Love is in the air today, and so too a handful of London street names – including a quartet of ‘Love Lane’s in the City, Pinner, Mitcham and Morden.
Last week Royal Mail found more than a thousand of us are living on streets with romantic connotations.
A comb through its database unearthed 856 street names in the UK that include the word ‘Rose’, while ‘Love’ features in 143 and ‘Valentine’ in 75.
London has the most romantic street names of the areas surveyed (though also the most roads) with 45 that Royal Mail deemed suitably amorous.
While such names no guarantee of local harmony – signs on Tottenham’s La Rose Lane were vandalised two years following the council’s change from historic Black Boy Lane – reports over the years suggests that there could be some correlation between house prices and typically ‘pleasant’ monikers.
God forbid you live on Ham’s Melancholy Lane or Eltham’s Bleak Hill Lane.
In the spirit of schmaltz, we’ve found ten homes for sale on London’s most romantic roads, from Southwark’s Valentine Place to Whitechapel’s Darling Row.
Valentine Road, Hackney, E9
£1.2 million
A particularly well-maintained Victorian end terrace with four bedrooms, a bright kitchen extension, a log-burner and a low-stress decked garden. It’s on the market without a chain.
Savills, 020 3910 6142
Love Lane, Morden, SW4
£500,000
This chain-free family home, in striking distance of several parks, has a third third bedroom with ensuite in the extended loft. Practical perks include off-street parking and a good-size rear garden.
Yopa, 01322 952994
Darling Row, Whitechapel, E1
£450,000
A four-bedroom flat with 850 square feet of space in a low-rise block near Whitechapel station. On the market without a chain, it offers residents’ parking and quick access to local green spaces.
Ludlow Thompson, 020 3907 9858
Dove Mews, South Kensington, SW5
£470,000
This blank-slate one-bedroom apartment is tucked away on quiet Kensington mews. Well-priced for the area, it has a private entrance and bijou patio garden.
Dexters, 020 7838 0108
Floral Street, Covent Garden, WC2
£5.995 million
A high-spec three-bedroom apartment within the slick Floral Court scheme, with two terraces, a double-aspect reception and plenty of bespoke built-in storage – plus an ensuite for every bedroom.
Tavistock Bow, 020 3869 5485
Rose Avenue, South Woodford, E18
£675,000
A bright three-bedroom semi with a garage, ten minutes from the Tube. The open plan 35-foot reception room has solid wood floors and a retro glass partition wall. No chain.
Neil King, 020 3870 2471
Valentine Place, Southwark, SE1
£699,950
A spacious one-bedroom flat in an unusual historic development within walking distance of Waterloo. Highlights include a utility room, access to smart communal gardens and no chain.
Circa, 020 3909 0349
Lovelace Street, Haggerston, E8
£650,000
This two-bedroom, two-bathroom flat near Haggerston Park and the Overground is well-placed for the best of east London. A double-aspect reception room draws light deep into the plan.
Moveli, 020 3906 1015
Wordsworth Walk, Golders Green, N11
£1.35 million
An appealing three-bedroom cottage on a wrapround plot on a quiet no-through-road. Part of Hampstead Garden Suburb, it’s just over a mile from Golders Green Tube station.
Goldschmidt & Howland, 020 3840 3494
White Heart Avenue, Uxbridge, UB8
£480,000
This two-bedroom bungalow sits on a large plot near Stockley Country Park. Features include off-street parking, a sunny and secluded mature garden and a conservatory. It’s also chain-free.
