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On Rich Street, in Limehouse East
What it's like at E14 8AL: every home that has sold on Rich 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Rich 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.
None of the 34 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Rich StreetFlat | Nov 2015 | £450,000 | 76 m² | £5,921/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Rich StreetFlat | Nov 2011 | £235,000 | 50 m² | £4,700/m² | 2 |
| 3, Rich StreetFlat | Oct 2004 | £210,000 | 70 m² | £3,000/m² | 1 |
| 4, Rich StreetFlat | Apr 2005 | £170,000 | 50 m² | £3,400/m² | 1 |
| 5, Rich StreetFlat | Oct 2025 | £370,000 | 90 m² | £4,111/m² | 4 |
| 6, Rich StreetFlat | Jul 2022 | £327,500 | 52 m² | £6,298/m² | 4 |
| 7, Rich StreetFlat | Dec 2010 | £295,000 | 76 m² | £3,882/m² | 3 |
| 8, Rich StreetFlat | Oct 2005 | £165,000 | 48 m² | £3,438/m² | 1 |
| 9, Rich StreetFlat | Jun 2021 | £315,000 | 44 m² | £7,159/m² | 2 |
| 10, Rich StreetFlat | Mar 2014 | £249,995 | 49 m² | £5,102/m² | 3 |
| 11, Rich StreetFlat | Aug 2022 | £320,000 | 52 m² | £6,154/m² | 2 |
| 12, Rich StreetFlat | Mar 2019 | £320,000 | 48 m² | £6,667/m² | 2 |
| 13, Rich StreetFlat | Feb 2000 | £115,000 | 52 m² | £2,212/m² | 1 |
| 14, Rich StreetFlat | Mar 2000 | £116,000 | 52 m² | £2,231/m² | 1 |
| 15, Rich StreetFlat | May 2007 | £205,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 16, Rich StreetFlat | Aug 2007 | £225,000 | 52 m² | £4,327/m² | 2 |
| 17, Rich StreetFlat | Jan 2006 | £169,000 | 41 m² | £4,122/m² | 2 |
| 18, Rich StreetFlat | Jul 2023 | £311,000 | 53 m² | £5,868/m² | 2 |
| 19, Rich StreetFlat | Jun 2000 | £115,000 | 52 m² | £2,212/m² | 1 |
| 20, Rich StreetFlat | Apr 2000 | £115,000 | 48 m² | £2,396/m² | 1 |
| 21, Rich StreetFlat | Mar 2016 | £335,000 | 50 m² | £6,700/m² | 3 |
| 22, Rich StreetFlat | Jul 2020 | £255,000 | 46 m² | £5,543/m² | 3 |
| 23, Rich StreetFlat | Mar 2000 | £120,000 | 44 m² | £2,727/m² | 1 |
| 24, Rich StreetFlat | Mar 2000 | £118,000 | 47 m² | £2,511/m² | 1 |
| 25, Rich StreetFlat | Jun 2013 | £135,000 | 42 m² | £3,214/m² | 2 |
| 26, Rich StreetFlat | Mar 2000 | £135,000 | 71 m² | £1,901/m² | 1 |
| 27, Rich StreetFlat | Dec 2006 | £195,000 | 48 m² | £4,063/m² | 2 |
| 28, Rich StreetFlat | Mar 2000 | £138,000 | 62 m² | £2,226/m² | 1 |
| 29, Rich StreetFlat | Dec 2006 | £210,000 | 49 m² | £4,286/m² | 2 |
| 30, Rich StreetFlat | Nov 2011 | £284,000 | 68 m² | £4,176/m² | 2 |
| 31, Rich StreetFlat | May 2000 | £120,000 | 48 m² | £2,500/m² | 1 |
| 32, Rich StreetFlat | Apr 2023 | £415,000 | 70 m² | £5,929/m² | 4 |
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: 54% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Westferry DLR station, a few minutes' walk (150 m). The nearest rail station is Limehouse, 900 m away, with 2.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Limehouse Police Station, 50 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 135, 277, D7, D3); 267 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 19% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 11 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 7 km away as the crow flies.
64% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Cyril Jackson Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 65% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Stebon Primary School (0.7 km), with 11 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is St Paul's Way Trust School, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 51.8 · 16.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School (1 km) and Mulberry School for Girls (2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Woodford County High School (11.2 km) and Bexley Grammar School (11.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 200 m away, with Al Aksa Services closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Limehouse Practice (100 m), with Nash Chemist the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Scintillate is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal London Hospital, 2.0 km away, rated good 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 13 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Canary Wall Climbing Centre Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Star of the East the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 171 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 31% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (St Annes Church, Narrow Street).
60 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sailmakers and Chandlers | II | 90 m |
| Area Railings | II | 130 m |
| 680, Commercial Road E14 | II | 150 m |
| Inner London Education Authority Office Westminster Bank | II | 150 m |
| Garden Wall, Piers and Railings at No 52 | II | 160 m |
| 819 and 821, Commercial Road E14 | II | 180 m |
| Limehouse Church Institute | II | 180 m |
| 815 and 817, Commercial Road E14 | II | 190 m |
| 811, Commercial Road E14 | II | 200 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.
Poplar and Limehouse constituency: Apsana Begum MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 12,560 (29.2%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 43%, Green Party 14%, Conservative 11%, Independent 11%.
53 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 E14 8AL →
There are 40 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (92%).
The typical home here was built in 1993-1999.
The nearest park is St Anne's Churchyard, 250 m away; for exercise, Canary Wall (100 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 9.6 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 22.9 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 5.7 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 30 km.
Many neighbours rent: 42% of households rent privately and 30% socially.
It's young: 29% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 54% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Ravensbourne University London, 2.5 km away (TEF Silver).
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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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 34 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 26 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 24 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 47.6% | 36.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 31.6% | 22.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 19.7% | 39.0% | 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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