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On Biscayne Avenue, in Leamouth
What it's like at E14 9AY: every home that has sold on Biscayne 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 64 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 Biscayne 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.
42 of the 451 homes on the street are owned by companies (10 overseas).
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 68% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Blackwall DLR station, a few minutes' walk (150 m). The nearest rail station is Limehouse, 2.5 km away, with 2.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Baffin Way, 100 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes SL4, D3); 128 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 17% 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 9 km away as the crow flies.
77% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Woolmore Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 71% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Langdon Park Community School, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 43.5 · 13.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School (3.3 km) and Brampton Manor Academy (3.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bexley Grammar School (9.4 km) and Ilford County High School (10.5 km).
Few families with young children: only 10% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 350 m away, with Riverside Store closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wood Wharf Health Centre (600 m), with Britannia Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Catherine Nails Blackwall is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Newham University Hospital, 2.6 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 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Il Bianco is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Greenwich Pensioner the nearest pub (500 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 88 per 1,000 residents a year.
Homes are mostly flats (98%).
It's new: 96% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 1,027 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
52 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Ventilation Shaft to the Blackwall Tunnel Southbound | II | 80 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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%.
46 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 9AY →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest park is Millennium Green, 350 m away; for exercise, Elasko (50 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 12 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 23.6 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 3.3 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 32 km.
Many neighbours rent: 64% of households rent privately and 13% socially.
It's young: 42% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 70% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Ravensbourne University London, 950 m 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.
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On this street: 0 of 439 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 439 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 7.5% | 36.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.6% | 22.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 81.4% | 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 32 min
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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 451 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.