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On Chicksand Street, in Spitalfields
What it's like at E1 5LB: every home that has sold on Chicksand 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Chicksand 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 79 homes on the street are owned by companies.
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 Aldgate East Underground station, a few minutes' walk (400 m). The nearest rail station is Shoreditch High Street, 650 m away, with 7.3m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Lolesworth Close, 200 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (route 242); 189 departures an hour from the 14 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 Christ Church CofE School, a few minutes' walk (50 m); 71% met the expected standard.
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 London Enterprise Academy, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 48 · 7.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Swanlea School (0.9 km) and Mulberry School for Girls (0.9 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, 200 m away, with Best One closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Health E1 (50 m), with Letterbox Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, Opvbeauty is 50 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.
Amar Gaon is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Pride Of Spitalfields the nearest pub (50 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).
85 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Christchurch School Drinking Fountain | II | 90 m |
| Christ Church Primary School and Attached Railings | II | 100 m |
| 57, Brick Lane | II | 120 m |
| Area Railings at No 20 | II | 140 m |
| Area Railings at Nos 16 and 18 | II | 150 m |
| Brick Lane Jamme Masjid (Former Neuve Eglise) | II* | 150 m |
| Area Railings at No 14 | II | 150 m |
| 39, Fournier Street E1 | II | 150 m |
| Brick Lane Jamme Masjid (Former School and Vestry to Neuve Eglise) | II | 160 m |
| Area Railings at No 12 | II | 160 m |
| 37, Fournier Street E1 | II | 160 m |
| 10-48, Fashion Street E1 |
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%.
48 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 5LB →
On this street: 0 of 71 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 23 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.
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 Chicksand Street Park, 100 m away; for exercise, Blockhouse Gym (400 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, 750 m 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.
| II |
| 160 m |
Nearest 12 shown. 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.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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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 79 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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