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On Colchester Avenue, in Little Ilford West
What it's like at E12 5LF: every home that has sold on Colchester 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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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 Colchester 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.
11 of the 59 homes on the street are owned by companies (2 overseas).
| 1, Colchester AvenueFlat · company-owned | Mar 2022 | £174,000 | 40 m² | £4,350/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, Colchester AvenueTerraced | Nov 2020 | £300,000 | 50 m² | £6,000/m² | 7 |
| 3, Colchester AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2010 | £220,000 | 102 m² | £2,157/m² | 1 |
| 11, Colchester AvenueTerraced | Jul 1996 | £46,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Colchester AvenueTerraced | Nov 2006 | £222,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Colchester AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2003 | £170,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Colchester AvenueTerraced | Feb 2002 | £137,000 | 92 m² | £1,489/m² | 1 |
| 19, Colchester AvenueOther · company-owned | Aug 2016 | £400,000 | 91 m² | £4,396/m² | 2 |
| 23, Colchester AvenueTerraced | Jan 2026 | £390,000 | 75 m² | £5,200/m² | 6 |
| 25, Colchester AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Oct 1997 | £85,000 | 103 m² | £825/m² | 2 |
| 31, Colchester AvenueTerraced | Jan 1999 | £77,500 | 117 m² | £662/m² | 1 |
| 33, Colchester AvenueTerraced · company-owned | May 2023 | £700,000 | 137 m² | £5,109/m² | 4 |
| 35, Colchester AvenueTerraced | Dec 2000 | £118,900 | – | – | 3 |
| 41, Colchester AvenueFlat · company-owned | Jun 2023 | £240,000 | 46 m² | £5,217/m² | 4 |
| 43, Colchester AvenueFlat | Oct 2022 | £195,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 43a, Colchester AvenueFlat · company-owned | Jan 2022 | £148,000 | 92 m² | £1,609/m² | 4 |
| 47a, Colchester AvenueFlat | Jun 1997 | £34,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 47b, Colchester AvenueFlat | Jul 2013 | £95,000 | 48 m² | £1,979/m² | 3 |
| 49, Colchester AvenueFlat | Jun 2007 | £145,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 49a, Colchester AvenueFlat | Nov 2020 | £240,000 | 51 m² | £4,706/m² | 2 |
| 51, Colchester AvenueTerraced | Mar 2008 | £250,000 | 67 m² | £3,731/m² | 1 |
| 53, Colchester AvenueTerraced | Jan 2001 | £98,000 | 95 m² | £1,032/m² | 3 |
| 55, Colchester AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2022 | £525,000 | 76 m² | £6,908/m² | 3 |
| 59a, Colchester AvenueFlat | Dec 2007 | £169,000 | 53 m² | £3,189/m² | 1 |
| 59b, Colchester AvenueFlat | Nov 2007 | £174,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Ilford, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 10.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Little Ilford Lane, 100 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 86, 425, W19); 201 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 28% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 14 km away as the crow flies.
47% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Sheringham Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 63% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Little Ilford School, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 47.6 · 13.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Loxford School (1.9 km) and St Angela's Ursuline School (2.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (4.6 km) and Woodford County High School (6.8 km).
It's a family area: 25% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Manor General Food Store, 200 m away, with Prime Express closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Manor Park Practice (200 m), with Bell Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, Sabs is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Newham University Hospital, 3.7 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 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Shahs Halal Food Romford Road is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Papermakers Arms Public House the nearest pub (650 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 74 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 45% flats and 6% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 56% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Little Ilford Park, 700 m away; for exercise, The Gym (450 m).
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 19.2 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 5.3 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 37 km.
38 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.
East Ham constituency: Sir Stephen Timms MP (Labour), since June 1994. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 12,863 (33.9%), turnout 48%. Vote shares: Labour 52%, Independent 18%, Green Party 11%, Conservative 10%.
36 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 5LF →
Many neighbours rent: 41% of households rent privately and 25% socially.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
There's a sizeable student population: 15% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
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 36 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.8% | 65.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.1% | 9.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 24.2% | 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 59 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 40 min
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