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On Westrow Drive, in Longbridge & Barking Park
What it's like at IG11 9BJ: every home that has sold on Westrow Drive 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.
3 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 Westrow Drive; 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.
12 of the 258 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 20, Westrow DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2000 | £168,000 | 99 m² | £1,697/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21, Westrow DriveTerraced | Sept 2006 | £268,000 | 105 m² | £2,552/m² | 1 |
| 22, Westrow DriveTerraced | Oct 2003 | £289,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 23, Westrow DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £785,000 | 205 m² | £3,829/m² | 5 |
| 24, Westrow DriveTerraced · company-owned | May 2022 | £690,000 | 235 m² | £2,936/m² | 5 |
| 25, Westrow DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2007 | £381,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Westrow DriveTerraced | Aug 2013 | £330,000 | 89 m² | £3,708/m² | 1 |
| 27, Westrow DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2017 | £505,000 | 108 m² | £4,676/m² | 1 |
| 28, Westrow DriveTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2021 | £243,000 | 121 m² | £2,008/m² | 2 |
| 30, Westrow DriveTerraced | Oct 2014 | £365,000 | 105 m² | £3,476/m² | 1 |
| 34, Westrow DriveTerraced | Aug 2023 | £565,000 | 86 m² | £6,570/m² | 1 |
| 36, Westrow DriveTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2024 | £530,000 | 80 m² | £6,625/m² | 3 |
| 38, Westrow DriveTerraced | Sept 2010 | £275,000 | 100 m² | £2,750/m² | 3 |
| 40, Westrow DriveTerraced | Sept 2000 | £131,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 44, Westrow DriveTerraced | Mar 2011 | £250,000 | 106 m² | £2,358/m² | 1 |
| 48, Westrow DriveTerraced | Jul 2005 | £230,000 | – | – | 1 |
The nearest station is Upney Underground station, a few minutes' walk (350 m). The nearest rail station is Barking, 1.5 km away, with 13.4m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Barking Community Hospital, 200 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (route 62); 53 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 24% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 16 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Manor Junior School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 78% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Loxford School (1.1 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College, 250 m away; Attainment 8: 49.7 · 12.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Loxford School (1.1 km) and Jo Richardson Community School (2.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (5.6 km) and Woodford County High School (9 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-operative, 700 m away, with Essential Mini Market closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Barking Medical Group Practice (350 m), with Britannia Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Colours is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is King George Hospital, 4.2 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Caterplus @ Anchor – Harp House is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Spot the nearest pub (850 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 82 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 23% flats and 4% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 69% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Mayesbrook Park, 700 m away; for exercise, Barking Sporthouse and Gym (800 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 5.6 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 39 km.
22 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 9BJ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
It's young: 23% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is University of East London, 4.6 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 258 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 37 min
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On this street: 1 of 175 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 | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.6% | 86.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.2% | 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.
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