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On Shakespeare Road, in Acton Central
What it's like at W3 6SN: every home that has sold on Shakespeare 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Shakespeare 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 101 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 74, Shakespeare RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2007 | £516,760 | 113 m² | £4,573/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76, Shakespeare RoadTerraced | Jul 2023 | £1,050,000 | 115 m² | £9,130/m² | 4 |
| 80, Shakespeare RoadTerraced | Jan 2026 | £950,000 | 115 m² | £8,261/m² | 2 |
| 82, Shakespeare RoadTerraced | Mar 1998 | £170,000 | 101 m² | £1,683/m² | 1 |
| 84, Shakespeare RoadTerraced | Sept 2022 | £900,000 | 92 m² | £9,783/m² | 2 |
| 90, Shakespeare RoadTerraced | Oct 2020 | £825,000 | 104 m² | £7,933/m² | 4 |
| 94, Shakespeare RoadTerraced | Aug 2006 | £390,000 | 101 m² | £3,861/m² | 3 |
| 96, Shakespeare RoadDetached | Apr 2025 | £1,062,750 | 110 m² | £9,661/m² | 1 |
| 106, Shakespeare RoadFlat | Dec 2024 | £370,000 | 64 m² | £5,781/m² | 2 |
| 108, Shakespeare RoadFlat | Feb 2004 | £219,950 | 62 m² | £3,548/m² | 6 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 108, Shakespeare RoadFlat | Jul 2010 | £385,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 110, Shakespeare RoadTerraced | Jan 2003 | £495,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 112, Shakespeare RoadTerraced | Aug 2006 | £435,000 | 134 m² | £3,246/m² | 2 |
| 114, Shakespeare RoadTerraced | Dec 2009 | £385,000 | 109 m² | £3,532/m² | 2 |
| 116, Shakespeare RoadTerraced | Sept 2022 | £1,250,000 | 134 m² | £9,328/m² | 4 |
| 118, Shakespeare RoadTerraced | Dec 2018 | £1,200,000 | 151 m² | £7,947/m² | 2 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 43% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Acton Central, a few minutes' walk (300 m), with 1.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Richmond (London).
The nearest bus stop is Creswick Road, 300 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 266, 440); 76 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 16% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 10 km away as the crow flies.
52% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Derwentwater Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 57% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Vincent's Catholic Primary School (0.4 km), with 5 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Ark Soane Academy, 700 m away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Twyford Church of England High School (0.8 km) and Ada Lovelace Church of England High School (2.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Tiffin Girls' School (9.6 km) and The Henrietta Barnett School (9.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 200 m away; Food Bank At Derwentwater Primary School (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Churchfield Road Surgery (150 m), with Zahra Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Classix is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Charing Cross Hospital, 4.2 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: 64 restaurants and cafés and 11 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Poets is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Vindinista the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (18 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 221 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (72%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 63% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 246 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Poets' Corner Community Garden, 100 m away; for exercise, The Arch Climbing Wall: Arch Acton (400 m).
71 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gates, Gate Piers and Railings to Rear of Numbers 13 and 15 | II | 170 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.
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%.
82 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 6SN →
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, 7.0 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 18.6 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 14 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 40% of households rent privately and 23% socially.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 52% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Richmond, the American International University in London, 2.0 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 101 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 72 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 78.8% | 80.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 13.6% | 8.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 7.3% | 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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