Finding postcode…
These only choose where you start. Every page and every lens is still one tap away.
Sign in to keep them on every device →Finding postcode…
On Shirley Gardens, in Longbridge & Barking Park
What it's like at IG11 9XA: every home that has sold on Shirley Gardens 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.
Street View and the aerial view come from Google, which receives your IP address and may set cookies once you choose them. We'll remember your choice on this device.
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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).
Sales and extensions on Shirley Gardens; 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.
5 of the 98 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 60, Shirley GardensTerraced | Jun 2026 | £400,000 | 92 m² | £4,348/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62, Shirley GardensTerraced | Jan 2015 | £370,000 | 130 m² | £2,846/m² | 2 |
| 64, Shirley GardensTerraced | Aug 2009 | £250,000 | 95 m² | £2,632/m² | 2 |
| 66, Shirley GardensTerraced | Aug 2009 | £260,000 | 110 m² | £2,364/m² | 2 |
| 70, Shirley GardensTerraced | Dec 2018 | £405,000 | 92 m² | £4,402/m² | 1 |
| 72, Shirley GardensTerraced | Mar 2014 | £384,000 | 105 m² | £3,657/m² | 1 |
| 74, Shirley GardensTerraced | Apr 2004 | £250,000 | 95 m² | £2,632/m² | 2 |
| 76, Shirley GardensTerraced | Sept 2020 | £440,000 | 108 m² | £4,074/m² | 1 |
| 78, Shirley GardensTerraced | May 2003 | £206,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 80, Shirley GardensTerraced | Aug 2012 | £240,000 | 89 m² | £2,697/m² | 1 |
| 82, Shirley GardensTerraced | Apr 2009 | £249,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 84, Shirley GardensTerraced | Feb 2013 | £310,000 | 142 m² | £2,183/m² | 2 |
| 86, Shirley GardensTerraced | Sept 2000 | £121,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 88a, Shirley GardensTerraced | Nov 2009 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 90, Shirley GardensTerraced | Mar 1995 | £68,000 | 88 m² | £773/m² | 1 |
| 92, Shirley GardensTerraced | May 2021 | £444,000 | 62 m² | £7,161/m² | 2 |
| 96, Shirley GardensTerraced | Sept 2021 | £470,000 | 90 m² | £5,222/m² | 3 |
| 98, Shirley GardensTerraced | Jan 2013 | £250,000 | 86 m² | £2,907/m² | 3 |
| 100, Shirley GardensTerraced | Dec 2024 | £510,000 | 87 m² | £5,862/m² | 2 |
| 102, Shirley GardensTerraced | Jul 2025 | £530,000 | 89 m² | £5,955/m² | 3 |
| 106, Shirley GardensSemi-detached | Dec 2008 | £445,000 | 108 m² | £4,120/m² | 1 |
| 108, Shirley GardensTerraced | Apr 2007 | £249,995 | 182 m² | £1,374/m² | 2 |
| 110, Shirley GardensTerraced · company-owned | Mar 1996 | £71,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 112, Shirley GardensTerraced | Nov 2005 | £227,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 114, Shirley GardensTerraced | Jul 2011 | £248,000 | 116 m² | £2,138/m² | 1 |
| 116, Shirley GardensTerraced | Dec 2004 | £230,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 120, Shirley GardensTerraced | Apr 2013 | £275,000 | 126 m² | £2,183/m² | 1 |
| 122, Shirley GardensTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2022 | £430,000 | 103 m² | £4,175/m² | 1 |
| 124, Shirley GardensTerraced | Apr 2008 | £295,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 126, Shirley GardensTerraced | Dec 2006 | £290,000 | – | – | 1 |
The nearest station is Upney Underground station, about a 10-minute walk (650 m). The nearest rail station is Barking, 950 m away, with 13.4m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Salisbury Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (route 62); 25 departures an hour from the 5 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 Eastbury Community School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); Attainment 8: 44.8 · 8.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The closest top-rated primary is Loxford School (1.1 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Eastbury Community School, 300 m away; Attainment 8: 44.8 · 8.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College (0.2 km) and Loxford School (1.1 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, 450 m away, with PNS Group closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Faircross Health Centre (200 m), with Britannia Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Manor Barbers is 550 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 (400 m), and Barking Indoor Bowls the nearest pub (600 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, 650 m away; for exercise, Splash Park Barking (700 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.
38 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%.
56 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 9XA →
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, 4.4 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 98 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 72 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 | 0.5% | 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.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 37 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.