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On Dickens Way, in Central Romford
What it's like at RM1 4GQ: every home that has sold on Dickens Way 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Dickens Way; 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 20 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Dickens WayDetached | Apr 2013 | £656,000 | 187 m² | £3,508/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Dickens WayDetached | Jul 2000 | £390,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Dickens WayDetached | Dec 1999 | £333,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Dickens WayDetached | Sept 2006 | £495,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Dickens WayDetached | May 2006 | £490,000 | 215 m² | £2,279/m² | 2 |
| 6, Dickens WayDetached | Nov 2024 | £1,000,000 | 184 m² | £5,435/m² | 3 |
| 7, Dickens WayDetached | Nov 1999 | £289,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Dickens WayDetached | Apr 2007 | £445,000 | 136 m² | £3,272/m² | 2 |
| 9, Dickens WayDetached | Oct 2009 | £399,000 | 157 m² | £2,541/m² | 2 |
| 10, Dickens WayDetached | Dec 1999 | £300,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Dickens WayDetached | Feb 2008 | £615,000 | 274 m² | £2,245/m² | 2 |
| 12, Dickens WayDetached | Sept 2006 | £495,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 13, Dickens WayDetached | Aug 2001 | £365,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Dickens WayDetached | Oct 2012 | £460,000 | 120 m² | £3,833/m² | 4 |
| 15, Dickens WayDetached | Mar 2021 | £830,000 | 233 m² | £3,562/m² | 3 |
| 16, Dickens WayDetached | Feb 2015 | £580,000 | 165 m² | £3,515/m² | 2 |
| 17, Dickens WayDetached | Jan 2010 | £515,000 | 222 m² | £2,320/m² | 2 |
| 18, Dickens WayDetached | Aug 2003 | £381,500 | 222 m² | £1,718/m² | 2 |
| 19, Dickens WayDetached | Nov 2007 | £600,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Dickens WayDetached | Jul 2022 | £1,150,000 | 243 m² | £4,733/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Romford, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 12.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Romford Police Station, 200 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 174, 499, 498, 686); 287 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 19% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 8 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 23 km away as the crow flies.
45% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Edward's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 58% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Marshalls Park Academy, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 42.9 · 6.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: All Saints Catholic School and Technology College (2.7 km) and The Warren School (2.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (7.4 km) and Woodford County High School (11.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 250 m away; Serco Pecs (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St Edwards Medical Centre (300 m), with Mim Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Elegance Beauty is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Hospital, 1.1 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 118 restaurants and cafés and 14 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The Meeting Place is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Lamb the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (20 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 390 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 10 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (67%).
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 422 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
54 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Havering Town Hall | II | 150 m |
| Romford War Memorial | II | 160 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Romford constituency: Andrew Rosindell MP (Reform UK), since June 2001. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 1,463 (3.3%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Conservative 35%, Labour 32%, Reform UK 22%, Green Party 5%.
35 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 RM1 4GQ →
The nearest park is Lodge Farm Park, 600 m away; for exercise, Sapphire Ice & Leisure Centre (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 12 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 34 km.
Many neighbours rent: 37% of households rent privately and 18% socially.
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
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 20 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Southend Westcliff Bay · about 35 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.
On this street: 1 of 12 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.9% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 62.1% | 91.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 30.9% | 6.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 4.3% | 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.