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On Eastern Avenue, in Ley Street
What it's like at IG2 6EQ: every home that has sold on Eastern 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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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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 18 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 Eastern 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.
68 of the 630 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 472, Eastern AvenueTerraced · company-owned | May 2024 | £650,000 | 128 m² | £5,078/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 472a, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Sept 2025 | £325,000 | 100 m² | £3,250/m² | 4 |
| 476, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Jun 2000 | £127,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 482, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Jan 2007 | £296,000 | 132 m² | £2,242/m² | 1 |
| 484, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Oct 2000 | £162,000 | 103 m² | £1,573/m² | 2 |
| 486, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Oct 2001 | £175,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 490, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Aug 2000 | £80,000 | 110 m² | £727/m² | 1 |
| 492, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Nov 2013 | £365,000 | 248 m² | £1,472/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Gants Hill Underground station, a few minutes' walk (300 m). The nearest rail station is Ilford, 1.8 km away, with 10.9m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Gants Hill Station, 100 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 66, 296, 396); 346 departures an hour from the 16 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 20% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 16 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Gearies Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 78% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Downshall Primary School (1.1 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Valentines High School, 250 m away; Attainment 8: 59.3 · 25.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Loxford School (2.3 km) and Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College (3.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (2.4 km) and Woodford County High School (6 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 200 m away; Ajwa sweets (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Gants Hill Med Ctr & The Redbridge Surg (400 m), with Gold'S Pharmacy Gants Hill the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Ash and Nad is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is King George Hospital, 2.5 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Moldova Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and King George V Public House the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (16 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 69 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 31% flats and 4% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 42% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is The Glade, 450 m away; for exercise, Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (2.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.0 µg/m³).
52 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 IG2 6EQ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
For holidays, London City is 7.6 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 37 km.
Most households own their home, 31% rent privately.
It's young: 23% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 43% of adults have a degree.
There's a sizeable student population: 16% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
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.
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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 630 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 323 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 18 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.6% | 89.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.9% | 8.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 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 39 min
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