Bucknell Close London, Lambeth
32 addresses across 2 postcodes (SW2), about 100 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 21901696.
- Energy: 29 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 21, D: 7).
- Flood: 8 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Lambeth costs £2,047 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 98% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Brixton, about 470 m (0.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 250 m away, and Rush Common (3.4 hectares) is about 270 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 20.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 9.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 20 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 32 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Hetherington At The Pavilion, about 240 m away, with 17 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 36% of households owned their home and 64% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 727 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
29 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 32 m². Most common: Flat (27); Maisonette, not recorded (1); House, detached (1). Built: 1983-1990 (25); 1976-1982 (4). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (27); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (29 addresses)
- Flat 1, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 2 Robert Runcie Court, 2, Bucknell Close
- Flat 3, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 4 Robert Runcie Court, 2, Bucknell Close
- Flat 5, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 6, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 7, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 8, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 9, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 10, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 11, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 12, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 13, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 14, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 15, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 16, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 17 Robert Runcie Court, 2, Bucknell Close
- Flat 18, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 19, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 20, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 22, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 23, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 24, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 25, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 26, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 27, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 28, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 29, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
- Flat 30, Robert Runcie Court, 2 Bucknell Close
Council tax
What each band costs in Lambeth in 2026-27: Band D £2,047 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,365 | £1,592 | £1,820 | £2,047 | £2,502 | £2,957 | £3,412 | £4,094 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (35% of about 840 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Trinity Gardens. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 46, ACRE LANE SW2, grade II
- 48 AND 50, ACRE LANE SW2, grade II
- FORECOURT WALL AND GATE PIERS TO NUMBERS 48 AND 50, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 34 Acre Lane: up to 9 homes, permissioned (60 m)
- 41-45 Acre Lane, permissioned (160 m)
- 47 - 49 Acre Lane London SW2 5TN: up to 48 homes, permissioned (220 m)
- Olive Morris House, 18 Brixton Hill, permissioned (330 m)
- Fitch Court, not permissioned (540 m (0.3 miles))
- Lambeth Hospital 108 Landor Road: up to 553 homes, permissioned (550 m (0.3 miles))
- Pope's Road carpark, not permissioned (610 m (0.4 miles))
- Fenwick Estate South, permissioned (630 m (0.4 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 8 at medium risk and 10 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| SW2 5SR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SW2 5SP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 8 / 10 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 20 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SW2 5SP | 100% | 98% | 98% | 0% |
| SW2 5SR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Brixton 804,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Clapham High Street 1.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1 km (0.7 miles) | |
| Loughborough Junction 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Brixton Underground Station | 390 m |
| Clapham North Underground Station | 880 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Stockwell Underground Station | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 18 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 66 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Belvedere Place Brixton | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | West Dulwich - Croxted Road | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Vauxhall St George Wharf Pier | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Car parks | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Parking lot | 60 m |
| EV charging points | 62 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Shell Recharge | 280 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 13.1 km (8.1 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 23.7 km (15 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 17 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Hetherington At The Pavilion | 240 m |
| Pharmacies | 21 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Pavilion Pharmacy | 240 m |
| NHS dentists | 14 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 150 m |
| Hospital | The Lambeth Hospital | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Police station | Brixton Police Station | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | 4 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cashpoint® 18 Acre Lane Lloyds Bank | 170 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,740 m² | 250 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Rush Common 3.4 ha | 270 m |
| Play area | 19 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 180 m² | 230 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 810 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Allotments | Moorlands Nature Garden Allotment 1,120 m² | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 7 parks and gardens, 5.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Mausoleum of Richard Budd in Grounds of Church of St Matthew, a listed building (Grade II*), 250 m east. 116 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 5 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mausoleum of Richard Budd in Grounds of Church of St Matthew | Listed building, Grade II* | 250 m east |
| Church of St Matthew | Listed building, Grade II* | 270 m south-east |
| Roman Catholic Chapel of Corpus Christi | Listed building, Grade II* | 530 m (0.3 miles) south |
| The Academy | Listed building, Grade II* | 630 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Brockwell Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Myatt's Fields | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church | World Heritage Site | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Long Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Eagle Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Mount Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Knight's Hill | Hill | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south-east |
| Holly Grove Shrubbery | Wood | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) east |
| Chelsea Reach | Tidal water | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 20.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 9.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 15.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; all three are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 31 | 32 | 32 |
1 of the street's 32 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Lambeth: see them on the Lambeth page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sudbourne Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 250 m | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| South Bank University Sixth Form | 16 plus | 16–19 | 460 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| Trinity Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 470 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 500 m (0.3 miles) | Outstanding (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Stockwell Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 670 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Effra Nursery School and Children's Centre | Nursery | 2–5 | 790 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Triangle Nursery School | Nursery | 2–4 | 800 m (0.5 miles) | Outstanding (Oct 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Harris Clapham Sixth Form | 16 plus | 16–19 | 820 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Helen's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 830 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Hill Mead Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | Requires improvement (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 870 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Jubilee Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Blues Kitchen Brixton SW2 5SP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 80 m | 5 Very good | 5 Mar 2026 |
| Tesco SW2 5RS | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 90 m | 5 Very good | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Trinity Arms SW9 8DR | Pub/bar/nightclub | 150 m | 5 Very good | 20 Dec 2025 |
| Quick Stop Food & Wine SW2 5SG | Retailers - other | 150 m | 4 Good | 15 Jan 2026 |
| Chicken Valley SW2 5SG | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 150 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 14 Aug 2025 |
| El Guarroso SW2 5SG | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 150 m | 4 Good | 22 May 2026 |
| Antro SW2 5SG | Pub/bar/nightclub | 150 m | 5 Very good | 22 May 2026 |
| El Rancho De Lalo SW2 5BY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 150 m | 5 Very good | 16 Dec 2025 |
| The Electric SW2 1RJ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 200 m | 5 Very good | 30 May 2026 |
| Food Stores - West Indian Continental SW4 7QF | Retailers - other | 210 m | 5 Very good | 28 Aug 2019 |
| Ferndale Road Day Nursery SW9 8AZ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 220 m | 5 Very good | 6 Feb 2026 |
| Vera Cruz Lebanese Grill And Cafe SW2 1RH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 230 m | 4 Good | 11 Jun 2026 |
| Brixton Hill Express SW2 1RH | Retailers - other | 230 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 25 Sep 2026 |
| Express News SW2 1RH | Retailers - other | 230 m | 5 Very good | 15 Oct 2019 |
| Chicken Palace SW2 1RH | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 230 m | 4 Good | 7 Aug 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 155 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 151 |
| Other theft | 81 |
| Theft from the person | 60 |
| Vehicle crime | 53 |
| Drugs | 51 |
| Public order | 42 |
| Burglary | 31 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 30 |
| Robbery | 25 |
| Bicycle theft | 18 |
| Shoplifting | 18 |
| Other crime | 8 |
| Possession of weapons | 4 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Brighton Terrace (144); On or near Nightclub (91); On or near Acre Lane (87); On or near Bucknell Close (85); On or near Supermarket (65).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 34 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 7% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 36% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 9% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 4% | 1% |
| Social rented | 26% | 17% |
| Private rented | 34% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 72% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 6% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 12% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 70% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 6% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 14% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 18% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 80% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 64% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 89% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
- Food hygiene ratings Brixton Hill Express (retailers - other, SW2 1RH) re-inspected, still 2 Improvement necessary (rated 25 September 2026) found 31 October 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Jaralam Newsagent (retailers - other, SW9 8BA) is no longer listed; it was rated 5 Very good found 30 October 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Rajan News (retailers - other, SW9 8BA) newly listed: Awaiting inspection found 30 October 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Gail's Bakery Brixton (restaurant/cafe/canteen, SW9 8HE) now 5 Very good, was Awaiting inspection (rated 23 October 2026) found 30 October 2026
- Food hygiene ratings The Black Farmer Shop (restaurant/cafe/canteen, SW9 8LB) now Unknown, was 5 Very good (rated 24 September 2026) found 30 October 2026
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Trinity Gardens · Acre Lane · Marlborough Mews · Belvedere Place · Porden Road · Concanon Road · Beta Place · Buckner Road · Santley Street · Baytree Road · Allardyce Street · Delmare Close
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.