Haringey: 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 Haringey on the mapWhat these local examples show
Turnpike Lane station and Downhills Park share Turnpike Lane as their nearest supported station approach, while The Mall Wood Green points towards Wood Green. The road average at the station reference is much higher than at the other two points. The park is a longer estimated station walk, showing a concrete transport/noise trade-off within the sampled locations rather than a borough-wide verdict.
This page covers the official Haringey boundary (E09000014), 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 11 supported station records, 22 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 17 supported supermarket records, 3 shopping-centre records and 96 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: Northern, Piccadilly, Suffragette, Victoria, Weaver. 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. Turnpike Lane Underground Station
Station reference · mapped entrance. Coordinates: 51.590272, -0.102953.
Retained source ID: 940GZZLUTPN. 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: 78.23 dB Nighttime: 73.85 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 43.79 dB Nighttime: 40.76 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 1 min walk Turnpike Lane Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 1 min walk Ducketts Common 2.6 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 3 / 5 · Middle Haringey 019C · E01002085 57.3 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 244 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 7 min walk The Grove Not applicable · Free schools special · Outstanding · legacy overall · 2023-02-28 · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 4 min walk Sainsbury's Sainsbury's · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 5 min walk High Road Shopping street · 3 different mapped chains · shop position · Clarks, JD Sports, Primark |
2. Downhills Park
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.588821, -0.090317.
Retained source ID: 1904283066. 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: 47.1 dB Nighttime: 39.93 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: 36.87 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 15 min walk Turnpike Lane Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 1 min walk Downhills Park 11.8 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 4 / 5 · Higher Haringey 013B · E01002086 91.5 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 281 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 5 min walk Park View School Secondary · Community school · Good · legacy overall · 2023-02-22 · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 18 min walk Sainsbury's Sainsbury's · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 19 min walk High Road Shopping street · 3 different mapped chains · shop position · Clarks, JD Sports, Primark |
3. The Mall Wood Green
Shopping-site reference · mapped centre entrance. Coordinates: 51.594223, -0.109260.
Retained source ID: w28311345. 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: 45.85 dB Nighttime: 40.87 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 | ≈ 6 min walk Wood Green Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 9 min walk Ducketts Common 2.6 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Haringey 016B · E01002029 522.1 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 2,267 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 6 min walk Area 51 Education Ltd Not applicable · Special post 16 institution · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 3 min walk Lidl Lidl · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 1 min walk The Mall Wood Green Shopping centre · mapped centre entrance |
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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