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River Barge Close

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21 recorded sales · median £490,000 · Tower Hamlets

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Tower Hamlets Council · Aspire (directly-elected mayor) 33/45 seats · 73% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

60/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£490k

median price

13.7

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£490k

median sold price

7.5 yrs

of local pay to buy

5 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

128

schools total

13.7

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

1,153

Violence — most

24.3

NO₂ · WHO 10

28.4%

in a flood zone

1,773

green spaces

9.3

PM2.5 · WHO 5

1,341

eat & drink

319

shops

73.4%

gigabit

108

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

Not enough history to chart yet.

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Tower Hamlets, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £490,000. That's about 7.5× local earnings — around the 9.1× five-year average.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.

Median sold price · median of all 21 sales£490,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay7.5× · five-year average 9.1×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership23%

Owned outright

With a mortgage

15%

Private rented

38%

Social rented

36%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£1,838

Your band:

London Borough of Tower Hamlets£1,327

Greater London Authority£511

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,225

Band B£1,429

Band C£1,634

Band D (baseline)£1,838

Band E£2,246

Band F£2,655

Band G£3,063

Band H£3,676

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Tower Hamlets how River Barge Close compares · from Tower Hamlets

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: East Smithfield +27.5%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
East Smithfield	£806,300	+27.5%	324
Canary Wharf	£635,000	+14.9%	270
Bethnal Green	£500,000	+11.6%	288
Globe Town	£475,000	+6.1%	232
Hughesfield Estate	£485,000	+5.3%	94
Shoreditch	£545,000	+2.9%	188
Limehouse	£440,000	+1.8%	456
Mile End	£515,000	+0%	240
Whitechapel	£490,000	+0%	246
Stepney	£440,000	-2.3%	242
Bow	£437,000	-2.5%	382
St John's Estate	£435,000	-5.5%	134
Wapping	£475,000	-8.8%	146
Pepys Estate	£430,000	-9.3%	34
Blackwall	£479,750	-10.6%	512
Fish Island	£505,000	-11.1%	228
Manchester Estate	£450,000	-11.8%	118
Shadwell	£480,000	-12%	122
Three Mills	£337,000	-16.9%	122
Isle of Dogs	£463,000	-20.3%	198
Poplar	£372,500	-23.2%	332

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in River Barge Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
Flat 401 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£390,000	Oct 2025
Flat 403 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£495,000	Jul 2024
Flat 201 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£418,000	Jul 2023
Flat 101 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£385,000	Jan 2021
Flat 403 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£490,000	Mar 2020
Flat 102 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£550,000	Jan 2020
Flat 203 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£392,500	Dec 2019
Flat 404 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£490,000	Nov 2019
Flat 302 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£510,000	Nov 2019
Flat 501 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£400,000	Nov 2019
Flat 202 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£497,500	Nov 2019
Flat 502 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£500,000	Nov 2019
Flat 503 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£490,000	Nov 2019
Flat 204 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£550,000	Nov 2019
Flat 201 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£395,000	Nov 2019
Flat 402 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£490,000	Oct 2019
Flat 304 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£556,000	Oct 2019
Flat 301 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£408,000	Oct 2019
Flat 303 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£390,000	Oct 2019
Flat 504 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£497,500	Oct 2019
Flat 401 Willow House 8, River Barge Close	Flat	—	—	£397,500	Oct 2019

Show all sales ↓

21 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Tower Hamlets

Crime runs at 13.7 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month13.7

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Tower Hamlets

Violence & sexual offences

1,153

Anti-social behaviour

958

Shoplifting

418

Other theft

345

Theft from the person

236

Public order

231

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Tower Hamlets district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Tower Hamlets

Population310,306

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 4/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 35% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 4/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 4/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — more deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 35% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 4 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

2.8/10

Employment

4.8/10

Education & skills

6.2/10

Health & disability

4.0/10

Crime

3.9/10

Housing & services

2.7/10

Living environment

3.0/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Tower Hamlets — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+61%

Unemployment · economically active residents8.9%

Degree-level (Level 4+)50%

Good or very good health85%

Own their home23%

Median age30.8

Born outside the UK47%

See the full Tower Hamlets report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

75% of the 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

3 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Castalia Montessori Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.2 km
Magic Roundabout Nurseries Ltd	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.3 km
KidsLab Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.3 km
Rise 'N' Shine Nursery LTD	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.3 km
Skylines Nursery	Nursery	—	0.3 km
Wonder Haven	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.3 km
Cubitt Town Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.4 km
Crossharbour Montessori Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.5 km
Docklands Montessori Day Nursery & Preschool	Nursery	—	0.5 km
Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.6 km
Canary Wharf College Crossharbour	Secondary	Requires improvement ('24)	0.6 km
Wood Wharf Kindergarten	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.6 km
KidWise After School and Summer Camp	Nursery	—	0.7 km
Lanterns Arts & Educational Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.7 km
Mudchute Farm Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.7 km
Bright Horizons Bank Street Day Nursery And Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.8 km
Bright Horizons Canada Square Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.9 km
Docklands Village Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.9 km
Canary Wharf College, Glenworth	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.0 km
St Luke's Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.0 km
Canary Wharf College, East Ferry	Primary	Good ('22)	1.1 km
Seven Mills Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.1 km
Barkantine Community Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.1 km
George Green's School	Secondary	—	1.1 km
Spring Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.2 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.1 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

9 of 10 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Roserton Street Surgery	GP	—	0.1 km
Allen'S Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.2 km
Altmore Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.3 km
Island Health	GP	—	0.5 km
Island Health Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Britannia Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Millharbour Dentistry (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Align And Smile	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Waterside Dental Health	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Smilepod Jubilee Place	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Smilepod Canada Place	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Mangal Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Cubitt Town Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Bupa Health And Dental Centre	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Docklands Medical Centre	GP	—	1.2 km
Dental Suite	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Docklands Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Britannia Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Interdental Centre	Dentist	—	1.2 km
The Barkantine Practice	GP	—	1.3 km
Barkantine Health Centre	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Barkantine Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Gough Walk Practice	GP	—	1.4 km
Platinum Dental Care Ltd	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Bupa Dental Care (Columbus Courtyard)	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Greenwich Peninsula	GP	Good ('24)	1.5 km
All Saints Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Amal Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Aberfeldy Practice	GP	Good ('16)	1.6 km
Britannia Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Pe Logan	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Woodlands Surgery	GP	—	1.7 km
Pyramid Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Greenwich Dental Health	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Chrisp Street Dental Centre	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Vanbrugh Group Practice	GP	Good ('18)	1.8 km
Dental Beauty Greenwich	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Oral Surgery Ltd - Confidental	Dentist	—	1.8 km
The Chrisp Street Hth Ctr	GP	Good ('16)	1.8 km
Sda Dental Studio	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Sda Dental Studio	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Chrisp Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Lansbury Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Mychemistonline	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
The Cosmetic Dental Gallery	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Surrey Docks Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.0 km
The Limehouse Practice	GP	Good ('16)	2.0 km
Icare Dental	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Grove Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	2.1 km
Poplar Dental & Medical Clinic	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Pepys Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Burney Street Pms	GP	Good ('18)	2.1 km
Rose Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Nash Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
The Ruiz Medical Practice	GP	Good ('20)	2.2 km
Community Dermatology Clinic	GP	—	2.2 km
Lockyer'S Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Chemist2Door	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Duncans Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Kingfisher Medical Centre	GP	—	2.4 km
Berg'S Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Primecare Pms (South Street)	GP	Good ('16)	2.5 km
Mymeds Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Star Lane Medical Centre	GP	—	2.7 km
Plumbridge Medical Centre	GP	Requires improvement ('20)	2.8 km
Custom House Surgery	GP	—	2.8 km
St Andrews Health Centre	GP	—	2.9 km
Clifton Rise Family Practice	GP	—	2.9 km
Amersham Vale Training Practice	GP	—	2.9 km
New Cross Centre (Hurley Group)	GP	—	2.9 km
Deptford Medical Centre	GP	—	2.9 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Tower Hamlets

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 5 min from Deptford Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Canary Wharf	0.7 mi	—	no direct train
Maze Hill Rail Station	1.2 mi	London Bridge	11 min
Greenwich Rail Station	1.4 mi	London Bridge	8 min
Westcombe Park Rail Station	1.5 mi	London Bridge	13 min
Deptford Rail Station	1.5 mi	London Bridge	5 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Deptford Rail Station (5 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Work from home

50%

Public transport

24%

Walk or cycle

14%

Drive

10%

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging20 points

Per 10,000 residents0.6

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Tower Hamlets

Air quality

NO₂

24.3

— WHO guide

PM2.5

9.3

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1001.1%

Flood zone28.4% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill81 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings903

Conservation areas54

Green belt0%

Green spaces1,773

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Tower Hamlets

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	1,341	88% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	319	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	108	—
Green spaces & parks	1,773	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

73.4%

Superfast

92.5%

Ultrafast

75%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Tower Hamlets

Figures for the wider Tower Hamlets — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate8.9%

In work (employment rate)61.4%

Companies registered here55,280

New incorporations (12m)10,163

Property companies (SPVs)5,683

See the full Tower Hamlets report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district