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On Jardine Road, in Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe
What it's like at E1W 3WE: every home that has sold on Jardine 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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6 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 Jardine 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.
5 of the 209 homes on the street are owned by companies.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 51% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Limehouse DLR station, a few minutes' walk (350 m). The nearest rail station is Limehouse, 350 m away, with 2.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Cable Street, 150 m away, with a bus about every 17 minutes on weekdays (route D3); 153 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 19% 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 15 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 6 km away as the crow flies.
63% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Peter Hills with St Mary's and St Paul's CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 60% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Marion Richardson Primary School (0.4 km), with 10 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Bishop Challoner Catholic School, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 44.6 · 8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School (0.6 km) and Mulberry School for Girls (0.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Woodford County High School (11.7 km) and Bexley Grammar School (12.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 300 m away; Spirits of East (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cable Street Surgery (450 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Silverclip is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal London Hospital, 1.1 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 22 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
La Figa Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Clement Attle the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (12 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 127 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 37 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (94%).
53 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Flagged Passage (Approaching Stone Stairs From the Highway) | II | 80 m |
| Stone Stairs | II | 80 m |
| Ratcliffe Cross Stairs | II | 100 m |
| Shadwell Portal to the Rotherhithe Tunnel | II | 110 m |
| Free Trade Wharf | II | 130 m |
| Limehouse War Memorial | II | 140 m |
| The Royal Foundation of St Katharine | 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.
Poplar and Limehouse constituency: Apsana Begum MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 12,560 (29.2%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 43%, Green Party 14%, Conservative 11%, Independent 11%.
49 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 E1W 3WE →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The typical home here was built in 1993-1999.
The nearest park is St James' Gardens, 200 m away; for exercise, Tai Chi Centre (400 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 8.4 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 23.7 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 6.8 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 28 km.
Many neighbours rent: 38% of households rent privately and 31% socially.
It's young: 27% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 52% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Northeastern University - London, 2.0 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.
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 209 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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On this street: 0 of 179 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 179 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 34.4% | 36.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 59.8% | 22.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 5.6% | 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.
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