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On Ailsa Road, in St Margarets
What it's like at TW1 1QW: every home that has sold on Ailsa Road 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Ailsa Road; 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 45 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Ailsa RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £1,575,000 | 112 m² | £14,063/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2a, Ailsa RoadTerraced | Oct 2024 | £300,000 | 110 m² | £2,727/m² | 1 |
| 4a, Ailsa RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2015 | £1,750,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Ailsa RoadDetached | Sept 2003 | £1,250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6a, Ailsa RoadDetached | Jun 2017 | £1,790,000 | 154 m² | £11,623/m² | 1 |
| 10, Ailsa RoadDetached | Jul 2008 | £1,850,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10a, Ailsa RoadDetached | Sept 2011 | £1,425,000 | 183 m² | £7,787/m² | 1 |
| 12, Ailsa RoadDetached | Oct 2011 | £1,900,000 | 343 m² | £5,539/m² | 1 |
| 14, Ailsa RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2018 | £2,320,000 | 273 m² | £8,498/m² | 1 |
| 18, Ailsa RoadDetached | Jul 2022 | £4,000,000 | 377 m² | £10,610/m² | 1 |
| 20, Ailsa RoadDetached | May 2016 | £2,950,000 | 316 m² | £9,335/m² | 2 |
| 22, Ailsa RoadDetached | Oct 2001 | £1,500,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Ailsa RoadDetached | Nov 2001 | £1,750,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Ailsa RoadDetached | Jan 2005 | £1,310,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 28, Ailsa RoadDetached | Apr 2020 | £4,900,000 | 540 m² | £9,074/m² | 2 |
| 30, Ailsa RoadDetached | Apr 2004 | £2,376,150 | 345 m² | £6,887/m² | 2 |
| 32, Ailsa RoadDetached | Jul 2025 | £4,050,000 | 360 m² | £11,250/m² | 3 |
| 34, Ailsa RoadDetached | Apr 2021 | £3,750,000 | 277 m² | £13,538/m² | 2 |
| 36, Ailsa RoadDetached | Feb 1996 | £285,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 38, Ailsa RoadDetached | Apr 2022 | £2,700,000 | 251 m² | £10,757/m² | 1 |
| 40, Ailsa RoadDetached | Nov 2002 | £1,625,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Ailsa RoadDetached | Jan 2019 | £2,050,000 | 205 m² | £10,000/m² | 1 |
| 48, Ailsa RoadDetached | Aug 2022 | £2,350,000 | 169 m² | £13,905/m² | 3 |
| 50, Ailsa RoadDetached | Nov 2024 | £2,300,000 | 200 m² | £11,500/m² | 2 |
| 52, Ailsa RoadDetached | Jan 2021 | £2,000,000 | 229 m² | £8,734/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 68% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is St Margarets (London), a few minutes' walk (450 m), with 1.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is St Margaret's Drive, 150 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (route H37); 36 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 15 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Stephen's C E Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 79% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Deer Park School (0.9 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Orleans Park School, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 64.4 · 31.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School (1.5 km) and Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School (2.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Tiffin Girls' School (3.9 km) and Tiffin School (5.5 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 400 m away; Nike Newsagent (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St. Margarets Practice (150 m), with St Margarets Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Scallywags is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is West Middlesex University Hospital, 1.7 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 72% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 69% 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: 20 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Blind Tiger is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Ailsa Tavern the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 48 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 43% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (St Margaret's Estate, Crown Road).
It's a mix of homes: 43% flats and 7% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 69% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Moormead Park, 750 m away; for exercise, Rize (450 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 12 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Two Bridges in the Pleasure Grounds Parallel to Ailsa Road, St Margarat'S Area | II | 60 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Twickenham constituency: Munira Wilson MP (Liberal Democrat), since December 2019. 2024 general election: LD hold, majority 21,457 (40.0%), turnout 72%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 56%, Conservative 16%, Labour 13%, Reform UK 8%.
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 TW1 1QW →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 9.3 km away.
Most households own their home, 29% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 70% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is St Mary's University, Twickenham, 2.8 km away (TEF Silver).
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 45 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 34 homes with certificates have solar panels, 2 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 3.5% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 86.8% | 87.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.6% | 7.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.0% | 3.5% | 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.
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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