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On Wanstead Lane, in Valentines Park & Cranbrook
What it's like at IG1 3SW: every home that has sold on Wanstead Lane 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.
10 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Wanstead Lane; 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 124 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 97, Wanstead LaneSemi-detached | Feb 1997 | £119,000 | 206 m² | £578/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99, Wanstead LaneTerraced | Feb 2011 | £360,000 | 134 m² | £2,687/m² | 3 |
| 103, Wanstead LaneTerraced | Jan 1998 | £148,000 | 196 m² | £755/m² | 1 |
| 105, Wanstead LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2016 | £460,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 164, Wanstead LaneTerraced | Sept 2008 | £390,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 166, Wanstead LaneTerraced | May 2001 | £249,995 | 189 m² | £1,323/m² | 1 |
| 168, Wanstead LaneTerraced | Mar 2024 | £855,000 | 189 m² | £4,524/m² | 2 |
| 170, Wanstead LaneTerraced | Oct 2017 | £220,000 | 192 m² | £1,146/m² | 2 |
| 172, Wanstead LaneTerraced | Feb 1997 | £100,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 174, Wanstead LaneTerraced | Mar 2014 | £590,000 | 204 m² | £2,892/m² | 3 |
| 178, Wanstead LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £710,000 | 146 m² | £4,863/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Redbridge Underground station, a few minutes' walk (350 m). The nearest rail station is Ilford, 2.2 km away, with 10.9m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Redbridge Station, 250 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 66, 366, 145); 144 departures an hour from the 11 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 Cranbrook Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 70% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Fullwood Primary School (2 km).
The nearest secondary is Wanstead High School, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 54.1 · 17.9% 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 Sainsbury's, 1.2 km away, with Redbridge Express closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Drive Surgery (1.1 km), with Roding Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Beauty Suite is 350 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.
Golden Triangles is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Frenford Club the nearest pub (650 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 Wanstead Park, 800 m away; for exercise, Wanstead Leisure Centre (900 m).
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.
26 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%.
21 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 3SW →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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.
On this street: 0 of 86 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 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.2% | 89.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.7% | 8.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 5.9% | 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: 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.
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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 124 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.