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On Western Gateway, in Canning Town South & Bow Creek
What it's like at E16 1BJ: every home that has sold on Western Gateway 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.
41 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 19 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 Western Gateway; 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.
193 of the 1381 homes on the street are owned by companies (86 overseas).
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 47% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Royal Victoria DLR station, a few minutes' walk (250 m). The nearest rail station is Charlton, 2.5 km away, with 1.3m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Bridgeland Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 147, 474); 130 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 30% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 10 km away as the crow flies.
63% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Hallsville Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 86% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Oasis Academy Silvertown, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 45.1 · 8.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Brampton Manor Academy (2.4 km) and St Bonaventure's RC School (3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bexley Grammar School (9.1 km) and Ilford County High School (9.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 150 m away, with Atlantis General Store closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Custom House Surgery (450 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, VA Salon is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Newham University Hospital, 1.8 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 40 restaurants and cafés and 3 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Airline Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Fox At Excel Bar & Restaurant the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 222 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (78%).
It's new: 70% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 2,400 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Royal Victoria Square, 200 m away; for exercise, Residents Gymnasium (100 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 13 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
41 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Warehouse W | II | 170 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.
West Ham and Beckton constituency: James Asser MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 9,254 (25.5%), turnout 46%. Vote shares: Labour 45%, Newham Independents Party 20%, Green Party 11%, Conservative 10%.
59 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 E16 1BJ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 22.4 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 2.6 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 33 km.
Many neighbours rent: 46% of households rent privately and 29% 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, 1.3 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 35 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 1381 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 1256 homes with certificates have solar panels, 5 a heat pump, and 1251 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 17.0% | 65.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 22.3% | 9.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 60.2% | 24.2% | 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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