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On Woodseer Street, in Spitalfields
What it's like at E1 5HG: every home that has sold on Woodseer 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Woodseer 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.
10 of the 71 homes on the street are owned by companies (8 overseas).
| 115, Woodseer StreetTerraced | Aug 2003 | £177,000 | 84 m² | £2,107/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131, Woodseer StreetFlat | Oct 2024 | £404,000 | 40 m² | £10,100/m² | 3 |
| 133, Woodseer StreetFlat · company-owned | Jun 2024 | £415,000 | 39 m² | £10,641/m² | 2 |
| 143, Woodseer StreetFlat | Dec 1999 | £127,995 | 22 m² | £5,818/m² | 2 |
| 145, Woodseer StreetFlat | Apr 2011 | £250,000 | 41 m² | £6,098/m² | 2 |
| 147, Woodseer StreetTerraced | Apr 2006 | £310,000 | 99 m² | £3,131/m² | 1 |
| 149, Woodseer StreetTerraced | Nov 2013 | £570,000 | 91 m² | £6,264/m² | 3 |
| 153, Woodseer StreetTerraced | Jun 2003 | £227,000 | 67 m² | £3,388/m² | 1 |
| 155, Woodseer StreetTerraced | Mar 2021 | £770,000 | 90 m² | £8,556/m² | 3 |
| 157, Woodseer StreetTerraced | Oct 2009 | £400,000 | 71 m² | £5,634/m² | 2 |
| 159, Woodseer StreetTerraced | Oct 2005 | £260,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 161, Woodseer StreetTerraced | Jul 2004 | £285,000 | 51 m² | £5,588/m² | 1 |
| 167, Woodseer StreetTerraced | Mar 2006 | £300,000 | 72 m² | £4,167/m² | 2 |
| 171, Woodseer StreetTerraced | Sept 2001 | £185,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 175, Woodseer StreetTerraced | Nov 2013 | £425,000 | 53 m² | £8,019/m² | 1 |
| 177, Woodseer StreetTerraced | Aug 2025 | £845,000 | 110 m² | £7,682/m² | 1 |
| 185, Woodseer StreetTerraced | Dec 1998 | £118,000 | 68 m² | £1,735/m² | 1 |
| 187, Woodseer StreetTerraced | Aug 2003 | £225,000 | 67 m² | £3,358/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: 53% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Whitechapel Underground station, a few minutes' walk (450 m). The nearest rail station is Whitechapel, 500 m away, with 37.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Underwood Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (route D3); 56 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 15% 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 7 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 4 km away as the crow flies.
76% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (50 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Thomas Buxton Primary School (0.6 km), with 10 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Swanlea School, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 56.9 · 25.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Mulberry School for Girls (0.9 km) and Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School (2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (10.6 km) and Woodford County High School (11.7 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 450 m away, with Sylhet Sweet closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is My Health & Wellbeing (350 m), with Pharmacyforce the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Hair by Andrea is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal London Hospital, 1.0 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 233 restaurants and cafés and 23 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Cafe Bite is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and 93 Feet East the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (69 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 279 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
87 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 7-20 Victoria Cottages | II | 30 m |
| 131-145 Victoria Cottages | II | 30 m |
| 12-22, Deal Street | II | 50 m |
| Howard House | II | 50 m |
| Albert Family Dwellings | II | 70 m |
| Garden Wall at St Anne'S Presbytery | II | 80 m |
| Albert Cottages | II | 90 m |
| St Anne'S Presbytery | II | 90 m |
| Church of St Anne (Roman Catholic) | II* | 110 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.
Bethnal Green and Stepney constituency: Rushanara Ali MP (Labour), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 1,689 (3.6%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 34%, Independent 31%, Green Party 14%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
55 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 E1 5HG →
Much of it is protected: 50% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Fournier Street, Wentworth Street).
There are 142 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (88%).
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Vallance Gardens, 250 m away; for exercise, Muscleworks Gym (250 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 6.9 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 30.5 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 8.6 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 27 km.
Many neighbours rent: 48% of households rent privately and 30% socially.
It's young: 39% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 54% of adults have a degree.
There's a sizeable student population: 20% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is BPP University, 1.1 km away (TEF Bronze).
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 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Woodseer Street in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 60 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 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 57.8% | 36.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 24.7% | 22.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 16.8% | 39.1% | 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.
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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