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On Whalebone Avenue, in Chadwell Heath East
What it's like at RM6 6DA: every home that has sold on Whalebone 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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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 Whalebone 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 23 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Whalebone AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2008 | £395,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Whalebone AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2018 | £340,000 | 95 m² | £3,579/m² | 2 |
| 3, Whalebone AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Jul 1997 | £67,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Whalebone AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2020 | £325,000 | 87 m² | £3,736/m² | 2 |
| 5, Whalebone AvenueDetached | Oct 2015 | £355,000 | 120 m² | £2,958/m² | 2 |
| 6, Whalebone AvenueTerraced | Mar 2014 | £245,000 | 89 m² | £2,753/m² | 1 |
| 7, Whalebone AvenueDetached | Apr 2023 | £502,500 | 99 m² | £5,076/m² | 2 |
| 8, Whalebone AvenueTerraced | Mar 2021 | £328,000 | 100 m² | £3,280/m² | 1 |
| 9, Whalebone AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2016 | £460,000 | 111 m² | £4,144/m² | 2 |
| 11, Whalebone AvenueTerraced | Jan 2007 | £240,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Whalebone AvenueFlat | Feb 2011 | £80,000 | 45 m² | £1,778/m² | 1 |
| 12a, Whalebone AvenueFlat | Feb 2018 | £238,000 | 60 m² | £3,967/m² | 2 |
| 12b, Whalebone AvenueFlat | Feb 2018 | £120,000 | 54 m² | £2,222/m² | 2 |
| Flat A, 14, Whalebone AvenueFlat | Sept 2004 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14b, Whalebone AvenueTerraced | Apr 2021 | £160,000 | 43 m² | £3,721/m² | 2 |
| 15, Whalebone AvenueDetached | Apr 2014 | £390,000 | 146 m² | £2,671/m² | 1 |
| 16, Whalebone AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2006 | £190,000 | 115 m² | £1,652/m² | 1 |
| 17, Whalebone AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £555,000 | 191 m² | £2,906/m² | 2 |
| 18, Whalebone AvenueTerraced | May 2017 | £340,000 | 78 m² | £4,359/m² | 1 |
| 19, Whalebone AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2019 | £420,000 | 116 m² | £3,621/m² | 1 |
| 20, Whalebone AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2019 | £300,000 | 69 m² | £4,348/m² | 1 |
| 22, Whalebone AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Jun 1996 | £59,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Whalebone AvenueSemi-detached | May 2012 | £188,000 | 86 m² | £2,186/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Chadwell Heath, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 4.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Whalebone Grove, 150 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (routes 62, 362); 78 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 23% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 20 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Warren Junior School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 79% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is The Warren School, 350 m away; Attainment 8: 47.6 · 12.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: All Saints Catholic School and Technology College (1.3 km) and The Sydney Russell School (2.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (4.8 km) and Woodford County High School (9.2 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 750 m away, with Ann's General Store closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Upstairs Surgery (250 m), with Super.Care Pharmacy + the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Inoa Beauty is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is King George Hospital, 2.1 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: 23 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
3 Luanet Restaurant & Shisha Lounge is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Tollgate Tavern Public House the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (17 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 98 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 32% flats and 4% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 47% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is St. Chad's Park, 800 m away; for exercise, West Ham United Training Ground (1.6 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 9.7 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 36 km.
34 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.
Dagenham and Rainham constituency: Margaret Mullane MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 7,173 (18.5%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 43%, Reform UK 24%, Conservative 18%, Green Party 11%.
23 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 RM6 6DA →
Most households own their home, 30% rent privately.
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
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 23 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 18 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 | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.9% | 86.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.8% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 6.1% | 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: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 36 min
Nearest: Phantom Peak · about 34 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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