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On Albert Road, in Ilford Central & East
What it's like at IG1 1DU: every home that has sold on Albert 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Albert 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.
5 of the 102 homes on the street are owned by companies.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Ilford, a few minutes' walk (500 m), with 10.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Redbridge Central Library, 200 m away, with a bus about every 1 minute on weekdays (routes 150, 364, 86, 25); 589 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 24% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 10 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 15 km away as the crow flies.
55% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Cleveland Road Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 87% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is The Ursuline Academy Ilford, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 56.1 · 18.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Loxford School (1.2 km) and Valentines High School (1.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (3.7 km) and Woodford County High School (6.7 km).
It's a family area: 25% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 300 m away, with Nuffield Health Ilford Fitness and Wellbeing Gym closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ilford Medical Centre (100 m), with Dp Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, H & H Hair & Cosmetics is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is King George Hospital, 3.4 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 77 restaurants and cafés and 3 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Fern Leaf Care is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and O'Neills the nearest pub (400 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (48 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 396 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (66%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 101 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Uphall Recreation Ground, 550 m away; for exercise, Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (150 m).
57 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.
Ilford South constituency: Jas Athwal MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,894 (16.7%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 40%, Independent 23%, Conservative 15%, Green Party 8%.
44 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 IG1 1DU →
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 19.3 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 6.3 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 38 km.
Many neighbours rent: 66% of households rent privately and 10% socially.
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 46% of adults have a degree.
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 65 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 42 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 73.2% | 89.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 13.0% | 8.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 13.7% | 1.2% | 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: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 42 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 102 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.