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On Ley Street, in Ilford North West
What it's like at IG1 4BT: every home that has sold on Ley Street 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.
10 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 6 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 Ley Street; 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.
41 of the 261 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat 1, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Mar 2008 | £215,000 | 39 m² | £5,513/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 21, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jul 2004 | £188,950 | 61 m² | £3,098/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jul 2004 | £164,000 | 49 m² | £3,347/m² | 1 |
| Flat 17, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2005 | £239,800 | 60 m² | £3,997/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | May 2007 | £245,000 | 57 m² | £4,298/m² | 2 |
| Flat 14, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2005 | £239,800 | 64 m² | £3,747/m² | 1 |
| Flat 9, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Aug 2011 | £145,000 | 55 m² | £2,636/m² | 2 |
| Flat 20, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2005 | £239,800 | 76 m² | £3,155/m² | 1 |
| Flat 13, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2022 | £235,000 | 55 m² | £4,273/m² | 3 |
| Flat 16, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2005 | £239,800 | 71 m² | £3,377/m² | 1 |
| Flat 18, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2005 | £239,800 | 71 m² | £3,377/m² | 1 |
| Flat 10, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2005 | £239,800 | 71 m² | £3,377/m² | 1 |
| Flat 23, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2005 | £239,800 | 69 m² | £3,475/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2005 | £239,800 | 67 m² | £3,579/m² | 1 |
| Flat 19, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2005 | £239,800 | 72 m² | £3,331/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2017 | £275,000 | 70 m² | £3,929/m² | 2 |
| Flat 6, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2005 | £239,800 | 72 m² | £3,331/m² | 1 |
| Flat 24, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2005 | £239,800 | 69 m² | £3,475/m² | 1 |
| Flat 22, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2005 | £239,800 | 103 m² | £2,328/m² | 1 |
| Flat 11, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2005 | £239,800 | 70 m² | £3,426/m² | 1 |
| Flat 8, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2005 | £239,800 | 77 m² | £3,114/m² | 1 |
| Flat 12, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetOther | Oct 2020 | £220,000 | 80 m² | £2,750/m² | 2 |
| Flat 7, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | May 2022 | £265,000 | 76 m² | £3,487/m² | 3 |
| Flat 15, Kingsley Mews, Ley StreetFlat | Jan 2005 | £239,800 | 71 m² | £3,377/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Ilford, a few minutes' walk (400 m), with 10.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Hainault Street, 100 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (route 169); 618 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
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 Winston Way Academy, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 75% 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, 400 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 Sainsbury's, 150 m away; Casino Tivoli (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Balfour Road Surgery (300 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Bomb Girl Lashes is 150 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.
Taste of Lankians is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Ilford Liberal Club the nearest pub (200 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 Uphall Recreation Ground, 900 m away; for exercise, Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (350 m).
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 18.9 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
70 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Former Barclays Bank | II | 140 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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%.
41 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 4BT →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
For holidays, London City is 6.5 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 37 km.
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.
On this street: 0 of 183 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 45 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
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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 261 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 40 min
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