Owning your own home

Like most London boroughs, Enfield varies. There are places like Broad Walk in Winchmore Hill with its multi-million mansions through to the less well off areas east of the A10.

There are a few town centre type areas - Enfield Town, Southgate and Edmonton Green are the main ones. Trains go into either Liverpool St or Moorgate/Kings X depending one which line you're on and mostly connect with the Victoria line at some point which gives reasonable coverage of London I guess. If you drive, getting out of London is pretty straightforward - the M1 and M11 aren't far away although Enfield itself gets very congested at times.

I'm in Bush Hill Park which is what might be described as the "good side of Enfield". I think the main distinction is probably that east of the A10 you get a large area of council and ex-council housing estates which have a reputation for being deprived and run-down. I'm not sure it's quite as bad as people make out but having spent some time up near Enfield Lock there weren't a great deal of local amenities there.

West of the A10 there are probably more victorian and 1930s properties and the areas tend to be more expensive. Probably because of the better reputation and maybe also due to local community pulls (there's a significant Greek and Turkish community in and around Palmers Green for example).

If you're considering it, have a wander around the area and see what you think. Take the bike - this should be a nice comprehensive tour of the various areas I reckon: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/15086638