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On Valence Avenue, in Becontree East
What it's like at RM8 3QH: every home that has sold on Valence 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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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.
10 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 15 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Valence 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.
20 of the 252 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 502, Valence AvenueTerraced | Oct 2016 | £325,000 | 88 m² | £3,693/m² | 2 |
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| 504, Valence AvenueTerraced | Aug 2007 | £200,000 | 81 m² | £2,469/m² | 2 |
| 508, Valence AvenueTerraced | Nov 2009 | £164,000 | 83 m² | £1,976/m² | 1 |
| 510, Valence AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2025 | £335,000 | 84 m² | £3,988/m² | 3 |
| 512, Valence AvenueTerraced | Sept 2024 | £360,000 | 41 m² | £8,780/m² | 1 |
| 514, Valence AvenueTerraced | Sept 2019 | £310,000 | 71 m² | £4,366/m² | 1 |
| 516, Valence AvenueTerraced | Jun 2013 | £170,500 | 95 m² | £1,795/m² | 1 |
| 518, Valence AvenueTerraced | Oct 2015 | £250,000 | 74 m² | £3,378/m² | 2 |
| 520, Valence AvenueTerraced | Sept 2021 | £360,000 | 65 m² | £5,538/m² | 1 |
| 522, Valence AvenueTerraced | Feb 2022 | £350,000 | 69 m² | £5,072/m² | 2 |
| 524, Valence AvenueTerraced | Mar 2025 | £370,000 | 75 m² | £4,933/m² | 3 |
| 526, Valence AvenueTerraced | Mar 2004 | £170,000 | 82 m² | £2,073/m² | 1 |
| 528, Valence AvenueTerraced | Oct 2024 | £425,000 | 87 m² | £4,885/m² | 1 |
| 530, Valence AvenueTerraced | Jul 2007 | £176,000 | 82 m² | £2,146/m² | 1 |
| 532, Valence AvenueTerraced | Mar 1999 | £70,000 | 91 m² | £769/m² | 1 |
| 536, Valence AvenueTerraced | Aug 2023 | £350,000 | 69 m² | £5,072/m² | 1 |
| 538, Valence AvenueTerraced | May 2022 | £354,000 | 80 m² | £4,425/m² | 1 |
| 540, Valence AvenueTerraced | Aug 1999 | £66,500 | 80 m² | £831/m² | 1 |
| 542, Valence AvenueTerraced | Aug 2006 | £183,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 544, Valence AvenueTerraced | Oct 2002 | £130,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 546, Valence AvenueTerraced | Mar 2007 | £173,000 | 83 m² | £2,084/m² | 1 |
| 548, Valence AvenueTerraced | Aug 2003 | £159,995 | 80 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| 550, Valence AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2024 | £407,500 | 77 m² | £5,292/m² | 2 |
| 556, Valence AvenueTerraced | Oct 2009 | £157,500 | 79 m² | £1,994/m² | 1 |
| 558, Valence AvenueTerraced | Oct 1999 | £75,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 564, Valence AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2002 | £150,000 | 95 m² | £1,579/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Becontree Underground station, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km). The nearest rail station is Chadwell Heath, 1.7 km away, with 4.9m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Martins Corner / Wood Lane, 100 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (route 62); 184 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 22% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 19 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Southwood Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 56% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is The Sydney Russell School (0.5 km).
The nearest secondary is The Sydney Russell School, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 51.2 · 15.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: All Saints Catholic School and Technology College (1.5 km) and Jo Richardson Community School (2.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (6 km) and Woodford County High School (10.2 km).
It's a family area: 24% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is ASDA Express Dagenham, Becontree Avenue PFS, 600 m away, with GS Halal Meat and Poultry closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Dr Sz Haider'S Practice (50 m), with David Lewis Chemist the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Tania Smith's Unisex Salon is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Hospital, 3.4 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Big Breakfast Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Cherry Tree Ph the nearest pub (350 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 72 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 16% flats and 6% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 88% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Valence Park, 700 m away; for exercise, Jim Peters Stadium (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 8.0 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 38 km.
33 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%.
31 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 3QH →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Most households own their home, 20% 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.
On this street: 1 of 213 homes with certificates have solar panels, 2 a heat pump, and 6 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 | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.4% | 86.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.6% | 7.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.5% | 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 37 min
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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 252 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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