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On Westminster Gardens, in Creekmouth & Barking Riverside
What it's like at IG11 0BJ: every home that has sold on Westminster Gardens 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 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 Westminster Gardens; 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.
7 of the 84 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 1a, Westminster GardensDetached | Nov 2016 | £335,000 | 82 m² | £4,085/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Westminster GardensTerraced | Nov 2006 | £165,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 4, Westminster GardensTerraced | Nov 2019 | £315,000 | 75 m² | £4,200/m² | 2 |
| 6, Westminster GardensTerraced | Nov 2006 | £165,000 | 98 m² | £1,684/m² | 3 |
| 7, Westminster GardensTerraced | Oct 1998 | £56,500 | 77 m² | £734/m² | 1 |
| 8, Westminster GardensTerraced | Nov 2019 | £315,000 | 92 m² | £3,424/m² | 1 |
| 9, Westminster GardensTerraced | Oct 2005 | £166,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Westminster GardensTerraced | Feb 2018 | £282,000 | 70 m² | £4,029/m² | 1 |
| 12, Westminster GardensTerraced | Dec 2018 | £340,000 | 84 m² | £4,048/m² | 1 |
| 13, Westminster GardensTerraced | May 2002 | £118,000 | 77 m² | £1,532/m² | 2 |
| 14, Westminster GardensTerraced | Aug 2024 | £350,000 | 86 m² | £4,070/m² | 1 |
| 16, Westminster GardensTerraced | Oct 2002 | £124,995 | – | – | 3 |
| 17, Westminster GardensSemi-detached | Apr 2005 | £190,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Westminster GardensTerraced | Jul 1998 | £60,995 | 64 m² | £953/m² | 1 |
| 19, Westminster GardensTerraced | Jul 2017 | £340,000 | 86 m² | £3,953/m² | 6 |
| 20, Westminster GardensTerraced | Apr 2000 | £78,000 | 71 m² | £1,099/m² | 1 |
| 22, Westminster GardensTerraced | May 2002 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Westminster GardensTerraced | Jan 2016 | £280,000 | 127 m² | £2,205/m² | 2 |
| 26, Westminster GardensTerraced | Nov 2013 | £213,500 | 92 m² | £2,321/m² | 2 |
| 27, Westminster GardensTerraced | Mar 2023 | £450,000 | 83 m² | £5,422/m² | 4 |
| 28, Westminster GardensTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2025 | £355,000 | 135 m² | £2,630/m² | 2 |
| 29, Westminster GardensSemi-detached · company-owned | Mar 2022 | £450,000 | 85 m² | £5,294/m² | 2 |
| 30, Westminster GardensTerraced | Jul 2013 | £195,000 | 86 m² | £2,267/m² | 2 |
| 31, Westminster GardensSemi-detached | Jun 2001 | £83,000 | 81 m² | £1,025/m² | 1 |
| 33, Westminster GardensTerraced | Apr 2022 | £390,000 | 119 m² | £3,277/m² | 3 |
| 34, Westminster GardensTerraced | Dec 1999 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 37, Westminster GardensTerraced | May 2008 | £247,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 38, Westminster GardensTerraced | Feb 2006 | £158,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 40, Westminster GardensTerraced | Jul 2006 | £179,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 41, Westminster GardensTerraced | Feb 2018 | £365,000 | 114 m² | £3,202/m² | 3 |
| 42, Westminster GardensTerraced | Jul 2003 | £130,000 | 64 m² | £2,031/m² | 1 |
| 43, Westminster GardensTerraced | Dec 2013 | £250,000 | 106 m² | £2,358/m² | 2 |
| 45, Westminster GardensTerraced | Jul 2008 | £167,211 | – | – | 3 |
| 46, Westminster GardensTerraced | Feb 2005 | £116,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 47, Westminster GardensTerraced | Oct 2001 | £112,000 | 90 m² | £1,244/m² | 1 |
| 48, Westminster GardensTerraced | Feb 2012 | £189,000 | 68 m² | £2,779/m² | 3 |
| 49, Westminster GardensTerraced | Mar 2023 | £410,000 | 84 m² | £4,881/m² | 1 |
| 52, Westminster GardensTerraced | Oct 2023 | £475,000 | 111 m² | £4,279/m² | 1 |
| 54, Westminster GardensTerraced | Nov 2018 | £310,000 | 80 m² | £3,875/m² | 1 |
| 56, Westminster GardensTerraced | Apr 2005 | £240,000 | 112 m² | £2,143/m² | 3 |
| 58, Westminster GardensTerraced | Mar 2002 | £107,000 | 111 m² | £964/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Barking Underground station, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km). The nearest rail station is Barking, 1.4 km away, with 13.4m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is King Edwards Road Barking, 150 m away, with a bus about every 11 minutes on weekdays (route 173); 113 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 29% 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 16 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Greatfields Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Thames View Infants (0.3 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Greatfields School, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 45.6 · 11.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Riverside School (1.5 km) and Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College (1.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (7.2 km) and Bexley Grammar School (8 km).
It's a family area: 25% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Bangla Town Cash & Carry, 950 m away, with Ripple Service Station closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The White House Surgery (650 m), with Mayors Chemist the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Jimmy's Hair Studio is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Newham University Hospital, 4.5 km away, rated requires improvement 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: 19 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Mira Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Grub Club the nearest pub (700 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 102 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 40% flats and 6% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 680 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Greatfields Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Benita Yoga (1.0 km).
24 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.
Barking constituency: Nesil Caliskan MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,054 (30.3%), turnout 46%. Vote shares: Labour 45%, Reform UK 14%, Green Party 14%, Conservative 12%.
47 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 IG11 0BJ →
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 18.8 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 4.3 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 39 km.
Most households own their home, 24% rent privately.
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is University of East London, 2.9 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Barking and Dagenham 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 84 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 64 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.7% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 85.0% | 86.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.2% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 10.4% | 6.1% | 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.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 38 min
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