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On New Farm Drive, in Theydon Bois & Abridge
What it's like at RM4 1BS: every home that has sold on New Farm Drive 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on New Farm Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 36 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, New Farm DriveSemi-detached | Mar 1998 | £126,000 | 94 m² | £1,340/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, New Farm DriveSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £729,500 | 130 m² | £5,612/m² | 2 |
| 4, New Farm DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2007 | £368,000 | 126 m² | £2,921/m² | 2 |
| 5, New Farm DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2021 | £650,000 | 72 m² | £9,028/m² | 3 |
| 6, New Farm DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2021 | £578,000 | 103 m² | £5,612/m² | 2 |
| 7, New Farm DriveSemi-detached | Aug 1995 | £147,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, New Farm DriveDetached | Sept 2008 | £485,000 | 469 m² | £1,034/m² | 1 |
| 10, New Farm DriveDetached | Jan 2017 | £782,500 | 179 m² | £4,372/m² | 2 |
| 11, New Farm DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2016 | £652,000 | 138 m² | £4,725/m² | 1 |
| 19, New Farm DriveDetached | Oct 2007 | £530,000 | 81 m² | £6,543/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, 19, New Farm DriveFlat | Jun 2018 | £410,000 | – | – | 5 |
| Flat 5, 19, New Farm DriveFlat | Mar 2010 | £390,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, 19, New Farm DriveOther | Nov 2016 | £400,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 2, 19, New Farm DriveFlat | Mar 2010 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 1, 19, New Farm DriveFlat | Jun 2021 | £410,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, New Farm DriveFlat | Sept 2024 | £216,000 | 47 m² | £4,596/m² | 1 |
| 29, New Farm DriveTerraced | Jan 2003 | £180,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, New Farm DriveFlat | Oct 2019 | £235,000 | 48 m² | £4,896/m² | 3 |
| 38, New Farm DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2015 | £275,000 | 53 m² | £5,189/m² | 2 |
| Meadow View, New Farm DriveDetached | Apr 1996 | £160,000 | – | – | 1 |
| New Farm Cottage, New Farm DriveDetached | Feb 2019 | £650,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Tamarind, New Farm DriveDetached | Nov 2011 | £465,000 | 192 m² | £2,422/m² | 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: 43% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Theydon Bois Underground station, a short drive or bike ride (2.6 km). The nearest rail station is Chingford, 8.1 km away, with 2.0m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Village Hall, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 19, 19A); 2 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 24 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Lambourne Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 65% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Hereward Primary School (1.7 km).
The nearest secondary is Debden Park High School, 2.3 km away; Attainment 8: 48.3 · 12.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Davenant Foundation School (1.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (8 km) and Woodford County High School (8.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 2.8 km away, with Abridge Village Hall closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Abridge Surgery (100 m), with Total Medcare the closest pharmacy (2.5 km).
For a haircut, Tikadi is 2.7 km away.
The nearest full A&E is King George Hospital, 8.9 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
The Rodings Mediterranean is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and New Boar the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 51 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 27% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Chigwell Meadows, 3.7 km away; for exercise, Grange Farm Centre (3.9 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 18 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 27 km.
12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| River Cottage | II | 170 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.
Brentwood and Ongar constituency: Alex Burghart MP (Conservative), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 5,980 (12.4%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Conservative 37%, Reform UK 24%, Labour 23%, Liberal Democrat 12%.
3 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 RM4 1BS →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 25% are 65 or over.
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: 1 of 21 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.8% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 91.0% | 87.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 4.4% | 3.6% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.8% | 7.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 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 Chalkwell · about 49 min
Nearest: Finchley Lido Leisure Centre · 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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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 36 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.