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On Windmill Road, in South Ealing
What it's like at W5 4DN: every home that has sold on Windmill 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). 5 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 Windmill 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.
5 of the 138 homes on the street are owned by companies.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 51% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Northfields Underground station, a few minutes' walk (350 m). The nearest rail station is Brentford, 1.0 km away, with 977k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Julien Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes E3, E2); 54 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 16% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 13 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Little Ealing Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 79% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Fielding Primary School (1 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Ealing Fields Church of England High School, 150 m away; Attainment 8: 66.1 · 40.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Gunnersbury Catholic School (0.7 km) and Nishkam School West London (2.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Tiffin Girls' School (7.9 km) and Tiffin School (9.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 450 m away, with Windmill Convenience Store closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ealing Park Health Centre (650 m), with Bramley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Divine Revelation is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is West Middlesex University Hospital, 2.8 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 20 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
369 Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Plough the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 63 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 49% flats and 2% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 69% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Blondin Park, 250 m away; for exercise, Gym135 Fitness Centre (150 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 9.8 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Place House at St Anne'S Convent School | II | 140 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 Southall constituency: Deirdre Costigan MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 15,793 (33.7%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Labour 49%, Conservative 15%, Green Party 9%, Workers Party of Britain 9%.
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 W5 4DN →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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, 34% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 61% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of West London, 1.5 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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On this street: 0 of 98 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 10 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.2% | 80.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.9% | 8.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Ealing since 2011.
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 138 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.