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On Water Lane, in Stratford East
What it's like at E15 4NL: every home that has sold on Water Lane 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).
Sales and extensions on Water Lane; 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.
4 of the 41 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 10, Water LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2001 | £198,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12, Water LaneTerraced | May 2001 | £123,000 | 75 m² | £1,640/m² | 1 |
| 18, Water LaneTerraced | May 2004 | £251,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 18a, Water LaneTerraced | Mar 1996 | £50,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Water LaneTerraced | Nov 2008 | £311,000 | 70 m² | £4,443/m² | 2 |
| 29, Water LaneTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2016 | £260,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 30, Water LaneFlat | Jan 2023 | £385,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 33, Water LaneTerraced | Jul 2018 | £360,000 | 129 m² | £2,791/m² | 1 |
| 36, Water LaneTerraced | Jul 1999 | £95,000 | 121 m² | £785/m² | 2 |
| 39, Water LaneTerraced | Dec 2019 | £540,000 | 95 m² | £5,684/m² | 1 |
| Flat A, 40, Water LaneFlat | Jan 2014 | £218,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Garage, 40, Water LaneOther | Dec 2018 | £16,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 40a, Water LaneFlat | Feb 2018 | £305,000 | 50 m² | £6,100/m² | 1 |
| 41a, Water LaneOther | Oct 2018 | £680,000 | 46 m² | £14,783/m² | 1 |
| 42, Water LaneTerraced | Sept 2005 | £240,000 | 109 m² | £2,202/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, 43, Water LaneFlat | Feb 2001 | £61,000 | 29 m² | £2,103/m² | 1 |
| 43, Water LaneFlat · company-owned | Jul 2000 | £54,000 | 27 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, 43, Water LaneFlat · company-owned | Mar 2017 | £209,000 | 39 m² | £5,359/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, 43, Water LaneFlat | Jun 2017 | £275,000 | 33 m² | £8,333/m² | 1 |
| 51, Water LaneTerraced | Jul 2015 | £460,000 | 107 m² | £4,299/m² | 1 |
| 55, Water LaneTerraced | Sept 2019 | £465,000 | 110 m² | £4,227/m² | 1 |
| 59, Water LaneTerraced | Apr 2019 | £540,000 | 109 m² | £4,954/m² | 2 |
| 61, Water LaneTerraced | Oct 2004 | £245,000 | 105 m² | £2,333/m² | 1 |
| 65, Water LaneFlat | Jan 2001 | £125,000 | 82 m² | £1,524/m² | 2 |
| 67, Water LaneTerraced | Aug 2001 | £154,995 | 95 m² | £1,632/m² | 1 |
| 71, Water LaneFlat | Feb 2021 | £315,000 | 59 m² | £5,339/m² | 2 |
| 71a, Water LaneFlat | Feb 2003 | £146,500 | 63 m² | £2,325/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, R K Apartments, 20, Water LaneFlat | Aug 2022 | £517,000 | 83 m² | £6,229/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, R K Apartments, 20, Water LaneFlat | Jun 2022 | £490,000 | 70 m² | £7,000/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, R K Apartments, 20, Water LaneFlat | Aug 2022 | £600,000 | 79 m² | £7,595/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Maryland, a few minutes' walk (150 m), with 4.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Louise Road, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (route 308); 191 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 34% 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 10 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 11 km away as the crow flies.
59% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Francis' Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 77% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Earlham Primary School (0.4 km), with 7 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Sarah Bonnell School, 300 m away; Attainment 8: 56.7 · 22.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Forest Gate Community School (0.9 km) and St Bonaventure's RC School (1.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (6.9 km) and Woodford County High School (7.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons, 200 m away; Postavaru (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Stratford Health Centre (200 m), with Yemi Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Roses of Sharon is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Newham University Hospital, 2.8 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 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Radha Krishna Temple is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Cheers Bar & Lounge the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 189 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (58%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 58% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Alma Street Community Play Areas, 550 m away; for exercise, City Boxing Camp (350 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond), 12 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
69 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shop Adjoining Number 43 | II | 10 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.
Stratford and Bow constituency: Uma Kumaran MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,634 (26.8%), turnout 54%. Vote shares: Labour 44%, Green Party 17%, Workers Party of Britain 8%, Conservative 7%.
44 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 E15 4NL →
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 20.2 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 5.1 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 33 km.
Many neighbours rent: 39% of households rent privately and 31% socially.
It's young: 25% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 43% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Ravensbourne University London, 4.9 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 42 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 31 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.8% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 83.4% | 65.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 15.8% | 9.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 24.1% | 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 41 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.