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On Palmerston Road, in William Morris
What it's like at E17 6PR: every home that has sold on Palmerston Road 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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5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Palmerston Road; 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.
2 of the 103 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 11, Palmerston RoadTerraced | Feb 1997 | £54,000 | 95 m² | £568/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15, Palmerston RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2007 | £250,000 | 42 m² | £5,952/m² | 3 |
| 21, Palmerston RoadFlat | Nov 1996 | £42,000 | 64 m² | £656/m² | 1 |
| 23, Palmerston RoadFlat | Mar 2025 | £478,000 | 68 m² | £7,029/m² | 3 |
| 27, Palmerston RoadFlat | Apr 2024 | £410,680 | 62 m² | £6,624/m² | 2 |
| 29, Palmerston RoadTerraced | Jun 2005 | £225,000 | 102 m² | £2,206/m² | 2 |
| 31, Palmerston RoadFlat | Sept 1998 | £36,000 | 43 m² | £837/m² | 2 |
| 37, Palmerston RoadTerraced | Dec 2014 | £249,995 | 54 m² | £4,630/m² | 2 |
| 39, Palmerston RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £210,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 47, Palmerston RoadTerraced | Dec 1996 | £62,000 | 133 m² | £466/m² | 1 |
| 49, Palmerston RoadOther | Aug 2018 | £760,000 | 104 m² | £7,308/m² | 2 |
| 53a, Palmerston RoadFlat | Jan 2022 | £425,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 55, Palmerston RoadTerraced | Sept 2001 | £117,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 59, Palmerston RoadTerraced | Nov 1997 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 61, Palmerston RoadTerraced | Apr 1997 | £47,000 | 48 m² | £979/m² | 2 |
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: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is St James Street (London), about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 1.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Forest Road High Hill, 150 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes W19, W12); 225 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 23% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 12 km away as the crow flies.
48% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Mission Grove Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 46% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is South Grove Primary School (1.4 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Willowfield School, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 46.1 · 8.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest (1 km) and Harris Academy Tottenham (2.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Woodford County High School (3.8 km) and The Latymer School (5.1 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Grogreen, 300 m away, with Tayyab Food Store closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Dr Shantir Practice (400 m), with Waterman Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Luv Natural is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Whipps Cross University Hospital, 2.5 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 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
L'Artizan is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Lord Palmerston the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 78 per 1,000 residents a year.
Homes are mostly flats (50%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 73% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Stoneydown Park, 450 m away; for exercise, The Gym Group (600 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond), 9.4 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
58 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Michael and All Angels | II | 180 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.
Walthamstow constituency: Ms Stella Creasy MP (Labour (Co-op)), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 17,996 (39.4%), turnout 61%. Vote shares: Labour 60%, Green Party 20%, Conservative 5%, Reform UK 4%.
34 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 E17 6PR →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 11 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 32 km.
Most households own their home, 27% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 49% of adults have a degree.
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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
On this street: 0 of 55 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 98.4% | 85.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.4% | 7.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 6.2% | 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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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 103 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 45 min
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