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On Essex Road, in Barking East
What it's like at IG11 7QL: every home that has sold on Essex Road 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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Essex Road; 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.
6 of the 86 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 6a, Essex RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2006 | £142,000 | 42 m² | £3,381/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10, Essex RoadTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2023 | £378,000 | 94 m² | £4,021/m² | 1 |
| 16, Essex RoadTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2012 | £200,000 | 79 m² | £2,532/m² | 3 |
| 18, Essex RoadTerraced | Nov 2001 | £113,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Essex RoadTerraced | Sept 2004 | £178,500 | 115 m² | £1,552/m² | 4 |
| 22, Essex RoadTerraced | Dec 2018 | £325,000 | 80 m² | £4,063/m² | 1 |
| 24, Essex RoadTerraced · company-owned | Mar 1996 | £52,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Essex RoadTerraced | May 2021 | £375,000 | 83 m² | £4,518/m² | 3 |
| 30, Essex RoadTerraced | Jun 2007 | £225,000 | 90 m² | £2,500/m² | 3 |
| 32, Essex RoadTerraced | May 2016 | £155,200 | – | – | 2 |
| 34, Essex RoadTerraced | Mar 2016 | £350,000 | 115 m² | £3,043/m² | 1 |
| 36, Essex RoadTerraced | Oct 2007 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 38, Essex RoadTerraced | Oct 2007 | £228,000 | – | – | 7 |
| 40, Essex RoadTerraced · company-owned | Feb 1996 | £56,000 | 82 m² | £683/m² | 1 |
| 42, Essex RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2023 | £413,000 | 86 m² | £4,802/m² | 1 |
| 44, Essex RoadTerraced | Jul 1999 | £77,995 | 88 m² | £886/m² | 1 |
| 46, Essex RoadTerraced | Dec 2014 | £188,000 | 124 m² | £1,516/m² | 1 |
| 48a, Essex RoadFlat | Oct 2022 | £200,000 | 62 m² | £3,226/m² | 1 |
| 48b, Essex RoadTerraced | Jun 2008 | £137,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 50, Essex RoadTerraced · company-owned | Aug 1996 | £45,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 52, Essex RoadTerraced | Feb 2001 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 54, Essex RoadTerraced | Jul 2011 | £155,000 | 90 m² | £1,722/m² | 2 |
| 58, Essex RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £345,000 | 83 m² | £4,157/m² | 2 |
| 60, Essex RoadTerraced | Jun 2020 | £415,000 | 112 m² | £3,705/m² | 3 |
| 62, Essex RoadTerraced | Jul 2007 | £200,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 64, Essex RoadTerraced | Jul 2018 | £403,000 | 115 m² | £3,504/m² | 3 |
| 66, Essex RoadTerraced | Feb 2005 | £219,995 | – | – | 3 |
| 68, Essex RoadTerraced | Jul 2006 | £225,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 70, Essex RoadTerraced | Oct 2006 | £205,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 74, Essex RoadTerraced | Nov 2015 | £277,500 | 87 m² | £3,190/m² | 1 |
| 78, Essex RoadTerraced | Sept 2000 | £89,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 82, Essex RoadTerraced | Oct 2006 | £215,000 | 154 m² | £1,396/m² | 2 |
| 84, Essex RoadSemi-detached | May 1997 | £70,000 | 93 m² | £753/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, Bridge House, 86, Essex RoadFlat | Jul 2013 | £117,000 | 42 m² | £2,786/m² | 5 |
| Flat 1, Bridge House, 86, Essex RoadFlat | Apr 2021 | £100,000 | 24 m² | £4,167/m² | 4 |
| Flat 4, Bridge House, 86, Essex RoadFlat | Sept 2023 | £147,000 | 28 m² | £5,250/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, Bridge House, 86, Essex RoadFlat | Sept 2018 | £197,500 | 44 m² | £4,489/m² | 2 |
| Garage, Bridge House, 86, Essex RoadOther | Dec 2017 | £15,000 | – | – | 1 |
| First Floor Flat, 36, Essex RoadFlat | Feb 2021 | £202,000 | 41 m² | £4,927/m² | 2 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 36, Essex RoadFlat · company-owned | Jul 2019 | £190,000 | 43 m² | £4,419/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Barking Underground station, about a 5-minute walk (600 m). The nearest rail station is Barking, 650 m away, with 13.4m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is King Edwards Road, 250 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes EL1, EL3, EL2, 368); 102 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 34% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 15 km away as the crow flies.
41% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Ripple Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 73% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Loxford School (1.1 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Greatfields School, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 45.6 · 11.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Loxford School (1.1 km) and Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College (1.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (5.8 km) and Woodford County High School (8.9 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Great Britain, 500 m away, with The Salvation Army closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The White House Surgery (250 m), with Mayors Chemist the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Raphael's Barber Shop is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Newham University Hospital, 4.1 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: 17 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
the Fish Inn is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Grub Club the nearest pub (350 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 102 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 26% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
The nearest park is Essex Road Gardens, 100 m away; for exercise, The Gym (650 m).
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 19.2 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
56 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%.
57 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 7QL →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
For holidays, London City is 4.7 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 38 km.
Many neighbours rent: 42% of households rent privately and 11% socially.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is University of East London, 3.6 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 86 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 69 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 | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.5% | 86.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.5% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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 40 min
Nearest: Phantom Peak · about 31 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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