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On May Road, in Twickenham Town
What it's like at TW2 6RL: every home that has sold on May 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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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.
12 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on May 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 68 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 58, May RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2015 | £610,200 | 79 m² | £7,724/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60, May RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2000 | £185,500 | 127 m² | £1,461/m² | 1 |
| 62, May RoadTerraced | Feb 2005 | £330,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 64, May RoadTerraced | Nov 2018 | £810,000 | 103 m² | £7,864/m² | 4 |
| 68, May RoadTerraced | Dec 2022 | £775,000 | 78 m² | £9,936/m² | 3 |
| 70, May RoadTerraced | Jul 2022 | £765,500 | 85 m² | £9,006/m² | 3 |
| 72, May RoadTerraced | Jan 2024 | £985,000 | 124 m² | £7,944/m² | 2 |
| 74, May RoadTerraced | Mar 1999 | £169,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 76, May RoadTerraced | Aug 2019 | £840,000 | 122 m² | £6,885/m² | 3 |
| 78, May RoadTerraced | Aug 2021 | £899,000 | 117 m² | £7,684/m² | 2 |
| 80, May RoadTerraced | Jan 2016 | £799,050 | 107 m² | £7,468/m² | 3 |
| 82, May RoadTerraced | Nov 2019 | £857,500 | 124 m² | £6,915/m² | 1 |
| 84, May RoadTerraced | Sept 2025 | £1,056,000 | 134 m² | £7,881/m² | 4 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 62% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Strawberry Hill, about a 10-minute walk (900 m), with 688k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is First Cross Road, 250 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 490, H22); 130 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 16 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Twickenham Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 68% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Richard Reynolds Catholic Primary School (0.2 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 61.8 · 28.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Orleans Park School (1 km) and Grey Court School (1.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Tiffin Girls' School (3.1 km) and Tiffin School (4.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 250 m away; Twickenham News & Wine (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Green & Fir Road (350 m), with Maple Leaf Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Nea Hair and Beauty is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is West Middlesex University Hospital, 3.0 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 76 restaurants and cafés and 12 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The Green Spice Fusion/ The Green Spice is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Prince Blucher the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 125 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 39% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Twickenham Riverside, Queen's Road (Twickenham)).
There are 50 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 45% flats and 3% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 57% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Mereway Nature Reserve, 150 m away; for exercise, Zero Gravity Pilates (200 m).
59 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.
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%.
25 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 6RL →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 13 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 8.8 km away.
Most households own their home, 34% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 67% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is St Mary's University, Twickenham, 1.3 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 68 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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On this street: 0 of 59 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 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 87.8% | 87.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.4% | 7.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 4.2% | 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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