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On Chiltern Gardens, in Elm Park East
What it's like at RM12 4SQ: every home that has sold on Chiltern Gardens 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 Chiltern Gardens; 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 21 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £230,000 | 61 m² | £3,770/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £400,000 | 57 m² | £7,018/m² | 1 |
| 3, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Jun 2006 | £235,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 4, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £420,000 | 55 m² | £7,636/m² | 4 |
| 5, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Nov 2021 | £385,000 | 68 m² | £5,662/m² | 3 |
| 6, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Jul 2011 | £250,000 | 57 m² | £4,386/m² | 1 |
| 7, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Jul 2025 | £450,000 | 71 m² | £6,338/m² | 2 |
| 8, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £410,000 | 55 m² | £7,455/m² | 1 |
| 11, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £430,000 | 69 m² | £6,232/m² | 2 |
| 12, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | May 2019 | £420,000 | 58 m² | £7,241/m² | 2 |
| 13, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Jun 2001 | £135,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £525,000 | 94 m² | £5,585/m² | 2 |
| 15, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Feb 1999 | £113,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Chiltern GardensTerraced | Sept 2004 | £232,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 18, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £435,000 | 46 m² | £9,457/m² | 3 |
| 19, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Mar 2023 | £465,000 | 57 m² | £8,158/m² | 5 |
| 21, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Jan 2024 | £550,000 | 120 m² | £4,583/m² | 4 |
| 22, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Jun 2023 | £430,000 | 73 m² | £5,890/m² | 1 |
| 23, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | May 2014 | £305,000 | 54 m² | £5,648/m² | 2 |
| 25, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Jan 2003 | £218,000 | 109 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| 26, Chiltern GardensSemi-detached | Dec 2023 | £385,000 | 63 m² | £6,111/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Hornchurch Underground station, a few minutes' walk (500 m). The nearest rail station is Emerson Park, 1.7 km away, with 303k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Suttons Avenue, 350 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 372, 165, 365); 64 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 17% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 24 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Benhurst Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 63% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Scotts Primary School (1 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College, 250 m away; Attainment 8: 45.5 · 8.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Coopers' Company and Coborn School (3.6 km) and Hall Mead School (3.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (10.1 km) and Dartford Grammar School (11.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 450 m away; SG Newsagent & Off Licence (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Suttons Avenue Surgery (600 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Just Jakes is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Hospital, 2.7 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Giggling Squid is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Harvester the nearest pub (500 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (12 of them).
It's a low-crime area: about 65 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 16% flats and 5% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 81% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Harrow Lodge Park, 650 m away; for exercise, Abbs Cross Sports and Leisure Centre (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 12 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 37 km.
40 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%.
21 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 RM12 4SQ →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
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" Chiltern Gardens in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 17 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 94.0% | 91.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.8% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 36 min
Nearest: Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.