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On First Cross Road, in Twickenham West
What it's like at TW2 5QA: every home that has sold on First Cross 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on First Cross 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.
1 of the 29 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, First Cross RoadFlat | Sept 2006 | £278,000 | 69 m² | £4,029/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, First Cross RoadFlat | Jan 2019 | £422,500 | 63 m² | £6,706/m² | 4 |
| 3, First Cross RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £950,000 | 128 m² | £7,422/m² | 3 |
| 5, First Cross RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2005 | £435,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 7, First Cross RoadTerraced | Sept 2022 | £885,000 | 99 m² | £8,939/m² | 3 |
| 7a, First Cross RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2014 | £805,000 | 98 m² | £8,214/m² | 2 |
| 8, First Cross RoadTerraced | Mar 2026 | £850,000 | 73 m² | £11,644/m² | 3 |
| 8a, First Cross RoadTerraced | Jun 2008 | £462,500 | 89 m² | £5,197/m² | 1 |
| 9, First Cross RoadTerraced | Mar 2009 | £250,000 | 67 m² | £3,731/m² | 1 |
| 10, First Cross RoadTerraced | Jun 2023 | £770,000 | 69 m² | £11,159/m² | 4 |
| 12, First Cross RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2023 | £350,000 | 36 m² | £9,722/m² | 1 |
| 13, First Cross RoadTerraced | Nov 2025 | £540,750 | 62 m² | £8,722/m² | 1 |
| 14, First Cross RoadTerraced | Nov 2018 | £545,000 | 61 m² | £8,934/m² | 3 |
| 15, First Cross RoadTerraced | Feb 2014 | £426,000 | 55 m² | £7,745/m² | 1 |
| 16, First Cross RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £620,000 | 65 m² | £9,538/m² | 2 |
| 17, First Cross RoadTerraced | Aug 2005 | £355,000 | 67 m² | £5,299/m² | 2 |
| 18, First Cross RoadTerraced | Jun 2024 | £619,000 | 54 m² | £11,463/m² | 3 |
| 19, First Cross RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2006 | £310,000 | 50 m² | £6,200/m² | 3 |
| 22, First Cross RoadTerraced | Jan 2019 | £685,000 | 75 m² | £9,133/m² | 4 |
| 23, First Cross RoadTerraced | Dec 2007 | £420,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 24, First Cross RoadTerraced | Sept 2025 | £785,000 | 96 m² | £8,177/m² | 7 |
| 25, First Cross RoadTerraced | Oct 2021 | £750,000 | 72 m² | £10,417/m² | 5 |
| 26, First Cross RoadTerraced | Feb 2026 | £785,000 | 81 m² | £9,691/m² | 4 |
| 27, First Cross RoadTerraced | Aug 2009 | £400,000 | 69 m² | £5,797/m² | 3 |
| 28, First Cross RoadTerraced | Jun 1997 | £159,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, First Cross RoadTerraced | Aug 2006 | £377,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 30, First Cross RoadTerraced | Jun 2010 | £447,450 | 69 m² | £6,485/m² | 4 |
| 31, First Cross RoadTerraced | Feb 2025 | £775,000 | 70 m² | £11,071/m² | 3 |
| 32, First Cross RoadTerraced | Jul 2008 | £425,000 | 84 m² | £5,060/m² | 2 |
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: 53% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Strawberry Hill, about a 5-minute walk (600 m), with 688k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is First Cross Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 490, H22); 199 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 17 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Archdeacon Cambridge's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 84% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Bishop Perrin Church of England Primary School (1.1 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Waldegrave School, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 67.3 · 37% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School (1.6 km) and The Heathland School (2.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Tiffin Girls' School (4.1 km) and Tiffin School (5.3 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 250 m away; Meet & Deep (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Green & Fir Road (250 m), with Maple Leaf Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Nea Hair and Beauty is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is West Middlesex University Hospital, 4.2 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
The Green Spice Fusion/ The Green Spice is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Prince Blucher the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 26% flats and 4% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 55% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Twickenham Green, 100 m away; for exercise, Zero Gravity Pilates (150 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 15 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
55 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 |
|---|---|---|
| K6 Telephone Kiosk Junction of First Cross Road and Staines Road | II | 80 m |
| K6 Telephone Kiosk Junction of First Cross Road and the Green | II | 120 m |
| Holy Trinity Church | II | 190 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%.
27 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 TW2 5QA →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 7.5 km away.
Most households own their home, 19% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 54% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is St Mary's University, Twickenham, 1.0 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.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 32 min
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On this street: 0 of 23 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 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.4% | 87.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.6% | 7.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
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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 29 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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