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On Melford Avenue, in Longbridge & Barking Park
What it's like at IG11 9HS: every home that has sold on Melford Avenue 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.
7 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 5 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 Melford Avenue; 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.
4 of the 95 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Melford AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2008 | £432,500 | 145 m² | £2,983/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Melford AvenueTerraced | Sept 2001 | £228,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Melford AvenueTerraced | Sept 2008 | £240,000 | 98 m² | £2,449/m² | 2 |
| 7, Melford AvenueTerraced | Jul 2016 | £445,000 | 91 m² | £4,890/m² | 1 |
| 9, Melford AvenueTerraced | Nov 2020 | £540,000 | 90 m² | £6,000/m² | 2 |
| 13, Melford AvenueTerraced | Jul 1998 | £92,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Melford AvenueTerraced | Oct 2017 | £450,000 | 99 m² | £4,545/m² | 2 |
| 17, Melford AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2016 | £480,000 | 94 m² | £5,106/m² | 2 |
| 19, Melford AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2016 | £308,750 | 88 m² | £3,509/m² | 1 |
| 21, Melford AvenueTerraced | Apr 2008 | £343,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 23, Melford AvenueSemi-detached | May 2026 | £475,000 | 90 m² | £5,278/m² | 1 |
| 25, Melford AvenueTerraced | Dec 2021 | £595,000 | 106 m² | £5,613/m² | 1 |
| 27, Melford AvenueTerraced | Apr 2019 | £435,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Melford AvenueTerraced | Oct 2018 | £480,000 | 101 m² | £4,752/m² | 3 |
| 31, Melford AvenueTerraced | May 2017 | £475,000 | 100 m² | £4,750/m² | 3 |
| 33, Melford AvenueTerraced | Dec 2013 | £330,000 | 104 m² | £3,173/m² | 1 |
| 37, Melford AvenueTerraced | Jul 2010 | £284,000 | 90 m² | £3,156/m² | 1 |
| 39, Melford AvenueTerraced | Jun 2015 | £356,000 | 90 m² | £3,956/m² | 3 |
| 41, Melford AvenueTerraced | Jul 2024 | £625,000 | 125 m² | £5,000/m² | 2 |
| 43, Melford AvenueTerraced | Mar 2006 | £249,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Melford AvenueTerraced | Feb 2016 | £412,500 | 102 m² | £4,044/m² | 2 |
| 47, Melford AvenueTerraced | Oct 2009 | £248,000 | 116 m² | £2,138/m² | 1 |
| 49, Melford AvenueTerraced | Oct 2005 | £245,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 51, Melford AvenueTerraced | Dec 2014 | £399,950 | 137 m² | £2,919/m² | 2 |
| 53, Melford AvenueTerraced | Sept 2025 | £532,000 | 107 m² | £4,972/m² | 1 |
| 55, Melford AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £500,000 | 94 m² | £5,319/m² | 2 |
| 57, Melford AvenueTerraced | Jun 2002 | £249,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 59, Melford AvenueTerraced | Apr 1996 | £102,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 61, Melford AvenueTerraced | Aug 2011 | £244,000 | 111 m² | £2,198/m² | 1 |
| 63, Melford AvenueTerraced | Mar 2007 | £265,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 65, Melford AvenueTerraced | Nov 2005 | £271,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 67, Melford AvenueTerraced | Nov 2025 | £740,000 | 160 m² | £4,625/m² | 1 |
| 69, Melford AvenueTerraced | Jan 1999 | £94,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 71, Melford AvenueTerraced | Mar 2007 | £275,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 73, Melford AvenueTerraced | May 2022 | £700,000 | 125 m² | £5,600/m² | 1 |
| 75, Melford AvenueTerraced | Aug 2009 | £282,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 77, Melford AvenueTerraced | Jul 2010 | £285,000 | 149 m² | £1,913/m² | 1 |
| 79, Melford AvenueTerraced | Mar 2015 | £346,000 | 126 m² | £2,746/m² | 2 |
| 81, Melford AvenueTerraced | Aug 2009 | £280,000 | 87 m² | £3,218/m² | 1 |
| 83, Melford AvenueTerraced | Jun 2016 | £480,000 | 109 m² | £4,404/m² | 1 |
| 85, Melford AvenueTerraced | Dec 2016 | £430,000 | 118 m² | £3,644/m² | 4 |
| 89, Melford AvenueDetached | Dec 2009 | £410,000 | 144 m² | £2,847/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Upney Underground station, about a 5-minute walk (600 m). The nearest rail station is Barking, 1.2 km away, with 13.4m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Salisbury Avenue, 100 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (route 62); 57 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 (350 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, 350 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, 350 m away; PNS Group (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Faircross Health Centre (100 m), with Britannia Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Manor Barbers is 450 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.
Angelos Balkans is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Barking Indoor Bowls 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 Barking Park, 800 m away; for exercise, Splash Park Barking (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.
34 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%.
60 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 9HS →
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.
On this street: 0 of 68 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 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.
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 95 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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