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 Kensington Gardens, in Valentines Park & Cranbrook
What it's like at IG1 3EJ: every home that has sold on Kensington 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Kensington 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.
12 of the 93 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 3c, Kensington GardensTerraced | Sept 2004 | £347,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Kensington GardensTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2022 | £738,500 | 153 m² | £4,827/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, 7, Kensington GardensFlat | Jun 2004 | £120,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 7a, Kensington GardensFlat | Jul 2005 | £83,000 | 35 m² | £2,371/m² | 1 |
| 7b, Kensington GardensFlat | Apr 1999 | £45,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 7c, Kensington GardensFlat | Aug 2004 | £107,000 | 35 m² | £3,057/m² | 2 |
| 9, Kensington GardensTerraced | May 2001 | £270,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 13, Kensington GardensTerraced | Jul 1995 | £87,000 | 207 m² | £420/m² | 1 |
| 15, Kensington GardensTerraced | Mar 2002 | £250,000 | 32 m² | £7,813/m² | 1 |
| 17, Kensington GardensTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2019 | £625,000 | 180 m² | £3,472/m² | 1 |
| 19a, Kensington GardensFlat | Feb 2000 | £55,000 | 39 m² | £1,410/m² | 1 |
| 19b, Kensington GardensFlat | Mar 1998 | £37,500 | 39 m² | £962/m² | 1 |
| 19c, Kensington GardensFlat | Jan 2003 | £159,995 | 67 m² | £2,388/m² | 2 |
| 25a, Kensington GardensFlat · company-owned | Mar 2026 | £217,500 | 45 m² | £4,833/m² | 4 |
| 25b, Kensington GardensFlat | Jan 2004 | £115,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25c, Kensington GardensFlat · company-owned | Feb 2021 | £247,500 | 69 m² | £3,587/m² | 1 |
| 27, Kensington GardensOther · company-owned | Aug 2022 | £2,000 | 29 m² | £69/m² | 1 |
| 27a, Kensington GardensFlat | Aug 2005 | £119,995 | 42 m² | £2,857/m² | 3 |
| 27b, Kensington GardensFlat | Feb 2003 | £105,000 | 42 m² | £2,500/m² | 3 |
| 27c, Kensington GardensFlat | Dec 1998 | £40,500 | 28 m² | £1,446/m² | 2 |
| 27d, Kensington GardensFlat | Sept 2022 | £200,000 | 32 m² | £6,250/m² | 5 |
| 29, Kensington GardensTerraced | Jun 2013 | £435,000 | 146 m² | £2,979/m² | 2 |
| C, 33, Kensington GardensFlat | Dec 2002 | £109,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 33b, Kensington GardensFlat | Feb 2017 | £252,500 | 45 m² | £5,611/m² | 4 |
| 37, Kensington GardensTerraced | Jul 2013 | £440,000 | 132 m² | £3,333/m² | 1 |
| 39, Kensington GardensTerraced | Jul 1995 | £105,000 | 200 m² | £525/m² | 1 |
| 41, Kensington GardensTerraced | Dec 1997 | £145,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Kensington GardensTerraced | May 2008 | £450,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 47, Kensington GardensTerraced | Jun 2001 | £248,000 | 166 m² | £1,494/m² | 1 |
| 55a, Kensington GardensFlat | Jan 2008 | £143,000 | 34 m² | £4,206/m² | 6 |
| 55b, Kensington GardensFlat | Feb 2003 | £88,000 | 33 m² | £2,667/m² | 5 |
| 55c, Kensington GardensFlat | Jan 2004 | £142,000 | 67 m² | £2,119/m² | 2 |
| 57, Kensington GardensTerraced | Jan 2022 | £790,000 | 175 m² | £4,514/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Ilford, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 10.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is De Vere Gardens, 200 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 366, 145); 56 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 22% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 15 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Highlands Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 87% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Fullwood Primary School (2 km).
The nearest secondary is The Ursuline Academy Ilford, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 56.1 · 18.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Valentines High School (0.6 km) and Loxford School (3.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (2.6 km) and Woodford County High School (4.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 850 m away, with Belgrave Supermarket closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Drive Surgery (200 m), with Pelton Chemist the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Handz On Hair & Beauty is 250 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: 31 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Seymour House is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Ilford Golf Club the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 92 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 12 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 30% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
The nearest park is The Glade, 850 m away; for exercise, The Gym (1.2 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond), 15 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 7.5 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 37 km.
41 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%.
30 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 3EJ →
Most households own their home, 32% rent privately.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 44% 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.
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 93 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Leigh Bell Wharf · about 42 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 56 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 91.3% | 89.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.7% | 8.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 5.8% | 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.