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On Gainsford Road, in Lloyd Park
What it's like at E17 6QB: every home that has sold on Gainsford 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). 3 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 Gainsford 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.
1 of the 87 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2b, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Jun 2023 | £310,000 | 68 m² | £4,559/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Sept 1997 | £24,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Second Floor Flat C, 5, Gainsford RoadFlat | Jun 2022 | £160,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Gainsford RoadFlat | Oct 1999 | £73,500 | 92 m² | £799/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, 7, Gainsford RoadFlat | Sept 2003 | £148,500 | 44 m² | £3,375/m² | 4 |
| Flat 1, 7, Gainsford RoadFlat · company-owned | Feb 2008 | £230,000 | 52 m² | £4,423/m² | 4 |
| Flat 3, 7, Gainsford RoadFlat | Aug 2018 | £300,000 | 43 m² | £6,977/m² | 3 |
| 8, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Jul 2026 | £650,000 | 100 m² | £6,500/m² | 1 |
| 9, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Jul 2004 | £206,500 | 63 m² | £3,278/m² | 2 |
| 10, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Jul 2001 | £125,000 | 100 m² | £1,250/m² | 1 |
| 11, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Oct 2016 | £430,000 | 84 m² | £5,119/m² | 2 |
| 13, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Dec 1996 | £26,400 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Jun 1998 | £72,800 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Jul 1999 | £41,500 | 68 m² | £610/m² | 2 |
| 16, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Nov 2006 | £248,000 | 131 m² | £1,893/m² | 1 |
| 20, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Jun 2006 | £189,995 | 83 m² | £2,289/m² | 1 |
| 24, Gainsford RoadTerraced | May 2021 | £530,000 | 96 m² | £5,521/m² | 1 |
| 25, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Jan 2006 | £129,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Jan 2001 | £106,000 | 141 m² | £752/m² | 1 |
| 27, Gainsford RoadFlat | Oct 2016 | £225,000 | 84 m² | £2,679/m² | 3 |
| 28, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Apr 1996 | £44,000 | 29 m² | £1,517/m² | 1 |
| 30, Gainsford RoadSemi-detached | Apr 1998 | £64,250 | 54 m² | £1,190/m² | 1 |
| 33, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Sept 2004 | £135,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 34, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Nov 2025 | £920,000 | 134 m² | £6,866/m² | 2 |
| 36, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Apr 2002 | £130,500 | 57 m² | £2,289/m² | 1 |
| 39, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Nov 2022 | £600,000 | 88 m² | £6,818/m² | 2 |
| 40, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Aug 2003 | £170,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 41, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Jun 2004 | £86,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 43, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Jan 2007 | £96,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 44, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Jun 2006 | £232,000 | 153 m² | £1,516/m² | 2 |
| 45a, Gainsford RoadFlat | Dec 2005 | £92,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 10, 47, Gainsford RoadFlat | Jun 2018 | £268,000 | 38 m² | £7,053/m² | 1 |
| 47, Gainsford RoadOther | Aug 2017 | £4,244,134 | 44 m² | £96,458/m² | 2 |
| 48, Gainsford RoadTerraced | May 2002 | £144,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 49, Gainsford RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £840,000 | 160 m² | £5,250/m² | 1 |
| 50, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Dec 2014 | £600,000 | 122 m² | £4,918/m² | 1 |
| 51, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Dec 2020 | £850,000 | 160 m² | £5,313/m² | 2 |
| 52, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Aug 2012 | £316,000 | 80 m² | £3,950/m² | 2 |
| 54, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Jul 2014 | £452,000 | 103 m² | £4,388/m² | 1 |
| 56, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Apr 1999 | £66,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 58, Gainsford RoadTerraced | Aug 2017 | £541,000 | 98 m² | £5,520/m² | 3 |
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: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Walthamstow Queens Road, about a 10-minute walk (700 m).
The nearest bus stop is Forest Road High Hill, 200 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes W19, W12); 204 departures an hour from the 12 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.
The nearest primary school is Greenleaf Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 71% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is The Woodside Primary Academy (1.1 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Willowfield School, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 46.1 · 8.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest (1.6 km) and Harris Academy Tottenham (2.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Woodford County High School (3.1 km) and The Latymer School (5.3 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Grogreen, 300 m away, with Tayyab Food Store closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Dr Shantir Practice (350 m), with Waterman Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Luv Natural is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Whipps Cross University Hospital, 2.2 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 29 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
L'Artizan is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Lord Palmerston the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 101 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 33% flats and 4% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 57% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 213 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Stoneydown Park, 550 m away; for exercise, The Gym Group (500 m).
59 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.
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%.
36 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 6QB →
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond), 10 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 11 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 33 km.
Most households own their home, 26% 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.
On this street: 1 of 33 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 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.5% | 85.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.2% | 7.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 7.1% | 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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Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 46 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 87 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.