richborough Road London NW2 3LU
London Borough of Camden Refused - 2024/2026/P Decision dated 23 December 2024 976 m away
Erection of single storey rear extension measuring 6m in depth, with a maximum height of 4m and an eaves height of 2.9m.
14 Richborough Road London NW2 3LU
London Borough of Camden Prior Approval Required - Approval Given - 2024/5354/P Decision dated 18 December 2024 965 m away
Installation of air source heat pumps and water source heat pumps to service area.
Hampstead School Westbere Road London NW2 3RT
London Borough of Camden Granted - 2024/3895/T Decision dated 7 October 2024 929 m away
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Magnolia (T3) - Reduce branches overhanging garden at no. 29 back to boundary with no. 31 only.
31 Briardale Gardens London NW3 7PN
London Borough of Camden No Objection to Works to Tree(s) in CA
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
86
within 5 km
GREENFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
143-145 CRICKLEWOOD LANE, LONDON, NW2 1HS
ODS code E83006
404 m
PENNINE DRIVE PRACTICE
8 PENNINE DRIVE, HENDON, LONDON, NW2 1PA
ODS code E83025
475 m
THE HODFORD ROAD PRACTICE
73 HODFORD ROAD, LONDON, NW11 8NH
ODS code E83649
824 m
CRICKLEWOOD GENERAL PRACTICE
7 OAKLANDS ROAD, CRICKLEWOOD, LONDON, NW2 6DJ
ODS code Y02986
1.1 km
CHICHELE ROAD SURGERY
25 CHICHELE ROAD, CRICKLEWOOD, LONDON, NW2 3AN
ODS code E84674
1.2 km
WILLESDEN GREEN SURGERY
59 ANSON ROAD, LONDON, NW2 3UY
ODS code E84702
1.3 km
RAVENSCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE
166-168 GOLDERS GREEN ROAD, GOLDERS GREEN, LONDON, NW11 8BB
ODS code E83039
1.3 km
GRAY'S INN MEDICAL GROUP WEST HAMPSTEAD
80 FORTUNE GREEN ROAD, LONDON, NW6 1DS
ODS code F83050
1.3 km
OXGATE GARDENS SURGERY
81 OXGATE GARDENS, LONDON, NW2 6EA
ODS code E84076
1.3 km
THE PRACTICE AT 188
188 GOLDERS GREEN ROAD, GOLDERS GREEN, LONDON, NW11 9AY
ODS code E83027
1.4 km
MAPESBURY MEDICAL GROUP
WINDMILL MEDICAL PRACTICE, 65 SHOOT UP HILL, LONDON, NW2 3PS
ODS code E84012
1.4 km
DRS ADLER AND ROSENBERG
682 FINCHLEY ROAD, GOLDERS GREEN, LONDON, NW11 7NP
ODS code E83600
1.5 km
CHOLMLEY GARDENS SURGERY
1 CHOLMLEY GARDENS, MILL LANE, LONDON, NW6 1AE
ODS code F83615
1.6 km
WALM LANE SURGERY
114 WALM LANE, LONDON, NW2 4RT
ODS code E84086
1.7 km
WEST HAMPSTEAD MEDICAL CENTRE
SOLENT ROAD HEALTH CLINIC, 9 SOLENT ROAD, LONDON, NW6 1TP
ODS code F83055
1.8 km
PHGH DOCTORS
TEMPLE FORTUNE HEALTH CENTRE, 23 TEMPLE FORTUNE LANE, GOLDERS GREEN, LONDON, NW11 7TE
ODS code E83009
2.0 km
TEMPLE FORTUNE MEDICAL GROUP
THE TEMPLE FORTUNE HEALTH CENTRE, 23 TEMPLE FORTUNE LANE, LONDON, NW11 7TE
ODS code E83622
2.0 km
DR AZIM & PARTNERS
67 ELLIOT ROAD, HENDON, LONDON, NW4 3EB
ODS code Y03664
2.1 km
BRONDESBURY MEDICAL CENTRE
279 KILBURN HIGH ROAD, LONDON, NW6 7JQ
ODS code F83059
2.4 km
STAVERTON SURGERY
51 STAVERTON ROAD, LONDON, NW2 5HA
ODS code E84080
2.5 km
Showing 20 of 86 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
Garth Road
BCT · Cricklewood
- 0.2 miles
The Vale Cricklewood
BCT · Cricklewood
- 0.2 miles
Garth Road
BCT · Cricklewood
- 0.2 miles
Cleveland Gardens
BCT · Cricklewood
- 0.2 miles
Cleveland Gardens
BCT · Cricklewood
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barnet 040A, 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
8,092 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 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
- 1
- Medium risk addresses
- 1
- Low risk addresses
- 4
- 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
256 open schools are in scope, including 122 primary and 32 secondary schools. Childs Hill Primary School is the nearest published school at 250 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
6,172 published events cover 12 months, averaging 514.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,675 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.