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On Empress Avenue, in Wanstead Flats
What it's like at E12 5HW: every home that has sold on Empress Avenue 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 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 Empress Avenue; 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.
2 of the 72 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 132, Empress AvenueFlat | Aug 2002 | £93,500 | 49 m² | £1,908/m² | 1 |
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| 144, Empress AvenueFlat | Sept 2023 | £263,000 | 49 m² | £5,367/m² | 2 |
| 146, Empress AvenueFlat | Jul 2004 | £122,000 | 48 m² | £2,542/m² | 2 |
| 150, Empress AvenueFlat | Jun 2021 | £210,000 | 46 m² | £4,565/m² | 1 |
| 152, Empress AvenueFlat | Oct 2006 | £127,500 | 44 m² | £2,898/m² | 1 |
| 162, Empress AvenueFlat | Jan 2023 | £310,000 | 45 m² | £6,889/m² | 4 |
| 170, Empress AvenueFlat | Nov 2014 | £215,000 | 48 m² | £4,479/m² | 4 |
| 178, Empress AvenueFlat | Dec 2022 | £249,000 | 49 m² | £5,082/m² | 3 |
| 180, Empress AvenueTerraced | Oct 2014 | £270,000 | 86 m² | £3,140/m² | 2 |
| 182, Empress AvenueTerraced | May 2008 | £245,000 | 82 m² | £2,988/m² | 2 |
| 184, Empress AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2002 | £133,000 | 83 m² | £1,602/m² | 1 |
| 188, Empress AvenueTerraced | Oct 2008 | £190,000 | 86 m² | £2,209/m² | 1 |
| 190, Empress AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2020 | £260,000 | 85 m² | £3,059/m² | 1 |
| 198, Empress AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £795,000 | 131 m² | £6,069/m² | 1 |
| 200, Empress AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2003 | £199,950 | 181 m² | £1,105/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: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Manor Park, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 4.4m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is City Of London Cemetery, 450 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes W19, 101).
Rail is a big part of life: 15% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 13 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Aldersbrook Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 90% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Davies Lane Primary School (1.5 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Wanstead High School, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 54.1 · 17.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Forest Gate Community School (1.8 km) and St Angela's Ursuline School (2.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (4.3 km) and Woodford County High School (4.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 450 m away; Asda Express Greggs Aldersbrook (750 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Aldersbrook Medical Centre (500 m), with Muhammads Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, Ali Hairdresser is 850 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Whipps Cross University Hospital, 2.7 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 61% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 2 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Wanstead Park Kiosk is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and Aldersbrook Bowls Club the nearest pub (600 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 76 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 58% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Aldersbrook, Wanstead Park).
It's a mix of homes: 35% flats and 4% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 55% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Wanstead Park, 600 m away; for exercise, Wanstead Leisure Centre (1.5 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond), 13 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
12 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.
Leyton and Wanstead constituency: Mr Calvin Bailey MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 13,964 (31.9%), turnout 61%. Vote shares: Labour 48%, Green Party 16%, Conservative 11%, Independent 10%.
33 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 E12 5HW →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 6.7 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 35 km.
Most households own their home, 18% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 52% of adults have a degree.
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: 1 of 46 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 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 82.6% | 89.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 16.6% | 8.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 1.2% | 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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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 72 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 43 min
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