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On Puffin Close, in Creekmouth & Barking Riverside
What it's like at IG11 0GT: every home that has sold on Puffin 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Puffin 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.
None of the 10 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Puffin CloseTerraced | May 2019 | £304,000 | 72 m² | £4,222/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Puffin CloseTerraced | Feb 2010 | £183,000 | 82 m² | £2,232/m² | 1 |
| 7, Puffin CloseTerraced | Mar 2021 | £320,000 | 71 m² | £4,507/m² | 1 |
| 8, Puffin CloseFlat | Apr 2008 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Puffin CloseTerraced | Mar 2026 | £372,000 | 70 m² | £5,314/m² | 1 |
| 12, Puffin CloseFlat · company-owned | Feb 2007 | £185,000 | 70 m² | £2,643/m² | 1 |
| 13, Puffin CloseTerraced | Jun 2006 | £109,525 | 61 m² | £1,795/m² | 1 |
| 15, Puffin CloseTerraced | Feb 2025 | £350,000 | 61 m² | £5,738/m² | 2 |
| 16, Puffin CloseTerraced | Jul 2025 | £460,000 | 99 m² | £4,646/m² | 2 |
| 17, Puffin CloseTerraced | Apr 2007 | £94,000 | 110 m² | £855/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Upney Underground station, a short drive or bike ride (1.8 km). The nearest rail station is Dagenham Dock, 2.4 km away, with 425k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Schooner Close, 50 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes EL1, EL3); 188 departures an hour from the 16 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 George Carey Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 70% met the expected standard.
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 Riverside School, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 55.5 · 15.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College (1.7 km) and Jo Richardson Community School (2 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 the Co-Op, 350 m away, with Big Heart Food Hub closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Aurora Medcare (700 m), with Britannia Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Empress Hair and Beauty is 350 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.
Eyeware Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Lighterman Pub the nearest pub (750 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.
27 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%.
25 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 0GT →
The nearest park is Chilworth Green, 450 m away; for exercise, Thamesmere Leisure Centre and Library (1.8 km).
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, 3.8 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Puffin Close in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 9 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 | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 38 min
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