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On Empress Avenue, in Ilford North West
What it's like at IG1 3DF: every home that has sold on Empress 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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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). 3 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 Empress 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.
26 of the 131 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 62, Empress AvenueTerraced | Apr 2006 | £235,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64, Empress AvenueTerraced | Jan 2007 | £146,500 | 47 m² | £3,117/m² | 1 |
| 64a, Empress AvenueFlat | Feb 2015 | £163,000 | 53 m² | £3,075/m² | 1 |
| 66, Empress AvenueTerraced | Jun 2002 | £200,000 | 105 m² | £1,905/m² | 3 |
| 74, Empress AvenueTerraced | Jul 2000 | £135,000 | 116 m² | £1,164/m² | 1 |
| 76, Empress AvenueTerraced | Sept 1997 | £77,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 78, Empress AvenueTerraced | Oct 1997 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 80, Empress AvenueTerraced | Jun 2012 | £270,000 | 112 m² | £2,411/m² | 2 |
| 82, Empress AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Mar 1996 | £86,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 88, Empress AvenueFlat | May 2013 | £131,500 | 57 m² | £2,307/m² | 1 |
| 88a, Empress AvenueFlat | Jun 2011 | £60,000 | 59 m² | £1,017/m² | 3 |
| 96, Empress AvenueTerraced | Jun 2015 | £405,000 | 121 m² | £3,347/m² | 3 |
| 98, Empress AvenueTerraced | Nov 2015 | £460,000 | 114 m² | £4,035/m² | 2 |
| 100, Empress AvenueTerraced | Jul 2025 | £473,500 | 120 m² | £3,946/m² | 3 |
| 102, Empress AvenueTerraced | Feb 2001 | £150,000 | 177 m² | £847/m² | 1 |
| 108, Empress AvenueTerraced | Jul 2007 | £265,000 | 98 m² | £2,704/m² | 2 |
| 110, Empress AvenueTerraced | May 2005 | £190,000 | 95 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| 112, Empress AvenueDetached | Apr 1997 | £66,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 114, Empress AvenueTerraced | Mar 1996 | £70,000 | 93 m² | £753/m² | 1 |
| 116, Empress AvenueTerraced | Aug 2004 | £250,000 | 94 m² | £2,660/m² | 2 |
| 118, Empress AvenueTerraced | Aug 2011 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 120, Empress AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2022 | £450,000 | 102 m² | £4,412/m² | 2 |
| 122, Empress AvenueTerraced | Oct 1995 | £59,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 128, Empress AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2023 | £425,000 | 132 m² | £3,220/m² | 3 |
| 130, Empress AvenueTerraced | Jun 2010 | £287,500 | 92 m² | £3,125/m² | 3 |
| 132, Empress AvenueTerraced | Oct 2002 | £180,000 | 114 m² | £1,579/m² | 1 |
| 134, Empress AvenueTerraced | Oct 2006 | £235,000 | 44 m² | £5,341/m² | 2 |
| 136, Empress AvenueTerraced | Sept 2024 | £484,000 | 98 m² | £4,939/m² | 3 |
| 138, Empress AvenueTerraced | Nov 2007 | £263,000 | 100 m² | £2,630/m² | 1 |
| 140, Empress AvenueTerraced | Dec 2004 | £232,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 142, Empress AvenueTerraced | Oct 2004 | £214,000 | 147 m² | £1,456/m² | 1 |
| 144a, Empress AvenueFlat | Mar 2022 | £250,000 | 60 m² | £4,167/m² | 3 |
| 144b, Empress AvenueFlat | Jan 2026 | £270,000 | 45 m² | £6,000/m² | 2 |
| 146, Empress AvenueFlat | Feb 2016 | £230,000 | 47 m² | £4,894/m² | 2 |
| 146a, Empress AvenueFlat · company-owned | Nov 2019 | £275,000 | 55 m² | £5,000/m² | 5 |
| 150, Empress AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2022 | £575,000 | 51 m² | £11,275/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Ilford, about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 10.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Northbrook Road, 450 m away, with a bus about every 1 minute on weekdays (routes 150, 123, 366, 179).
Rail is a big part of life: 26% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 15 km away as the crow flies.
47% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Highlands Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 87% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Cleveland Road Primary School (1 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is The Ursuline Academy Ilford, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 56.1 · 18.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Valentines High School (1.4 km) and Loxford School (2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (3.4 km) and Woodford County High School (6.1 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 600 m away, with Pelton Pharmacy closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is York Road Surgery (450 m), with Pelton Chemist the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Zarish Beauty Bar is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is King George Hospital, 3.8 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 29 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Moroccan Garden is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Ilford Golf Club the nearest pub (500 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (22 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 211 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (63%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 88% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Valentines Park, 1.1 km away; for exercise, The Gym (750 m).
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 18.9 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 6.5 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 37 km.
48 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 North constituency: Wes Streeting MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 528 (1.1%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Labour 33%, Independent 32%, Conservative 21%, Reform UK 8%.
34 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 3DF →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Many neighbours rent: 57% of households rent privately and 9% socially.
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
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 Redbridge 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 131 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 83 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 6 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.0% | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.0% | 89.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.5% | 8.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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 40 min
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