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On West Street, in Erith East
What it's like at DA8 1AE: every home that has sold on West Street 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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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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on West Street; planning applications within 500 m (Planning London Datahub); new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
16 of the 117 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 4, West StreetFlat · company-owned | Jun 2026 | £150,000 | 46 m² | £3,261/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9, West StreetTerraced · company-owned | May 2020 | £435,000 | 73 m² | £5,959/m² | 3 |
| 11, West StreetTerraced | May 2002 | £90,495 | – | – | 4 |
| 13, West StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2003 | £125,000 | 56 m² | £2,232/m² | 1 |
| Flat 16, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Oct 2018 | £137,250 | 50 m² | £2,745/m² | 2 |
| Flat 11, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Mar 2011 | £75,000 | 69 m² | £1,087/m² | 1 |
| Flat 20, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Jun 2014 | £156,500 | 67 m² | £2,336/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Feb 2014 | £76,800 | 60 m² | £1,280/m² | 1 |
| Flat 32, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Sept 2014 | £80,000 | 66 m² | £1,212/m² | 1 |
| Flat 7, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Nov 2011 | £58,500 | 73 m² | £801/m² | 1 |
| Flat 26, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Oct 2015 | £92,500 | 69 m² | £1,341/m² | 1 |
| Flat 24, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Jan 2018 | £115,000 | 65 m² | £1,769/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Oct 2017 | £220,000 | 61 m² | £3,607/m² | 1 |
| Flat 29, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Jun 2017 | £225,000 | 65 m² | £3,462/m² | 1 |
| Flat 27, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Sept 2024 | £150,000 | 53 m² | £2,830/m² | 2 |
| Flat 12, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Mar 2024 | £253,300 | 65 m² | £3,897/m² | 2 |
| Flat 22, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Feb 2016 | £93,750 | 68 m² | £1,379/m² | 1 |
| Flat 19, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Mar 2023 | £150,000 | 53 m² | £2,830/m² | 1 |
| Flat 25, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Aug 2019 | £210,000 | 64 m² | £3,281/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Feb 2024 | £262,500 | 67 m² | £3,918/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, Wharf House, 1, West StreetFlat | Dec 2023 | £275,000 | 41 m² | £6,707/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Erith, a few minutes' walk (200 m), with 740k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Woolwich Arsenal.
The nearest bus stop is Erith High Street, 50 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 180, 229, 469, 602); 149 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 16% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 43 minutes away by public transport (21 by car).
Central London is 21 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 64% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Lime Wood Primary School (0.7 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 34.1 · 2.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Garrard Academy (3 km) and Leigh UTC Dartford (4.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Beths Grammar School (4.5 km) and Townley Grammar School (4.5 km).
It's a family area: 25% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Farmfoods, 400 m away, with Premier closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Riverside Surgery (450 m), with Paydens Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Unique Hair and Beauty is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Darent Valley Hospital, 8.1 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 74% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 19 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Greenwich Pantry is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Running Horses the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 176 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 49% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Riverside Gardens, 150 m away; for exercise, Erith Leisure Centre (700 m).
32 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Erith Library | II | 170 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Erith and Thamesmead constituency: Ms Abena Oppong-Asare MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 16,302 (40.4%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 55%, Reform UK 15%, Conservative 14%, Green Party 9%.
32 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 DA8 1AE →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 8.8 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 43 km.
Most households own their home, 24% rent privately.
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.
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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 117 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 45 min
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On this street: 0 of 70 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 19 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 81.0% | 88.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 17.4% | 8.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.5% | 2.4% | 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.
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