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On The Beacons, in Loughton North
What it's like at IG10 2SQ: every home that has sold on The Beacons 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 The Beacons; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 11 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, The BeaconsDetached | Nov 2021 | £1,600,000 | 190 m² | £8,421/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, The BeaconsDetached | Nov 2011 | £700,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, The BeaconsDetached | Jul 2022 | £1,550,000 | 193 m² | £8,031/m² | 1 |
| 5, The BeaconsDetached | Feb 2020 | £1,015,000 | 151 m² | £6,722/m² | 2 |
| 6, The BeaconsDetached | Jan 2016 | £950,000 | 150 m² | £6,333/m² | 1 |
| 7, The BeaconsDetached | Jul 2020 | £1,575,000 | 275 m² | £5,727/m² | 1 |
| 8, The BeaconsDetached | Oct 2006 | £920,000 | 240 m² | £3,833/m² | 3 |
| 9, The BeaconsDetached | Jul 2013 | £785,000 | 160 m² | £4,906/m² | 2 |
| 10, The BeaconsDetached | Jan 2025 | £1,585,000 | 272 m² | £5,827/m² | 3 |
| 11, The BeaconsDetached | Sept 2016 | £1,300,000 | 227 m² | £5,727/m² | 2 |
| Rowbarns, 12, The BeaconsDetached | Aug 2013 | £770,000 | 193 m² | £3,990/m² | 4 |
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 (2.2 km). The nearest rail station is Chingford, 5.2 km away, with 2.0m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Baldwins Hill, 150 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route 66); 5 departures an hour from the 3 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 Hereward Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km); 90% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Davenant Foundation School, 1.1 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, 800 m away, with Threshers closer still (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Forest Practice (1.0 km), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (900 m).
For a haircut, French Tip is 700 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 (700 m), and The Foresters Arms the nearest pub (500 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, 2.6 km away; for exercise, Loughton Leisure Centre (1.7 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.
5 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.
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%.
8 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 2SQ →
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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Epping Forest since 2011.
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 11 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 10 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| 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.
Nearest: Leigh Bell Wharf · about 46 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.