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On Gallagher Close, in Loughton
What it's like at MK8 0LQ: every home that has sold on Gallagher Close 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Gallagher Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 11 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Gallagher CloseDetached | Nov 2012 | £250,000 | 140 m² | £1,786/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Gallagher CloseDetached | Jan 2013 | £200,000 | 109 m² | £1,835/m² | 2 |
| 3, Gallagher CloseDetached | Jun 1997 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Gallagher CloseDetached | Mar 2016 | £325,000 | 85 m² | £3,824/m² | 4 |
| 5, Gallagher CloseDetached | May 1997 | £139,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Gallagher CloseDetached | Nov 1997 | £125,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Gallagher CloseDetached | Dec 2003 | £228,000 | 136 m² | £1,676/m² | 2 |
| 8, Gallagher CloseDetached | May 2002 | £148,000 | 93 m² | £1,591/m² | 2 |
| 9, Gallagher CloseDetached | Dec 2022 | £685,000 | 160 m² | £4,281/m² | 3 |
| 10, Gallagher CloseDetached | Apr 1997 | £87,950 | 98 m² | £897/m² | 1 |
| 11, Gallagher CloseDetached | Oct 2001 | £188,500 | 117 m² | £1,611/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Milton Keynes Central, a short drive or bike ride (2.2 km), with 6.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
The nearest bus stop is Crownhill Roundabout South, 450 m away, with a bus about every 27 minutes on weekdays (routes 2, 2A, 606).
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 13 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 74 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Whitehouse Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 83% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Two Mile Ash School (1.3 km).
The nearest secondary is Denbigh School, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 54.3 · 18.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Watling Academy (2.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Royal Latin School (14.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 950 m away, with Crownhill Supermarket closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Watling Street Pratice @ Great Holm (850 m), with Hilltops Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Bowtique Hair Beauty and Fashion is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Milton Keynes Hospital, 3.6 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 51% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 59% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 17 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
SMC Pneumatics UK (TNS Catering) is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Kensington the nearest pub (850 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (10 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 102 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 16 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 40% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
The nearest park is Hazeley Wood, 650 m away; for exercise, The DVCC - Personal Training Centre (550 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 34 km away.
11 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.
Milton Keynes North constituency: Chris Curtis MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,430 (11.8%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Labour 42%, Conservative 30%, Reform UK 13%, Liberal Democrat 7%.
85 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 MK8 0LQ →
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 43% 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" Gallagher Close in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 8 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 | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.8% | 90.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.5% | 6.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 1.9% | 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 75 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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