Wandsworth: 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 Wandsworth on the mapWhat these local examples show
Southfields station and Southside Shopping Centre supply different supported-station approaches, whereas King George's Park has unresolved walking evidence at its retained reference position. The park's lower mapped daytime road average does not verify the route from that point. Wimbledon Park and King George's Park appear as different green destinations, illustrating why the origin coordinate and the named destination both matter.
This page covers the official Wandsworth boundary (E09000032), 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 9 supported station records, 18 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 22 supported supermarket records, 2 shopping-centre records and 111 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: District, Mildmay, Windrush, Northern. 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. Southfields Underground Station
Station reference · station position. Coordinates: 51.445073, -0.206602.
Retained source ID: 940GZZLUSFS. 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: 65.04 dB Nighttime: 50.51 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 67.92 dB Nighttime: 62.24 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Within the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 1 min walk Southfields Underground Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 9 min walk Wimbledon Park 17.9 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 3 / 5 · Middle Wandsworth 020F · E01004629 63.2 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 205 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 4 min walk Sheringdale Primary School Primary · Community school · No overall grade under the previous inspection framework · 2024-11-05 · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 1 min walk M&S Foodhall M&S · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 20 min walk Southside Shopping Centre Shopping centre · mapped centre entrance |
2. King George's Park
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.452183, -0.194826.
Retained source ID: 29460361. 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: 45.89 dB Nighttime: 39.88 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 41.32 dB Nighttime: 37.47 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Green-space walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Recorded crime | Band 2 / 5 · Lower Wandsworth 018D · E01004601 53.7 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 273 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Supermarket walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Shopping walk | No reliable route estimate No reliable walking-network connection for this overview cell. |
3. Southside Shopping Centre
Shopping-site reference · mapped centre entrance. Coordinates: 51.455356, -0.193789.
Retained source ID: w18120042. 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: 63.94 dB Nighttime: 54.82 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 | ≈ 19 min walk East Putney Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 4 min walk King George's Park 20.2 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Wandsworth 018F · E01035495 303.1 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 811 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 7 min walk West Hill Primary School Primary · Community school · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 1 min walk Lidl Lidl · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 2 min walk Southside Shopping Centre 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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