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On Whitakers Way, in Loughton North
What it's like at IG10 1SQ: every home that has sold on Whitakers Way 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Whitakers Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 6 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Lanterns, Whitakers WayDetached | Mar 2026 | £900,000 | 141 m² | £6,383/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Lanterns, Whitakers WaySemi-detached | Jul 1996 | £156,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Lanterns, Whitakers WayDetached | Jan 2011 | £475,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Fairview Cottage, Whitakers WaySemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £510,000 | 108 m² | £4,722/m² | 2 |
| Monkwood Cottage, Whitakers WayDetached | Jul 1999 | £322,000 | 163 m² | £1,975/m² | 1 |
| The Oaks, Whitakers WayDetached | Jan 2016 | £1,010,000 | 191 m² | £5,288/m² | 1 |
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: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Debden Underground station, a short drive or bike ride (2.1 km). The nearest rail station is Chingford, 4.8 km away, with 2.0m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Goldings Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route 66); 7 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 11% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 21 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Staples Road Primary School, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km); 75% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Hereward Primary School (1.7 km).
The nearest secondary is Davenant Foundation School, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 56.7 · 20.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Debden Park High School (1.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Woodford County High School (5.9 km) and Ilford County High School (6.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Great Britain, 450 m away; Threshers (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Forest Practice (950 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, French Tip is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is King George Hospital, 8.7 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% 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: 30 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Cafe Mosaic is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Foresters Arms the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 74 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 36 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 20% flats and 31% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 149 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Memorial Rose Garden, 2.3 km away; for exercise, Loughton Leisure Centre (1.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 16 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 29 km.
17 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 29, 31, 33 and 35, Baldwins Hill | II | 70 m |
| Deerhurst | II | 100 m |
| Whitaker'S Charity Almshouses | 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.
Epping Forest constituency: Dr Neil Hudson MP (Conservative), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 5,682 (13.6%), turnout 58%. Vote shares: Conservative 43%, Labour 30%, Liberal Democrat 13%, Independent 7%.
7 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 IG10 1SQ →
Most households own their home, 17% rent privately.
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.
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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 6 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Leigh Bell Wharf · about 46 min
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| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 89.0% | 87.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 3.6% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.0% | 7.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.9% | 0.3% | 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.