Development guide · SE10 · Zone 2/3
Upper Riverside
From the data first.
Five SOM towers above the Thames — and a tenure story that differs tower by tower.
The evidence · live data
What lets here, and at what
The first question we ask here is which tower the flat is in. Four of the five were sold flat by flat, so you let against other private owners. The fifth, 4 Cutter Lane, spent five years as the developer’s own rental tower and only began selling to individual buyers in 2025 — most of it is still let by the estate, at published prices. Heat and hot water come from the Peninsula’s district energy network, billed through the building. Price against the tower and the operator next door, not the postcode average.
We have nothing available in this building today. Below is the one home we manage in the postcode — a single figure, honestly labelled, not a market range.
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The building · every line sourced
What we can evidence about Upper Riverside
| The scheme | Five buildings comprising 1,007 homes, approved 25 February 2015 on the site of the Rotunda (Plots N0205–N0207) — in the council’s words, “this permission has been implemented and the units are occupied”. The towers stand at 2, 4, 8, 10 and 18 Cutter LaneRoyal Borough of Greenwich, Planning Board report (ref 14/1799/F) · officer report, July 2021 |
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| Designed by | SOM — “five architecturally striking buildings with cascading roof terraces” in the estate’s own words — with residents’ facilities through The Upper Riverside ClubGreenwich Peninsula, official Upper Riverside page · read 30 July 2026 |
| Tenure — four towers | Sold flat by flat to individual owners: of 999 Land Registry entries on Cutter Lane, standard sales run continuously from 2019 — 133 at 18 Cutter Lane (No.1), 174 at 10, 113 at 8 (No.3) and 110 at 2HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · queried 30 July 2026 |
| Tenure — the fifth tower | All 191 apartments at 4 Cutter Lane transferred in a single portfolio line on 17 April 2020, and the tower ran as the developer’s own rental building — 20 individual sales have registered since March 2025 as it sells downHM Land Registry Price Paid Data (category B transfers) · queried 30 July 2026 |
| The operator’s own numbers | “No. 4 Upper Riverside offers studio, one, two and three-bedroom homes to let with starting prices ranging from £1,500pcm to £3,000pcm” — the developer’s rental offer in its own words, a year into operationWharf Life, interview with Knight Dragon COO Kerri Sibson · published July 2022 |
| Heating | Every certificate we sampled across the towers records a “Community scheme” — the Peninsula’s district energy network, owned by Greenwich Peninsula ESCO and operated by Hemiko — metered per flat, billed through the building, no supplier switchingHemiko, Greenwich Peninsula ESCO Services · read 30 July 2026 |
| EPC | Band B on the certificates we sampled — Flat 101 at 18 Cutter Lane holds a B valid to October 2028, and the fifth tower samples B as well — clear of the band E letting floorGOV.UK EPC register · certificates read 30 July 2026 |
| The station | North Greenwich (Zone 2/3), Jubilee line — one stop from Canary WharfTransport for London, station page · read 30 July 2026 |
| Selling now | The estate’s current Upper Riverside sales operation is Peninsula Riverfront — “ready for you to move in” in its own words — so a landlord here lets alongside an active developer sales and lettings armPeninsula Riverfront, official site · read 30 July 2026 |
Every line links to the official source we checked it against. Anything we could not confirm from a primary source is not on this page.
Questions we get asked
Letting at Upper Riverside
Is Upper Riverside build-to-rent?
Tower by tower. Four of the five were sold flat by flat — HM Land Registry shows 530 standard sales across 2, 8, 10 and 18 Cutter Lane since 2019. The fifth, 4 Cutter Lane, moved as a single 191-flat portfolio in April 2020 and ran as the developer’s own rental tower; it began selling to individual buyers in March 2025. If you own here, you let alongside both private landlords and the estate’s own lettings arm.
Does Upper Riverside have communal heating?
Yes. Certificates record a “Community scheme”: the Greenwich Peninsula district energy network, owned by Greenwich Peninsula ESCO and operated by Hemiko. Heat and hot water are metered per flat and billed through the building, and the tenant cannot pick a supplier — say it at enquiry, because it changes how applicants compare running costs.
Which address is which tower at Upper Riverside?
The five towers stand at 2, 4, 8, 10 and 18 Cutter Lane; the estate’s own listings put No.1 at 18 Cutter Lane and No.3 at 8. The 2020 portfolio tower is 4 Cutter Lane. Portals and leases mix both conventions — if you are not certain which building your lease names, we will read it with you before we price anything. For the buildings on East Parkside itself, see our East Parkside guide.
What EPC rating are Upper Riverside flats?
Band B on the certificates we sampled across the towers — comfortably clear of the band E legal floor for letting under the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 — with the usual caveat that the band belongs to the flat: check the certificate before the advert goes up.