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On Lodge Avenue, in Becontree West
What it's like at RM8 2JB: every home that has sold on Lodge 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Lodge 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.
12 of the 142 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2 Staff Cottage, University Of East London, Lodge AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2010 | £190,000 | 95 m² | £2,000/m² | 2 |
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From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Becontree Underground station, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km). The nearest rail station is Goodmayes, 1.6 km away, with 4.8m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Becontree Avene Fair Cross, 100 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 5, EL2, 145); 100 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 24% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 18 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Manor Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 64% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is The Sydney Russell School (1.1 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 49.7 · 12.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Sydney Russell School (1.1 km) and Jo Richardson Community School (2.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (5.3 km) and Woodford County High School (9.3 km).
It's a family area: 26% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Great Britain, 100 m away; Lydia Oduro Enterprise Trading as LO (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Dr A Arif (150 m), with Alvin Rose Chemist the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Maz Barber is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is King George Hospital, 3.3 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.
Chichas Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Barking football Club the nearest pub (650 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 74 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 33% flats and 5% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 64% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Mayesbrook Park, 750 m away; for exercise, Jim Peters Stadium (500 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 7.0 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 38 km.
31 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.
Barking constituency: Nesil Caliskan MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,054 (30.3%), turnout 46%. Vote shares: Labour 45%, Reform UK 14%, Green Party 14%, Conservative 12%.
42 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 2JB →
Most households own their home, 27% rent privately.
It's young: 21% 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.
On this street: 1 of 116 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 12 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 66.0% | 86.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.7% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 27.1% | 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: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 38 min
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