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On Oakdene Close, in Hatch End South
What it's like at HA5 4EJ: every home that has sold on Oakdene Close 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.
10 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Oakdene Close; 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.
4 of the 64 homes on the street are owned by companies.
The nearest station is Hatch End, a few minutes' walk (200 m), with 696k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Watford High Street.
The nearest bus stop is Hatch End, 100 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes H14, H12); 48 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 12% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 20 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Grimsdyke School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 87% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Hatch End High School, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 43.9 · 7.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Nower Hill High School (1.7 km) and Bentley Wood High School (2.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (11.9 km) and The Henrietta Barnett School (12.6 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Exotic Fruits, 100 m away; Viva Newsagent & Convenience Store (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hatch End Medical Centre (500 m), with Village Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, St Tropez Salon is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Northwick Park Hospital, 4.6 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 51% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 67% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 25 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
B & K Salt Beef Bar is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Moon And Sixpence PH the nearest pub (350 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 80 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 32% flats and 17% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Shaftesbury Playing Fields, 500 m away; for exercise, Hatch End Swimming Pool (600 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond), 15 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 16 km away.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Anselm | II | 120 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner constituency: David Simmonds MP (Conservative), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 7,581 (16.1%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Conservative 45%, Labour 29%, Reform UK 10%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
6 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 HA5 4EJ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Most households own their home, 23% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 43% 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: 0 of 55 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 32 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 88.9% | 87.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.7% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 5.7% | 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 46 min
Nearest: Legoland Hill Train · about 38 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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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 64 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.