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Ardleigh Green
What it's like at RM11 3BX: every home that has sold on the 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.
Sales and extensions on the 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.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Harold Wood, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km), with 3.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Essex Gardens, 250 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (route 193); 6 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 12% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 26 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Nelmes Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 89% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Ardleigh Green Junior School (0.3 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is The Campion School, under 50 m away; Attainment 8: 52.8 · 10.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Redden Court School (0.5 km) and Hall Mead School (3.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (10.2 km) and Woodford County High School (14.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 950 m away, with Essex Wines closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Greenwood Practise (950 m), with Ardleigh Green Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, The Hair Lounge is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Hospital, 3.7 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Edmund Campion Social Club is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and The Ardleigh the nearest pub (1.0 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 19% flats and 11% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 43% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Platford Green, 400 m away; for exercise, Teenage Area (850 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 15 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 33 km.
15 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.
Hornchurch and Upminster constituency: Julia Lopez MP (Conservative), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 1,943 (4.1%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Conservative 33%, Reform UK 28%, Labour 28%, Green Party 6%.
22 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 RM11 3BX →
Most households own their home, 14% rent privately.
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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| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.4% | 91.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.7% | 6.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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: Sea Lanes Canary Wharf · about 32 min
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