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On Balgores Lane, in Gidea Park
What it's like at RM2 6BS: every home that has sold on Balgores Lane 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Balgores Lane; 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.
11 of the 127 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 158, Balgores LaneTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2010 | £250,000 | 46 m² | £5,435/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160, Balgores LaneOther | May 2025 | £1,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 168, Balgores LaneOther · company-owned | Sept 2024 | £270,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 170, Balgores LaneDetached · company-owned | Jan 2021 | £700,000 | 250 m² | £2,800/m² | 3 |
| 172, Balgores LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2015 | £438,000 | 133 m² | £3,293/m² | 1 |
| 176, Balgores LaneSemi-detached | Feb 1999 | £165,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 182, Balgores LaneSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 212, Balgores LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2006 | £375,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 214, Balgores LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2018 | £620,000 | 154 m² | £4,026/m² | 1 |
| 218, Balgores LaneSemi-detached | Dec 1995 | £122,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 220, Balgores LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £685,000 | 111 m² | £6,171/m² | 1 |
| 222, Balgores LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2023 | £790,000 | 160 m² | £4,938/m² | 2 |
| 228, Balgores LaneSemi-detached | May 2009 | £325,000 | 168 m² | £1,935/m² | 1 |
| 230, Balgores LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2009 | £214,995 | 105 m² | £2,048/m² | 1 |
| 234, Balgores LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2001 | £240,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 236, Balgores LaneOther · company-owned | Oct 2016 | £690,000 | – | – | 1 |
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: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Gidea Park, a few minutes' walk (200 m), with 3.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is The Drill Roundabout, 150 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 294, 496, 650, 649); 146 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 14% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 25 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Squirrels Heath Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 76% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Ardleigh Green Junior School (1 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is The Royal Liberty School, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 51 · 14.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Redden Court School (1.9 km) and All Saints Catholic School and Technology College (4.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (8.9 km) and Woodford County High School (13.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 250 m away, with Jacob's Corner closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The New Medical Centre (650 m), with Shadforth Pharmaceutical Co the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Station Barbers is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Hospital, 2.5 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: 24 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Ka-Fe is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Drill Hotel the nearest pub (350 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 72 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 11 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 37% flats and 27% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 48% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Haynes Park, 650 m away; for exercise, David Lloyd Clubs (800 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.6 µg/m³).
35 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%.
32 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 RM2 6BS →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
For holidays, London City is 14 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 34 km.
Most households own their home, 19% 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Havering since 2011.
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 127 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 86 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 | 0.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.9% | 91.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.9% | 6.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.5% | 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: Southend Westcliff Bay · about 32 min
Nearest: Sea Lanes Canary Wharf · about 32 min
Nearest: Hertfordshire Zoo · about 31 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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