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On Greatfields Road, in Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside
What it's like at IG11 7TZ: every home that has sold on Greatfields 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Greatfields 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.
3 of the 37 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 44, Greatfields RoadTerraced | May 2023 | £385,000 | 77 m² | £5,000/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46, Greatfields RoadTerraced | Aug 2017 | £310,000 | 76 m² | £4,079/m² | 1 |
| 48, Greatfields RoadTerraced | Jul 2020 | £395,000 | 97 m² | £4,072/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Barking Underground station, about a 10-minute walk (950 m). The nearest rail station is Barking, 1.0 km away, with 13.4m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Perth Road Barking, 150 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (route 62); 148 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 32% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 15 km away as the crow flies.
48% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Greatfields Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Vicarage Primary School (1.4 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Greatfields School, 350 m away; Attainment 8: 45.6 · 11.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College (2 km) and Loxford School (2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (6.6 km) and Bexley Grammar School (8.7 km).
It's a family area: 29% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Great Britain, 700 m away, with Londis closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The White House Surgery (250 m), with Mayors Chemist the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Jimmy's Hair Studio is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Newham University Hospital, 3.3 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Churrabrasa is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Grub Club the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 137 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (89%).
It's new: 75% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 2,618 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Greatfields Park, 150 m away; for exercise, Benita Yoga (850 m).
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 20.2 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
46 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%.
52 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 7TZ →
For holidays, London City is 3.7 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 38 km.
Most households own their home, 26% rent privately.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 43% of adults have a degree.
There's a sizeable student population: 15% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is University of East London, 3.2 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.
On this street: 2 of 30 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 | 0.3% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 50.0% | 86.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.3% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 47.6% | 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 37 min
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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 37 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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