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On Lower Swaines, in Epping North
What it's like at CM16 5ES: every home that has sold on Lower Swaines since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Lower Swaines; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 39 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 14, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Mar 2020 | £550,000 | 109 m² | £5,046/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Jan 2022 | £591,000 | 108 m² | £5,472/m² | 4 |
| 22, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Jul 2000 | £176,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 24, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Jun 2002 | £174,000 | 99 m² | £1,758/m² | 1 |
| 28, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £207,500 | 102 m² | £2,034/m² | 1 |
| 34, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Mar 2019 | £551,000 | 91 m² | £6,055/m² | 2 |
| 36, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Oct 2019 | £538,400 | 109 m² | £4,939/m² | 3 |
| 37, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Aug 2022 | £511,500 | 84 m² | £6,089/m² | 1 |
| 39, Lower SwainesTerraced | Jul 2019 | £606,000 | 122 m² | £4,967/m² | 2 |
| 41, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Dec 2000 | £140,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Lower SwainesDetached | Dec 2015 | £492,500 | 75 m² | £6,567/m² | 4 |
| 43, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Jun 2000 | £145,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 47, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Feb 2024 | £612,500 | 109 m² | £5,619/m² | 2 |
| 49, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Jan 2023 | £681,000 | 124 m² | £5,492/m² | 3 |
| 51, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Dec 2009 | £285,000 | 84 m² | £3,393/m² | 1 |
| 57, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £570,000 | 88 m² | £6,477/m² | 3 |
| 59, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Dec 2025 | £580,000 | 84 m² | £6,905/m² | 2 |
| 61, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £600,000 | 106 m² | £5,660/m² | 2 |
| 61a, Lower SwainesDetached | Oct 2023 | £925,000 | 114 m² | £8,114/m² | 1 |
| 63, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | May 2024 | £545,000 | 90 m² | £6,056/m² | 1 |
| 65, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £537,500 | 109 m² | £4,931/m² | 1 |
| 71, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Sept 1996 | £90,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 73, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £500,000 | 133 m² | £3,759/m² | 1 |
| 75, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Jan 2023 | £570,000 | 125 m² | £4,560/m² | 1 |
| 77, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £520,000 | 130 m² | £4,000/m² | 1 |
| 79, Lower SwainesSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £547,500 | 98 m² | £5,587/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 45% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Epping Underground station, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km). The nearest rail station is Cheshunt, 8.9 km away, with 2.5m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Church, 550 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 20, 21, 13, 18).
Central London is 28 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Epping Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 66% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Epping St John's Church of England School, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 42.8 · 5.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Davenant Foundation School (5.3 km) and Debden Park High School (6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Woodford County High School (12.8 km) and Ilford County High School (12.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 600 m away; Epping News (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is High Street Surgery, Epping (600 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Mr Smith's of Epping is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Princess Alexandra Hospital, 7.6 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 71% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 67% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 23 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Epping Leisure Centre is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Epping Roof Garden the nearest pub (500 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 84 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 52 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 17% flats and 21% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Lower Swaines Recreation Ground, 150 m away; for exercise, Epping Leisure Centre (350 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Stansted is 22 km away.
Most households own their home, 12% rent privately.
48 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Epping Forest constituency: Dr Neil Hudson MP (Conservative), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 5,682 (13.6%), turnout 58%. Vote shares: Conservative 43%, Labour 30%, Liberal Democrat 13%, Independent 7%.
10 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CM16 5ES →
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
On this street: 0 of 31 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 93.6% | 87.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 3.6% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.7% | 7.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.3% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Southend Westcliff Bay · about 45 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 39 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.