Greenwich: local evidence before choosing a home
Three public reference positions, ten independent checks and the limitations you need before treating a map result as a housing shortlist.
By the notbad project · editorial review . Source dates are separate.
Explore Greenwich on the mapWhat these local examples show
Woolwich Arsenal, Eltham Common and Eltham Arcade show why the borough must not be reduced to Greenwich town centre. The Woolwich reference has an immediate supported DLR approach. The two Eltham examples do not supply a supported-line walk within the report limits, which exclude other National Rail services. Eltham Common and the arcade also have different mapped road averages and source crime bands.
This page covers the official Greenwich boundary (E09000011), not a single neighbourhood with the same name. Its three examples are illustrative catalog positions, not a representative sample of homes or a borough-wide verdict.
Mapped destinations in this boundary
The retained catalogs place 7 supported station records, 43 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 29 supported supermarket records, 5 shopping-centre records and 104 official school positions inside this boundary. These are source-position counts, not a complete inventory or proof of present access; station records can represent separate services at one interchange.
Supported lines represented here: DLR, Elizabeth line, Jubilee. Coverage includes Underground, Overground, DLR and Elizabeth lines, not every National Rail service. Walking destinations can lie outside the borough.
Three public reference reports
These use the independent Check profile: all supported destination choices, walks up to 30 minutes, green spaces at least 2 hectares, both noise periods and no combined score. School results use all phases and both inspection schemes; the new report-card area is Curriculum and teaching. Origins are source positions, sometimes inside a site, not verified entrances. Unknown means reliable evidence is unavailable, not a pass.
1. Woolwich Arsenal DLR Station
Station reference · mapped entrance. Coordinates: 51.490009, 0.069127.
Retained source ID: 940GZZDLWLA. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 50.82 dB Nighttime: 42.28 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 71.61 dB Nighttime: 65.08 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 1 min walk Woolwich Arsenal DLR Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 11 min walk Unnamed park 3.4 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Greenwich 039D · E01034187 374.4 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 1,008 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 4 min walk Plumcroft Primary School Primary · Community school · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 3 min walk Tesco Extra Tesco · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 3 min walk Powis Street Shopping street · 2 different mapped chains · shop position · JD Sports, TK Maxx |
2. Eltham Common
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.469907, 0.052011.
Retained source ID: 358183112. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 52.56 dB Nighttime: 46.82 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | No mapped route within 30 min |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 1 min walk Eltham Common 3.3 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 2 / 5 · Lower Greenwich 022C · E01001648 55.4 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 189 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 4 min walk Ark Greenwich Free School Secondary · Free schools · Outstanding · legacy overall · 2023-04-25 · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 8 min walk Co-op Food Co-op · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | No mapped route within 30 min No reliable shopping access estimate within the 30-minute routing cap. |
3. Eltham Arcade
Shopping-site reference · centre position. Coordinates: 51.450628, 0.058418.
Retained source ID: n10974594774. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 68.86 dB Nighttime: 64.35 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | No mapped route within 30 min |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 11 min walk Eltham Park South 17.3 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Greenwich 028C · E01001615 119.3 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 524 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 3 min walk Eltham Church of England Primary School Primary · Voluntary aided school · Good · legacy overall · 2022-11-02 · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 2 min walk Sainsbury's Sainsbury's · Mapped supermarket · mapped customer entrance |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 1 min walk Eltham Arcade Shopping centre · centre position |
Turn this comparison into viewing questions
Choose the journeys and surroundings you actually need. Check the location of the home, the route and entrance you would use, indoor noise and current access. A missing noise value is unverified quietness; a missing supported-line result does not cover every rail service. Tube proximity does not measure vibration, crime bands do not predict personal safety, and a nearby school does not establish eligibility.
Source snapshots behind these examples
- Aircraft: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping). Airport activity years vary and are not verified for every airport; no mapped aircraft-noise contour does not establish infrequent flights or quietness.
- Road and railway: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping); 2021 road/rail activity; historical model, not live measurements.. Published values begin at 40 dB day / 35 dB night.
- Walking and mapped destinations: retained OSM snapshot 2026-10-30T21:24:51Z; packaged station snapshot, not live services.
- Crime: 2024-09 to 2026-08; resident population year 2024. Historical London-only bands, not safety grades.
- Schools: GIAS 2026-10-31; Ofsted 2026-09-30. Proximity does not establish admissions.
- Tube proxy: April 2026; 100 m setback, not measured vibration.
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