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Herne Hill

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7,832 people · median £581,500 · Lambeth

Good for schools
Lambeth Council · Green minority — no overall control   29/63 seats · 46% · OCD 2026
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What does it cost? This neighbourhood

dearestcheapest
£581,500 median 17th cheapest of 23 neighbourhoods
among 23 neighbourhoods in Lambeth

A typical home here sells for £581,500, down 2.8% over five years. That's about 11.1× local earnings — around the 13.3× five-year average.

Sold price history

2026 YTD · 44 sales
£327k£423k£520k£616k£712k201120182026 YTD2019 +17%−17%£557,500
Median sold price · 12 months to May 2026£581,500
5-year change-2.8%
Full history since 1995
£0k£187k£374k£561k£748k199520102026 YTD2007 +31%−17%£557,500
HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Semi-detached
£1.3m
Terraced
£1.2m
Flat
£517k
Typical home price compared with annual local pay11.1× · five-year average 13.3×
HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss from Lambeth18.6%

Of the homes across Lambeth that sold again within five years, 18.6% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. In line with London (18.4%).

By property type
Flats18.6%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new29.7%
Bought second-hand16.7%
Overall
Typical resale gain+15.2% · ~8-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (7,734 resale pairs) across Lambeth — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

Home ownership36%

Owned outright
14%
With a mortgage
22%
Private rented
25%
Social rented
34%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,047

London Borough of Lambeth£1,537
Greater London Authority£511
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,365
Band B£1,592
Band C£1,820
Band D (baseline)£2,047
Band E£2,502
Band F£2,957
Band G£3,412
Band H£4,094
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

£6,463 per square metre

What this means ▾

The sold price divided by the home's recorded floor area, which makes differently-sized homes easier to compare. The median across districts Acreright covers is £3,803.

HM Land Registry + EPC floor areas

Prices by street in Herne Hill 39 streets — this neighbourhood, broken down

StreetMedian priceSales5-year change
Dulwich Road£232,500417+0.5%
Effra Parade£234,000279-9.3%
Railton Road£240,000267-7.8%
Shakespeare Road£305,000249-2.3%
Herne Hill£214,000243-16.9%
Spenser Road£262,000213+16.3%
Milton Road£285,000202+8.7%
Chaucer Road£322,500188+14.6%
Median & 5-year change use residential sales only (category-A, type D/S/T/F); the 5-year change compares the last 24 months vs the 24 months five years earlier. Each street’s sales recorded inside this area since 1995 — click a street → its full sold-price page · HM Land Registry Price Paid

Neighbourhood prices in Lambeth how Herne Hill compares · from Lambeth

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Kennington Cross +96.3%
NeighbourhoodMedian price5-year changeSales, 12m
Kennington Cross£667,000+96.3%250
Streatham Park£657,500+34.5%62
Kennington£620,000+15%80
Balham£720,795+12.2%134
Norbury£530,000+11.7%172
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Herne Hill — sold prices

Filters
AddressTypeBedsEPCPriceDate
156 sales in 12 months — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
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