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On Eastern Avenue, in Barkingside West
What it's like at IG4 5AT: 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.
9 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 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.
15 of the 129 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 253, Eastern AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2023 | £610,000 | 139 m² | £4,388/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 255, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Jun 2004 | £261,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 257, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Jan 2012 | £327,000 | 124 m² | £2,637/m² | 1 |
| 259, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Apr 2022 | £650,000 | 111 m² | £5,856/m² | 2 |
| 261, Eastern AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2023 | £665,000 | 110 m² | £6,045/m² | 1 |
| 263, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Jan 2007 | £379,995 | 177 m² | £2,147/m² | 2 |
| 265, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Oct 1996 | £110,000 | 158 m² | £696/m² | 1 |
| 269, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Feb 2015 | £485,000 | 164 m² | £2,957/m² | 2 |
| 271, Eastern AvenueTerraced | May 2024 | £565,000 | 109 m² | £5,183/m² | 2 |
| 275, Eastern AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2026 | £450,000 | 135 m² | £3,333/m² | 2 |
| 277, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Nov 1999 | £137,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 279, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Dec 2005 | £284,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 281, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Feb 2006 | £292,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 283, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Dec 2021 | £515,000 | 108 m² | £4,769/m² | 1 |
| 285, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Jan 1997 | £80,500 | 106 m² | £759/m² | 1 |
| 289, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Oct 1997 | £93,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 291, Eastern AvenueTerraced | Dec 2013 | £440,000 | 180 m² | £2,444/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Gants Hill Underground station, about a 5-minute walk (500 m). The nearest rail station is Ilford, 2.1 km away, with 10.9m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Beehive Lane Gants Hill, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (route 66); 46 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 19% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 16 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 (0.9 km).
The nearest secondary is Valentines High School, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 59.3 · 25.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Woodbridge High School (3.1 km) and Loxford School (3.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (1.4 km) and Woodford County High School (4.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 500 m away, with Beehive Service Station closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Gants Hill Med Ctr & The Redbridge Surg (400 m), with Sheldons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, The Millionhairs is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is King George Hospital, 3.3 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 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Caffe 88 is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Beehive Harvester the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (10 of them).
It's a low-crime area: about 60 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 21% flats and 4% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 76% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is The Glade, 850 m away; for exercise, Wanstead Leisure Centre (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 8.7 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 36 km.
49 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%.
18 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 IG4 5AT →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 45% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Eastern Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 3 of 93 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 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 89.0% | 89.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.6% | 8.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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 41 min
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