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On Merchant Street, in Bromley-by-Bow West
What it's like at E3 4PZ: every home that has sold on Merchant 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.
14 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 Merchant 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.
12 of the 162 homes on the street are owned by companies.
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 Bow Road Underground station, a few minutes' walk (200 m). The nearest rail station is Limehouse, 1.7 km away, with 2.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Bow Road Underground Station, 200 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes District, Hammersmith, &, City); 128 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 25% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 8 km away as the crow flies.
66% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Wellington Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 71% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Central Foundation Girls' School, 200 m away; Attainment 8: 54.3 · 19.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School (1.7 km) and Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy (2.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Woodford County High School (9.9 km) and Ilford County High School (10.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 250 m away, with Wellington Primary School Food Bank closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wellington Way Health Centre (100 m), with Mayors Chemist the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Mile End Barber is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal London Hospital, 2.5 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: 12 restaurants and cafés, 0 pubs and bars.
FoodCycle Bow Road is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Coborn the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 112 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 18 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (93%).
The typical home here was built in 1993-1999.
It's growing: about 277 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Archibald Open Space, 150 m away; for exercise, Bow Quarter Leisure Centre (800 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 10 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
56 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5, Wellington Way E3 | II | 100 m |
| 3, Wellington Way E3 | II | 100 m |
| Poplar Chest Clinic | II | 110 m |
| K6 Telephone Kiosk, Outside 38 Bow Road | II | 160 m |
| 9-20, Mornington Grove E3 | II | 170 m |
| Boundary Wall to Tower Hamlets Cemetery | II | 170 m |
| Garden Walls and Piers | II | 180 m |
| Bow Road London Transport Underground Station | II | 180 m |
| Wall Across Southern End of Street | II | 190 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.
Stratford and Bow constituency: Uma Kumaran MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,634 (26.8%), turnout 54%. Vote shares: Labour 44%, Green Party 17%, Workers Party of Britain 8%, Conservative 7%.
84 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 E3 4PZ →
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 22.6 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 5.3 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 31 km.
Most households own their home, 31% rent privately.
It's young: 30% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 44% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Ravensbourne University London, 3.4 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 8 shown. 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 140 homes with certificates have solar panels, 6 a heat pump, and 9 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 | 45.6% | 36.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.6% | 22.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 48.2% | 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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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 162 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 34 min
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