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On Tallow Road, in Brentford Central
What it's like at TW8 8ER: every home that has sold on Tallow 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Tallow 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.
6 of the 182 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Brentford, a few minutes' walk (350 m), with 977k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Brentford Bus Depot, 200 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (route E2); 265 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 11% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 13 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Paul's CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 69% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Nishkam School West London (1.8 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Brentford School for Girls, 350 m away; Attainment 8: 50.6 · 17.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Gunnersbury Catholic School (0.7 km) and Nishkam School West London (1.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Tiffin Girls' School (6.8 km) and Tiffin School (8.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Wm Morrisons, 300 m away, with Brentford Express closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Albany Practice (250 m), with Brent Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Novoblanc is 250 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 32 restaurants and cafés and 11 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Feather & Heart is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Weir Bar & Dining Room the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 124 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 31% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (St Paul's Brentford, St Paul's, Brentford).
There are 54 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (57%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 466 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is The Butts, 200 m away; for exercise, Topnotch health club (700 m).
51 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 17, Somerset Road | II | 160 m |
| the Boatman'S Institute | II | 170 m |
| Cobden House Linden House | II | 170 m |
| Glan Helen | II | 170 m |
| 19, the Butts | II | 180 m |
| Toll House at Brentford Lock | II | 180 m |
| the Cedars | 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Brentford and Isleworth constituency: Ruth Cadbury MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 9,824 (21.7%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 44%, Conservative 23%, Green Party 9%, Reform UK 9%.
47 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 TW8 8ER →
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, 10 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 18.5 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 10 km away.
Most households own their home, 29% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 50% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of West London, 2.6 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 156 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 7 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 55.8% | 74.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 15.4% | 13.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 27.8% | 11.3% | 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 182 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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