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On Straight Road, in Harold Hill West
What it's like at RM3 8XU: every home that has sold on Straight 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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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). 8 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Straight 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.
5 of the 222 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 260, Straight RoadTerraced | Feb 2010 | £177,000 | 90 m² | £1,967/m² | 1 |
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| 262, Straight RoadTerraced | Feb 2015 | £230,000 | 93 m² | £2,473/m² | 1 |
| 264, Straight RoadTerraced | Jul 2015 | £259,000 | 88 m² | £2,943/m² | 1 |
| 266, Straight RoadTerraced | Jan 2014 | £218,000 | 90 m² | £2,422/m² | 2 |
| 268, Straight RoadTerraced | Apr 2026 | £435,000 | 92 m² | £4,728/m² | 2 |
| 270, Straight RoadTerraced | Sept 2020 | £290,000 | 77 m² | £3,766/m² | 1 |
| 272, Straight RoadTerraced | Aug 2013 | £175,000 | 69 m² | £2,536/m² | 2 |
| 274, Straight RoadTerraced | Feb 2008 | £172,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 276, Straight RoadTerraced | Sept 2021 | £365,000 | 77 m² | £4,740/m² | 1 |
| 280, Straight RoadTerraced | Oct 1996 | £55,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 288, Straight RoadTerraced | Nov 2011 | £174,000 | 69 m² | £2,522/m² | 1 |
| 290, Straight RoadTerraced | Dec 2017 | £306,000 | 76 m² | £4,026/m² | 3 |
| 292, Straight RoadTerraced | Feb 2018 | £360,000 | 73 m² | £4,932/m² | 3 |
The nearest station is Harold Wood, a short drive or bike ride (2.0 km), with 3.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Grange Road Harold Hill, 50 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 174, 499, 608, 686); 141 departures an hour from the 14 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 St Ursula's Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (50 m); 63% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Ardleigh Green Junior School (1.6 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Bower Park Academy, 2.1 km away; Attainment 8: 37.7 · 3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Redden Court School (2 km) and The Warren School (5.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (9.1 km) and Woodford County High School (13.2 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Budgens, 500 m away, with Premier closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ingrebourne Medical Centre (450 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Imperial is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Hospital, 3.9 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
McDonald's is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Deers Rest the nearest pub (1.4 km).
Crime is around the national middle: about 83 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 25% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Bedfords Park, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Noak Hill Sports Complex (900 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 15 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 32 km.
28 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.
Hornchurch and Upminster constituency: Julia Lopez MP (Conservative), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 1,943 (4.1%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Conservative 33%, Reform UK 28%, Labour 28%, Green Party 6%.
15 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 RM3 8XU →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Most households own their home, 13% 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 222 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 3 of 168 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 19 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.6% | 91.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.7% | 6.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.6% | 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: Leigh Bell Wharf · about 31 min
Nearest: Sea Lanes Canary Wharf · about 32 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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