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On Heron Mews, in Ilford North West
What it's like at IG1 4NW: every home that has sold on Heron Mews 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Heron Mews; 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.
None of the 5 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Heron MewsSemi-detached | Jan 2000 | £442,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Heron MewsSemi-detached | Jun 2004 | £950,000 | 53 m² | £17,925/m² | 1 |
| 9a, Heron MewsFlat | Oct 2016 | £612,500 | 50 m² | £12,250/m² | 2 |
| 29a, Heron MewsFlat | Feb 2008 | £210,000 | 96 m² | £2,188/m² | 1 |
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 (200 m), with 10.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Ilford Station, 50 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 364, 123, 179, 462); 551 departures an hour from the 15 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 Christchurch Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 79% 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, 200 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, 50 m away; Londek Food plus (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Granville Medical Centre (300 m), with Superdrug Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Ilford Legend Barbers is 50 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.
Cheatmeals is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Jono's Freehouse the nearest pub (100 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, 850 m away; for exercise, The Gym (450 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.
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 4NW →
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.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.0% | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 89.0% | 89.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.5% | 8.5% | 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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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 5 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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