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On Western Avenue, in North Acton
What it's like at W3 0PH: every home that has sold on Western Avenue 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Western Avenue; 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.
47 of the 195 homes on the street are owned by companies (3 overseas).
| 256, Western AvenueDetached · company-owned | May 1996 | £430,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 258, Western AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Oct 2006 | £300,000 | 129 m² | £2,326/m² | 3 |
| 260, Western AvenueTerraced | Feb 2018 | £625,000 | 134 m² | £4,664/m² | 2 |
| 262, Western AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2023 | £650,000 | 137 m² | £4,745/m² | 3 |
| 266, Western AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2002 | £208,500 | 103 m² | £2,024/m² | 1 |
| 272, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2020 | £570,000 | 102 m² | £5,588/m² | 4 |
| 274, Western AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Sept 2002 | £250,000 | 121 m² | £2,066/m² | 2 |
| 280, Western AvenueTerraced | Feb 2004 | £230,000 | 113 m² | £2,035/m² | 2 |
| 282, Western AvenueTerraced | Jun 2003 | £99,000 | 113 m² | £876/m² | 1 |
| 286, Western AvenueTerraced | Apr 1997 | £58,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 288, Western AvenueOther · company-owned | Dec 2024 | £590,000 | 104 m² | £5,673/m² | 3 |
| 292, Western AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2025 | £470,000 | 54 m² | £8,704/m² | 3 |
| 294, Western AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2020 | £465,000 | 97 m² | £4,794/m² | 1 |
| 298, Western AvenueTerraced | Nov 1999 | £150,500 | 21 m² | £7,167/m² | 2 |
| 302, Western AvenueTerraced | May 1999 | £66,000 | 105 m² | £629/m² | 1 |
| 306, Western AvenueTerraced | Mar 2003 | £245,000 | 113 m² | £2,168/m² | 1 |
| 310, Western AvenueTerraced | Sept 2007 | £235,000 | 69 m² | £3,406/m² | 6 |
| 312, Western AvenueTerraced | Aug 1999 | £100,500 | 104 m² | £966/m² | 1 |
| 316, Western AvenueTerraced | Mar 2007 | £320,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 318, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2007 | £320,000 | 150 m² | £2,133/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is North Acton Underground station, a few minutes' walk (350 m). The nearest rail station is Acton Main Line, 650 m away, with 2.7m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Victoria Road North Acton, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 487, 260); 227 departures an hour from the 19 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 25% 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 9 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 10 km away as the crow flies.
57% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is John Perryn Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (800 m); 58% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Holy Family Catholic Primary School (1.4 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 56.5 · 24% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Ark Soane Academy (2 km) and Twyford Church of England High School (2.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (8.2 km) and The Tiffin Girls' School (11.2 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 250 m away; Tian Tian Market (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cloister Road Surgery (200 m), with Jallas Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, The Caesar is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Charing Cross Hospital, 5.0 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: 78 restaurants and cafés and 8 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Subway is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Maison Milles /Yellowhammer Bar / Maison Miles the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (30 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 228 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (66%).
29 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.
Ealing Central and Acton constituency: Dr Rupa Huq MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 13,995 (29.3%), turnout 61%. Vote shares: Labour 47%, Conservative 18%, Liberal Democrat 13%, Green Party 11%.
67 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 W3 0PH →
It's new: 61% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 2,071 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is North Acton Triangle, 150 m away; for exercise, PureGym (1.2 km).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 6.8 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 20.4 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 15 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 47% of households rent privately and 22% socially.
It's young: 36% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 27% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is University of West London, 3.2 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 195 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 146 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 15 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 46.2% | 80.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 26.9% | 8.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 26.7% | 9.9% | 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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