Glass towers press right up against the water here, with the DLR threading between them on stilts — it's a landscape built in the last thirty years, and it still looks like it, all steel and podium gardens rather than terraced streets. You'll find young professionals in the newer blocks, Canary Wharf's shadow doing a lot of work in shaping who moves in, and a population whose median age sits around 30 — a good decade younger than London as a whole. The DLR is the whole story for getting around: Mudchute, Crossharbour, Island Gardens and South Quay all sit on the peninsula, so a two-minute walk usually gets you to a platform even if it doesn't get you a mainline train. Schools are a mixed bag rather than a clean sell — Canary Wharf College East Ferry and Harbinger Primary are both rated Good, but the secondary picture is patchier, with Canary Wharf College Crossharbour marked as Requires Improvement and George Green's posting a modest progress score. Housing follows the towers: flats dominate absolutely, leasehold is close to the only tenure you'll see, and a median price around £475,000 lands just under what you'd pay elsewhere in Tower Hamlets — this is a place to buy a flat, not a house, and the freehold board on a terraced house is a rare enough sight to notice when it appears. Green space is the honest trade-off: there's essentially one plot of it, barely a couple of hundred square metres, so daily life here runs on the riverside walkways and the water itself rather than a park you'd picnic in. That scarcity sits oddly against grades that otherwise read well — safety and connectivity both come back above the national average, which makes the crime figures worth a straight look rather than a glance: violence and anti-social behaviour together account for over half of recorded incidents, and the overall crime rate runs a good deal higher than the Tower Hamlets average, not lower. It's the one grade that breaks the pattern of an otherwise solidly-performing area, and it's worth weighing against the glossy towers and full-fibre broadband before you sign anything. This suits someone who wants density, water views and a short DLR hop into Canary Wharf or the City, and who's happy trading garden space and a full range of local shops for a newer flat and leasehold living. If you need a garden, a house with a front door, or schools you can pick between rather than settle for, the peninsula will feel like a compromise rather than a home.