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On Batman Close, in Shepherd's Bush North
What it's like at W12 7NU: every home that has sold on Batman Close 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.
Sales and extensions on Batman Close; 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 27 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Batman CloseFlat | Aug 2001 | £148,000 | 72 m² | £2,056/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7, Batman CloseFlat | May 2023 | £420,000 | 73 m² | £5,753/m² | 2 |
| 9, Batman CloseFlat | Dec 2022 | £385,000 | 74 m² | £5,203/m² | 4 |
| 12, Batman CloseFlat | Mar 2017 | £370,000 | 61 m² | £6,066/m² | 3 |
| 14, Batman CloseFlat | Sept 2010 | £211,000 | 74 m² | £2,851/m² | 1 |
| 17, Batman CloseFlat | Aug 2013 | £152,000 | 38 m² | £4,000/m² | 1 |
| 35, Batman CloseFlat | May 2014 | £319,950 | 64 m² | £4,999/m² | 2 |
| 36, Batman CloseFlat | Feb 2025 | £440,000 | 62 m² | £7,097/m² | 2 |
| 38, Batman CloseFlat | Nov 2019 | £325,000 | 61 m² | £5,328/m² | 2 |
| 41, Batman CloseFlat | Nov 2021 | £350,000 | 60 m² | £5,833/m² | 4 |
| 43, Batman CloseFlat | Nov 1997 | £59,950 | 62 m² | £967/m² | 1 |
| 47, Batman CloseFlat | May 2012 | £175,000 | 69 m² | £2,536/m² | 1 |
| 56, Batman CloseFlat | Apr 2014 | £365,000 | 64 m² | £5,703/m² | 2 |
| 62, Batman CloseFlat | Sept 2004 | £235,000 | 85 m² | £2,765/m² | 3 |
| 63, Batman CloseFlat | Mar 2009 | £225,000 | 78 m² | £2,885/m² | 2 |
| 66, Batman CloseFlat | Dec 2007 | £250,000 | 78 m² | £3,205/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: 47% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Wood Lane Underground station, a few minutes' walk (350 m). The nearest rail station is Shepherds Bush, 1.0 km away.
The nearest bus stop is Queens Park Rangers FC, 50 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (route 228); 166 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 17% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 6 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 7 km away as the crow flies.
66% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Ark White City Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 64% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Stephen's CofE Primary School (0.3 km), with 8 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Phoenix Academy, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 49.6 · 14.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Kensington Aldridge Academy (1 km) and The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School (1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (8.5 km) and The Tiffin Girls' School (10.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 400 m away, with The Black Farmer White City closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is West 12 Health Centre (350 m), with Pestle & Mortar the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Pawlos Barbers is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Charing Cross Hospital, 2.3 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 57% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 70% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 111 restaurants and cafés and 5 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Powerleague Fives is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Queens Tavern the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 488 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (84%).
76 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.
Hammersmith and Chiswick constituency: Andy Slaughter MP (Labour), since May 2005. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 15,290 (33.2%), turnout 61%. Vote shares: Labour 52%, Conservative 19%, Green Party 10%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
66 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 W12 7NU →
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 161 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Hammersmith Park, 100 m away; for exercise, Powerleague Shepherds Bush (100 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 3.9 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 21.4 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 16 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 36% of households rent privately and 41% socially.
It's young: 27% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 54% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Richmond, the American International University in London, 3.6 km away (TEF Bronze).
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 27 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 21 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 3.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 66.1% | 68.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.3% | 7.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 29.2% | 21.2% | 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.