Estate agents in SW4
SW4 is a postcode district in Lambeth, where HM Land Registry records 404 homes sold in the 12 months August 2025 to July 2026 at a median price paid of £620,000. There are 19 estate agent sales branches with an office in the district.
How estate agents in SW4 compare
SW4 at a glance
HM Land Registry recorded 422 sales in SW4 from September 2025 to August 2026, at a median price of £600,000.
41.4% of these homes had also sold since January 2016. Their sellers had owned them for a median of 5.9 years and sold for a median of 7.1% more than they paid.
The median price was £600,000 in 2016 and £627,000 in 2025.
Figures checked 3 November 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales.
House prices in SW4
Median sale price in SW4: £600,000
| All homes | 422 sales, median £600,000 |
|---|---|
| Detached | 2 sales |
| Semi-detached | 24 sales, median £1,905,558 |
| Terraced | 92 sales, median £1,277,500 |
| Flats and maisonettes | 304 sales, median £535,000 |
We show a median only where it rests on enough sales: at least 10 for all homes and at least 5 for each type of home. Otherwise we show the number of sales.
Across Lambeth the average price was £549,573 in June 2026, down 3.1% on a year earlier.
| 2016 | £600,000 (493 sales) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | £620,000 (487 sales) |
| 2018 | £620,000 (453 sales) |
| 2019 | £590,000 (471 sales) |
| 2020 | £612,500 (469 sales) |
| 2021 | £641,000 (692 sales) |
| 2022 | £655,000 (573 sales) |
| 2023 | £625,000 (460 sales) |
| 2024 | £640,000 (528 sales) |
| 2025 | £627,000 (533 sales) |
Checked 3 November 2026; Price Paid figures are refreshed weekly.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Transport links
Clapham High Street station is about 0.3 miles from the centre of SW4, with Wandsworth Road about 0.6 miles away and Queenstown Road and Brixton each about 1 mile away. Underground stops include Clapham Common at the centre of the district, Clapham North about 0.4 miles away, Clapham South about 0.7 miles away and Brixton about 1 mile away. The A2217, A3, A24, A3216 and A3036 pass through or beside the area. The nearest motorway junctions are M4 junction 1 (Chiswick Roundabout) about 6 miles away and M1 junction 1 (Staples Corner) about 9 miles away. London City Airport is about 9 miles away and London Heathrow Airport about 14 miles. Central London is about 3 miles away in a straight line.
Schools in and near SW4
SW4 has 29 primary schools within about 1.2 miles of the centre. The nearest are St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School and Clapham Manor Primary School at about 0.2 miles. Secondary options include The Elms Academy (Christian, sixth form, academy) at about 0.3 miles; Harris Academy Clapham (free school) at about 0.6 miles; and Trinity Academy (sixth form, free school) at about 0.8 miles. Independent schools include Eaton House the Manor School at about 0.6 miles and Parkgate House School at about 0.7 miles. Lansdowne School, a special school, is about 0.8 miles away. For further education, South Bank Colleges is about 0.2 miles from the centre. The nearest university is the Institute of Cancer Research at about 2.5 miles.
Living in SW4
SW4 is an urban area of about 40,500 residents, lying in or beside the built-up area of Wandsworth. There are at least six supermarkets. Sainsbury's and M&S Food are each about 0.1 miles away. A market is also about 0.1 miles away and there are more than 40 convenience stores. There are more than 35 pubs, more than 50 cafés and more than 65 restaurants, with Belle Vue and The Alexandra the nearest pubs. Several doctors' surgeries, pharmacies and dentists are nearby, the nearest surgery being Clapham Family Practice at about 0.2 miles. Lambeth Hospital is about 0.7 miles away and King's College Hospital, which has an emergency department, about 1.9 miles. Clapham Library is about 0.2 miles away. Grafton Square is about 0.2 miles away and Clapham Common about 0.5 miles.
A short history of SW4
A Roman stone dated to the 1st century AD, found in 1912, records the road now beneath Clapham High Street. The name Cloppaham was recorded around 880 and means a homestead with an enclosure close to a hill. A family history says King Edgar granted land there to Jonas in 965. Domesday Book lists Clopeham, held by Goisfrid de Mandeville, with three hides, six ploughs and five acres of meadow, rendering £7 10s. It lists Balham as Belgeham, held by Geoffrey Orlateile, with one and a half ploughs and eight acres of meadow, rendering £2. Large houses appeared in Clapham from the late 17th century and Samuel Pepys died there in 1703. The old church was taken down in 1774. Balham grew after its station opened in 1856. Nine of the 173 listed buildings are Grade II*, including Holy Trinity and St Mary's Redemptorist Monastery.
Landscape and geography in SW4
SW4 stands at about 25 metres (82 feet) above sea level. No named river or canal runs through the area, but the tidal River Thames is about 1.5 miles from the centre and the tidal River Wandle is about 2.4 miles. The nearest open coast is about 28 miles off. Long Pond, Eagle Pond and Mount Pond are each under half a mile from the centre, while Ladies Pond is about 1.2 miles. Crystal Palace reaches 116 metres (381 feet) at about 4 miles. Hampstead Heath rises to 136 metres (446 feet) at about 7 miles and Shooters Hill to 132 metres (433 feet) at about 9 miles. The Surrey Hills National Landscape is about 12 miles from the area and the Kent Downs National Landscape about 14 miles.
People and homes in SW4
At the 2021 Census SW4 had about 41,900 usual residents. Census 2021 figures show 12% were aged under 15, 80% aged 15 to 64 and 8% aged 65 and over. At the 2021 Census there were about 18,300 households, with 31% of them one-person households against 30% in England. Census 2021 figures show 77% of households lived in flats, maisonettes or apartments, against 22% in England. The 2021 Census found 34% of households owned their home, 29% rented socially and 36% rented privately. Valuation Office Agency figures for March 2026 show band D as the most common council tax band, at 29% of about 20,440 homes. Environment Agency figures from June 2026 cover rivers and the sea only and show no residential properties at high or medium risk.
Economy and jobs in SW4
Across the wider Lambeth council area there were about 159,000 jobs in 2024. Health made up 25.2% of them in 2024, followed by accommodation and food services at 10.1%. Matches Fashion has its headquarters recorded in London within about 0.8 miles of the centre of SW4 (October 2026). Ellerslie Square Industrial Estate is about 0.4 miles from the centre. In the wider council area the employment rate of residents aged 16 to 64 was 75.8% for July 2025 to June 2026, close to the United Kingdom figure of 75.5%. The claimant count in September 2026 was 6.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 in the wider council area, above the United Kingdom figure of 3.9%. Median pay for employees working full time in the wider council area was £48,690 a year in 2025.
Notable people from SW4
Roger Moore (1927 to 2017), an English actor and autobiographer, was born in Stockwell, as was Cynthia Erivo (born 1987), a British actress and singer-songwriter. Nathaniel Clyne (born 1991), an English association football player, was also born in Stockwell. Clapham is the birthplace of Annie Besant (1847 to 1933), a British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator. Claude Rains (1889 to 1967) was a British actor born there. F. H. Bradley (1846 to 1924) was a British philosopher born in Clapham. John Keegan (1934 to 2012) was a British military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist born in the same district, as was Tommy Hampson (1907 to 1965), a British middle-distance runner.
Sport and leisure
Sports centres include Clapham Leisure Centre and Ferndale Community Sports Centre and Waterplay (Cock Pond) is a paddling pool for swimming. Virgin Active also has swimming alongside fitness facilities. Substation is a climbing centre and Semokwan Hapkido Academy covers hapkido. Papa's Park Sports Pitch is marked for football, basketball and netball. Clapham Common has cricket nets and a skatepark. Pit Lane is a karting venue. Open space includes Clapham Common, Heathbrook Park, Larkhall Park with its tennis courts, Rush Common and Papa's Park. A number of children's playgrounds are also mapped across the area.
Common questions
- What is the median price paid for a home in SW4?
- The median price paid in SW4 over the 12 months August 2025 to July 2026 was £620,000. By property type, the median price paid was £2,181,600 for semi-detached houses (23 sales), £1,280,000 for terraced houses (85 sales) and £540,000 for flats (294 sales).
- How many homes were sold in SW4 over the last year?
- HM Land Registry Price Paid data records 404 standard sales in SW4 in the 12 months August 2025 to July 2026. Of these, 294 were flats, 85 were terraced houses and 23 were semi-detached houses.
- What are the transport links in SW4?
- The nearest railway stations are Clapham High Street at about 0.3 miles and Wandsworth Road at about 0.6 miles. Clapham Common underground station is at about 0.0 miles and Clapham North is at about 0.4 miles. The centre of SW4 is about 3 miles in a straight line from central London.
- Which schools are near SW4?
- There are 29 primary schools within about 1.2 miles of the centre, with St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School and Clapham Manor Primary School both at about 0.2 miles. The nearest secondary schools are The Elms Academy at about 0.3 miles and Harris Academy Clapham at about 0.6 miles.
- How many estate agent branches are there in SW4?
- There are 19 estate agent sales branches with an office in the SW4 postcode district.
Areas near SW4
SW4 is in Lambeth.
Estate agents near SW4
- PorticoLambeth SW4 7AA0 miles
- Keating EstatesLambeth SW4 7AB0.1 miles
- ChestertonsLambeth SW4 0HY0.1 miles
- Bellfords InternationalLambeth SW4 7TD0.2 miles
- Hamptons Estate and Letting AgentsLambeth SW4 0JE0.2 miles
- Winkworth ClaphamLambeth SW4 0JG0.2 miles
- Dexters Clapham High Street Estate AgentsLambeth SW4 7TG0.2 miles
- Noble EstatesLambeth SW4 0LB0.3 miles
- AspireLambeth SW4 7UR0.3 miles
- Orlando ReidLambeth SW4 0JT0.3 miles
Nearest agents first. Distances are in a straight line from the centre of SW4.
Show all 9 SW4 estate agents with an easyProperty page (of 19 branches)
- Bellfords International SW4
- Dexters SW4
- Dexters Clapham High Street SW4
- Dexters Clapham South SW4
- Keating Estates SW4
- Noble Estates SW4
- Orlando Reid SW4
- Portico SW4
- Winkworth Clapham SW4