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On Links Avenue, in Gidea Park
What it's like at RM2 6NH: every home that has sold on Links 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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5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Links 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.
1 of the 79 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 47, Links AvenueDetached | Apr 2022 | £1,165,000 | 198 m² | £5,884/m² | 1 |
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| 51, Links AvenueDetached · company-owned | Dec 2020 | £1,051,000 | 186 m² | £5,651/m² | 1 |
| 53, Links AvenueDetached | Jun 2017 | £990,000 | 193 m² | £5,130/m² | 2 |
| 55, Links AvenueDetached | Sept 2019 | £1,200,000 | 277 m² | £4,332/m² | 1 |
| 57, Links AvenueDetached | Nov 2018 | £722,000 | 124 m² | £5,823/m² | 1 |
| 59, Links AvenueDetached | Apr 2010 | £499,995 | 126 m² | £3,968/m² | 1 |
| 61, Links AvenueDetached | Aug 2006 | £475,000 | 180 m² | £2,639/m² | 1 |
| 63, Links AvenueDetached | Feb 2020 | £950,000 | 181 m² | £5,249/m² | 4 |
| 65, Links AvenueDetached | Jan 2008 | £530,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 67, Links AvenueDetached | May 2023 | £970,000 | 178 m² | £5,449/m² | 4 |
| 69, Links AvenueDetached | Jun 2017 | £750,000 | 132 m² | £5,682/m² | 2 |
| 71, Links AvenueDetached | May 1999 | £241,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 77, Links AvenueDetached | Jul 2003 | £450,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 79, Links AvenueDetached | Dec 2025 | £985,000 | 184 m² | £5,353/m² | 1 |
| 81, Links AvenueDetached | Jul 2008 | £570,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 83, Links AvenueDetached | Sept 1995 | £213,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 85, Links AvenueDetached | Mar 2004 | £615,000 | – | – | 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, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 3.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Upper Brentwood Rd/Gallows Cnr, 300 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 174, 496, 498, 686); 55 departures an hour from the 4 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, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km); 75% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is The Royal Liberty School, 800 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, 650 m away, with Premier closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ingrebourne Medical Centre (950 m), with Crescent Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, J&Co is 650 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.
Cafe Royale is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Ship the nearest pub (700 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 Raphael Park, 1.2 km away; for exercise, David Lloyd Clubs (1.2 km).
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.
17 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%.
10 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 6NH →
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.
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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 79 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 51 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 | 0.2% | 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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