Finding postcode…
These only choose where you start. Every page and every lens is still one tap away.
Sign in to keep them on every device →Finding postcode…
On Emerald Gardens, in Becontree Heath
What it's like at RM8 1LH: every home that has sold on Emerald Gardens 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.
Street View and the aerial view come from Google, which receives your IP address and may set cookies once you choose them. We'll remember your choice on this device.
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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Emerald Gardens; 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 31 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Emerald GardensFlat | Nov 2024 | £250,000 | 67 m² | £3,731/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Emerald GardensFlat | Sept 2016 | £220,000 | 80 m² | £2,750/m² | 2 |
| 4, Emerald GardensFlat | Aug 1996 | £32,500 | 65 m² | £500/m² | 1 |
| 5, Emerald GardensFlat | Nov 2016 | £265,000 | 71 m² | £3,732/m² | 1 |
| 6, Emerald GardensFlat | Feb 2005 | £135,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 7, Emerald GardensTerraced | May 2007 | £155,000 | 88 m² | £1,761/m² | 2 |
| 8, Emerald GardensTerraced | Nov 2007 | £160,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 9, Emerald GardensFlat · company-owned | Nov 2018 | £200,000 | 62 m² | £3,226/m² | 2 |
| 12, Emerald GardensFlat | Mar 2017 | £215,000 | 71 m² | £3,028/m² | 1 |
| 13, Emerald GardensTerraced | Mar 2003 | £148,500 | 88 m² | £1,688/m² | 2 |
| 14, Emerald GardensTerraced | Dec 2022 | £350,000 | 75 m² | £4,667/m² | 2 |
| 18, Emerald GardensTerraced | Dec 2025 | £410,000 | 73 m² | £5,616/m² | 3 |
| 19, Emerald GardensTerraced | Mar 2016 | £255,000 | 73 m² | £3,493/m² | 4 |
| 20, Emerald GardensTerraced | Jan 2022 | £310,000 | 73 m² | £4,247/m² | 1 |
| 22, Emerald GardensTerraced | Jan 2019 | £337,000 | 71 m² | £4,746/m² | 2 |
| 23, Emerald GardensTerraced | Oct 2022 | £400,000 | 72 m² | £5,556/m² | 1 |
| 24, Emerald GardensTerraced | Jan 2016 | £264,000 | 106 m² | £2,491/m² | 2 |
| 25, Emerald GardensTerraced | Oct 2006 | £200,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Emerald GardensTerraced | Apr 2026 | £415,000 | 82 m² | £5,061/m² | 2 |
| 27, Emerald GardensTerraced | Dec 2021 | £395,000 | 74 m² | £5,338/m² | 2 |
| 28, Emerald GardensSemi-detached | Aug 2003 | £154,000 | – | – | 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 (1.5 km), with 4.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Becontree Heath Leisure Centre, 150 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 150, EL2, 128); 172 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 18% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 20 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Robert Clack School, a few minutes' walk (350 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Warren Junior School (1.5 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is All Saints Catholic School and Technology College, 150 m away; Attainment 8: 56.1 · 17.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Sydney Russell School (1.6 km) and The Warren School (1.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (5.7 km) and Woodford County High School (10 km).
It's a family area: 26% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Iceland, 100 m away; Mastaa-Care Chemist (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Grosvenor Road Surgery (100 m), with Mastaa-Care Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Suncity is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Hospital, 2.6 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, 2 pubs and bars.
Millennium Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Three Travellers the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 83 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 14% flats and 6% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 80% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Valence Park, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Becontree Heath Leisure Centre (200 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 9.0 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 37 km.
47 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 RM8 1LH →
Most households own their home, 21% 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 19 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 | 1.8% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.1% | 86.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.6% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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: Leigh Bell Wharf · about 38 min
Nearest: Phantom Peak · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Barking and Dagenham since 2011.
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 31 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.