Lambeth: 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 Lambeth on the mapWhat these local examples show
Brixton station, Max Roach Park and the selected Tesco reference all lead towards Brixton in the supported-station report, with different approximate walking times. Their road averages differ even though the source crime comparison gives all three band 5. Max Roach Park and Rush Common appear as different green destinations. The examples separate practical journeys from a single broad label for Lambeth.
This page covers the official Lambeth boundary (E09000022), 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 12 supported station records, 17 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 19 supported supermarket records, 1 shopping-centre records and 101 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: Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern, Waterloo & City, Victoria, Windrush. 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. Brixton Underground Station
Station reference · mapped entrance. Coordinates: 51.462618, -0.114888.
Retained source ID: 940GZZLUBXN. 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: 75.81 dB Nighttime: 69.01 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 65.39 dB Nighttime: 59.96 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 1 min walk Brixton Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 6 min walk Max Roach Park 2.8 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Lambeth 011B · E01003047 1118.2 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 4,229 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 7 min walk St Helen's Catholic Primary School Primary · Voluntary aided school · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 7 min walk Co-op Food Co-op · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 2 min walk Brixton Boutiques Shopping centre · centre position |
2. Max Roach Park
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.466715, -0.111688.
Retained source ID: 28139847. 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: 57.63 dB Nighttime: 51.84 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 42.58 dB Nighttime: 38.97 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 7 min walk Brixton Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 1 min walk Max Roach Park 2.8 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Lambeth 011B · E01003047 1118.2 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 4,229 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 4 min walk St Helen's Catholic Primary School Primary · Voluntary aided school · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 6 min walk Co-op Food Co-op · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 8 min walk Brixton Boutiques Shopping centre · centre position |
3. Tesco
Mapped supermarket reference · store position. Coordinates: 51.459811, -0.119661.
Retained source ID: w4976041. 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: 64.65 dB Nighttime: 56.69 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 40.98 dB Nighttime: 37.12 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 6 min walk Brixton Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 6 min walk Rush Common 3.8 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Lambeth 016A · E01003020 243.4 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 890 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 3 min walk JUS Education Not applicable · Other independent special school · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 1 min walk Tesco Tesco · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 6 min walk Brixton Boutiques 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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