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On Woodlands Road, in Central Romford
What it's like at RM1 4HD: every home that has sold on Woodlands Road 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Woodlands Road; 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 28 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Woodlands RoadTerraced | Aug 2020 | £300,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Woodlands RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £400,000 | 102 m² | £3,922/m² | 1 |
| 6, Woodlands RoadTerraced | Apr 2023 | £715,000 | 127 m² | £5,630/m² | 2 |
| 7, Woodlands RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £538,000 | 97 m² | £5,546/m² | 1 |
| 8, Woodlands RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £640,000 | 128 m² | £5,000/m² | 3 |
| 9, Woodlands RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2014 | £325,000 | 83 m² | £3,916/m² | 1 |
| 10, Woodlands RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2013 | £486,000 | 166 m² | £2,928/m² | 1 |
| 11, Woodlands RoadTerraced | Nov 2005 | £267,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Woodlands RoadTerraced | Aug 1997 | £128,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Woodlands RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £580,000 | 131 m² | £4,427/m² | 1 |
| 15, Woodlands RoadTerraced | Nov 2017 | £507,500 | 100 m² | £5,075/m² | 1 |
| 16, Woodlands RoadTerraced | Jan 2026 | £545,000 | 96 m² | £5,677/m² | 2 |
| 17, Woodlands RoadSemi-detached | Apr 1999 | £130,000 | 145 m² | £897/m² | 1 |
| 19, Woodlands RoadTerraced | Mar 2025 | £657,000 | 82 m² | £8,012/m² | 1 |
| 20, Woodlands RoadTerraced | Oct 1999 | £149,995 | 101 m² | £1,485/m² | 2 |
| 21, Woodlands RoadTerraced | Sept 2016 | £460,000 | 98 m² | £4,694/m² | 1 |
| 24, Woodlands RoadTerraced | May 2009 | £270,000 | 115 m² | £2,348/m² | 1 |
| 26, Woodlands RoadTerraced | Apr 2016 | £528,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 27, Woodlands RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £710,000 | 121 m² | £5,868/m² | 2 |
| 29, Woodlands RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2006 | £360,000 | 198 m² | £1,818/m² | 1 |
| 30, Woodlands RoadTerraced | Mar 2015 | £425,000 | 134 m² | £3,172/m² | 2 |
| 32, Woodlands RoadSemi-detached | May 2012 | £355,000 | 100 m² | £3,550/m² | 1 |
| 36, Woodlands RoadTerraced | May 2004 | £275,000 | 139 m² | £1,978/m² | 1 |
| 38, Woodlands RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2020 | £585,000 | 98 m² | £5,969/m² | 1 |
| 40, Woodlands RoadSemi-detached | May 2023 | £520,000 | 87 m² | £5,977/m² | 3 |
| 42, Woodlands RoadTerraced | Nov 2005 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 46, Woodlands RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2014 | £385,000 | 95 m² | £4,053/m² | 2 |
| 48, Woodlands RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2024 | £800,000 | 189 m² | £4,233/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Romford, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 12.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Pettits Lane Romford, 100 m away, with a bus about every 20 minutes on weekdays (route 499); 62 departures an hour from the 8 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 Gidea Park Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 75% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Marshalls Park Academy, 600 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, 350 m away; Esso Garage (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St Edwards Medical Centre (700 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Supercuts is 750 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.
Harefield Manor Hotel is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Romford Conservative & Constitutional Club the nearest pub (600 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.
37 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.
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%.
30 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 4HD →
The nearest park is Raphael Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Sapphire Ice & Leisure Centre (900 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 28 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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: 0 of 23 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 | 0.3% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.9% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| 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.
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