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On Compton Avenue, in Gidea Park
What it's like at RM2 6ET: every home that has sold on Compton Avenue 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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1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Compton Avenue; 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.
2 of the 38 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Compton AvenueOther | Dec 2020 | £335,000 | 49 m² | £6,837/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, Compton AvenueFlat | Jan 2023 | £335,000 | 59 m² | £5,678/m² | 4 |
| 2, Compton AvenueSemi-detached | May 2013 | £470,000 | 127 m² | £3,701/m² | 1 |
| 3, Compton AvenueFlat | Aug 2003 | £160,000 | 52 m² | £3,077/m² | 2 |
| 5, Compton AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2014 | £450,000 | 113 m² | £3,982/m² | 4 |
| 7, Compton AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2012 | £250,000 | 91 m² | £2,747/m² | 1 |
| 8, Compton AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2002 | £250,000 | 90 m² | £2,778/m² | 3 |
| 10, Compton AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 1997 | £97,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Compton AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2021 | £618,000 | 130 m² | £4,754/m² | 1 |
| 12, Compton AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £490,000 | 90 m² | £5,444/m² | 1 |
| 14, Compton AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2026 | £770,000 | 133 m² | £5,789/m² | 3 |
| 16, Compton AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2004 | £310,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 17, Compton AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £730,000 | 96 m² | £7,604/m² | 4 |
| 18, Compton AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £800,000 | 163 m² | £4,908/m² | 2 |
| 19, Compton AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £510,000 | 106 m² | £4,811/m² | 3 |
| 20, Compton AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2025 | £575,000 | 103 m² | £5,583/m² | 1 |
| 22, Compton AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Mar 2007 | £387,500 | 100 m² | £3,875/m² | 1 |
| 23, Compton AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2016 | £615,000 | 106 m² | £5,802/m² | 3 |
| 25, Compton AvenueTerraced | Nov 2014 | £420,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 26, Compton AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2014 | £498,000 | 132 m² | £3,773/m² | 3 |
| Flat 6, Oakwood Court, Compton AvenueFlat | Aug 1997 | £73,500 | 55 m² | £1,336/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, Oakwood Court, Compton AvenueFlat | Dec 2005 | £170,000 | 53 m² | £3,208/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, Oakwood Court, Compton AvenueFlat | Jul 2024 | £295,000 | 53 m² | £5,566/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, Oakwood Court, Compton AvenueFlat | Mar 2001 | £87,000 | 54 m² | £1,611/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, Oakwood Court, Compton AvenueFlat | Feb 2011 | £189,995 | 59 m² | £3,220/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, Oakwood Court, Compton AvenueFlat | Dec 2017 | £293,500 | 56 m² | £5,241/m² | 3 |
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 (300 m), with 3.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Royal Liberty School, 200 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 496, 674); 66 departures an hour from the 9 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 Ardleigh Green Junior School, about a 10-minute walk (800 m); 75% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is The Royal Liberty School, 200 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 Co-op, 600 m away, with Gidea Park Newsagents closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Greenwood Practise (850 m), with Britcrown Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Mariangelos is 350 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.
Sushi Park is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and New Inn the nearest pub (300 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, 900 m away; for exercise, David Lloyd Clubs (550 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 14 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 34 km.
43 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 |
|---|---|---|
| the Royal Liberty School | II* | 200 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%.
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 RM2 6ET →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
On this street: 0 of 31 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.
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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 38 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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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.