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On Lake Close, in Becontree North
What it's like at RM8 2TE: every home that has sold on Lake Close 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Lake Close; 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.
None of the 23 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Lake CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £300,000 | 62 m² | £4,839/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Lake CloseTerraced | Nov 2006 | £234,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 3, Lake CloseTerraced | Sept 2025 | £375,000 | 63 m² | £5,952/m² | 4 |
| 4, Lake CloseTerraced | Jan 2006 | £154,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 5, Lake CloseSemi-detached | Nov 2001 | £126,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Lake CloseSemi-detached | Nov 2001 | £126,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Lake CloseSemi-detached | Apr 2018 | £342,000 | 76 m² | £4,500/m² | 2 |
| 8, Lake CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2025 | £480,000 | 103 m² | £4,660/m² | 3 |
| 9, Lake CloseDetached · company-owned | Oct 2023 | £425,000 | 76 m² | £5,592/m² | 3 |
| 10, Lake CloseSemi-detached | Apr 2008 | £195,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 11, Lake CloseTerraced | Feb 2013 | £172,000 | 63 m² | £2,730/m² | 3 |
| 12, Lake CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2012 | £175,000 | 63 m² | £2,778/m² | 1 |
| 14, Lake CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2017 | £326,000 | 84 m² | £3,881/m² | 2 |
| 18, Lake CloseTerraced | Aug 2007 | £103,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Lake CloseTerraced | May 2012 | £210,000 | 75 m² | £2,800/m² | 2 |
| 21, Lake CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2010 | £160,000 | 63 m² | £2,540/m² | 2 |
| 22, Lake CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2001 | £129,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Lake CloseTerraced | Feb 2017 | £310,000 | 64 m² | £4,844/m² | 2 |
| 24, Lake CloseTerraced | Sept 2001 | £115,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Lake CloseTerraced | Sept 2014 | £220,000 | 62 m² | £3,548/m² | 3 |
| 26, Lake CloseTerraced | Oct 2016 | £285,000 | 62 m² | £4,597/m² | 2 |
| 27, Lake CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2001 | £139,950 | 77 m² | £1,818/m² | 1 |
| 28, Lake CloseDetached | Oct 2002 | £179,950 | – | – | 2 |
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 (1.3 km), with 4.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Becontree Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (route 364); 104 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 21% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 19 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Valence Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 60% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is The Sydney Russell School (1.4 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Mayfield School, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 45 · 10.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Sydney Russell School (1.4 km) and All Saints Catholic School and Technology College (1.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (4.9 km) and Woodford County High School (9.1 km).
It's a family area: 25% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is ASDA Express Dagenham, Becontree Avenue PFS, 200 m away; 7 Till 11 (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Dr Sz Haider'S Practice (500 m), with Valence Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Tania Smith's Unisex Salon is 1.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is King George Hospital, 2.4 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: 16 restaurants and cafés, 0 pubs and bars.
The Vibe (Studio) is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Cherry Tree Ph the nearest pub (700 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (25 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 79 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 16% flats and 6% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 77% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Valence Park, 700 m away; for exercise, The Gym (1.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 8.2 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 37 km.
37 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%.
41 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 2TE →
Most households own their home, 25% 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 13 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 | 2.3% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 94.2% | 86.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.8% | 7.2% | 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 39 min
Nearest: Phantom Peak · 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 23 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.