Herne Hill ward

The eastern border of Herne Hill starts at the corner of A2217 Coldharbour lane and the A215 Denmark Hill where is goes south down through Denmark Hill, Herne Hill and Norwood Road to circumnavigate Brockwell Park up to Brixton Water Lane.

From Railton Road and Shakespeare Road, the western border then follows the railway line through Loughborough Junction Station and up to Carew Street until meeting back up with Denmark Hill.
See a map of Herne Hill ward

• Brockwell Park and Ruskin Park make up at least a third of the ward.
• Schools include Jessop, St Jude's and St Saviour's.
• Sports facilities include Brockwell Lido.
• Carnegie Library is in the ward.
• King's College Hospital and Kings College are in the ward.

Statistics

The National Statistics page on Herne Hill ward provides a comprehensive set of statistics on education, economics, access to services, lifestyle, physical environment and much more.

• Download census data tables

Headline statistics

• The population of Herne Hill ward rose from 12,336 in 1991 to 11,805, a decrease of 4.3%. This is 4.4% of the borough population. This is the only ward to decrease in population over that period. Herne Hill has an area of 202.7 hectares (7.4% of the borough). For the local elections in May 2002, there were 9,993 electors.
• Herne Hill had a smaller percentage decrease in its white poplaution between 1991 and 2001 compared to the rest of the borough.
• Herne Hill had a large decrease in 16-24s between 1991 and 2001 and has a high proportion of people with no religion.
• There is a high proportion of all student households in the ward and a high proportion of houses rather than flats, and a low proportion of purpose built flats.
• Herne Hill had a small growth in full time employees between 1991 and 2001 but still has high rates of unemployment and long-term unemployment.
• Herne Hill has a high proportion of residents with a degree or above.