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First Avenue

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75 recorded sales · median £188,748 · Waltham Forest

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Waltham Forest Council · Green-controlled 31/60 seats · 52% · OCD 2026

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

71/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£189k

median price

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£189k

median sold price

14.3 yrs

of local pay to buy

15 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar school

schools total

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

728

Violence — most

18.2

NO₂ · WHO 10

4.5%

in a flood zone

1,170

green spaces

8.4

PM2.5 · WHO 5

751

eat & drink

297

shops

88.4%

gigabit

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

£290,000 in 2004 → £710,000 in 2026

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Waltham Forest, 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 £188,748. That's about 14.3× local earnings — around the 14.6× five-year average.

Sold price history

2026 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 75 sales£188,748

Full history since 1995

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay14.3× · five-year average 14.6×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership49%

Owned outright

20%

With a mortgage

29%

Private rented

28%

Social rented

22%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,387

Your band:

London Borough of Waltham Forest£1,876

Greater London Authority£511

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,591

Band B£1,857

Band C£2,122

Band D (baseline)£2,387

Band E£2,917

Band F£3,448

Band G£3,978

Band H£4,774

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 Waltham Forest how First Avenue compares · from Waltham Forest

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Highams Park +33.9%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Highams Park	£630,000	+33.9%	211
Chingford Green	£530,000	+27.4%	203
Chingford Hatch	£467,500	+26.2%	109
Leytonstone	£511,000	+19.8%	422
Chapel End	£550,000	+18.9%	393
Hale End	£630,000	+18%	123
Friday Hill	£485,000	+15.8%	114
Chingford Mount	£535,000	+15.1%	193
South Chingford	£485,000	+14.9%	214
Temple Mills	£543,000	+14.2%	167
Wood Street	£550,000	+13.3%	250
Walthamstow	£535,000	+13.2%	964
Cann Hall	£540,080	+12.5%	274
Leyton	£500,000	+9.2%	903
Chingford	£615,000	+6.5%	160
Walthamstow Village	£725,000	+1.7%	147
Whipps Cross	£558,350	-1.6%	184

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 First Avenue — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
45A FIRST AVENUE	Flat	—	—	£450,000	Feb 2026
40 First Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£970,000	Jan 2026
41 First Avenue	Flat	—	—	£345,000	Jun 2025
5 First Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£1,175,000	Feb 2025
57 First Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£975,000	Jan 2025
22 First Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£775,995	May 2024
33A FIRST AVENUE	Flat	—	—	£465,000	Jun 2023
2b First Avenue	Flat	—	—	£411,000	Jan 2023
23, First Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£855,000	Dec 2022
31a First Avenue	Flat	—	—	£530,000	Aug 2022
38 FIRST AVENUE	Flat	—	—	£457,000	Aug 2022
2 FIRST AVENUE	Other	—	—	£60,000	Dec 2018
41 First Avenue	Flat	—	—	£310,000	Nov 2018
36a First Avenue	Flat	—	—	£450,000	Aug 2018
38 FIRST AVENUE	Flat	—	—	£405,000	Jul 2018
31a First Avenue	Flat	—	—	£505,101	Jun 2018
47, First Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£894,000	Aug 2016
38 FIRST AVENUE	Flat	—	—	£360,000	Dec 2015
36a First Avenue	Flat	—	—	£340,000	Jun 2015
31a First Avenue	Flat	—	—	£386,000	Jun 2015
29a First Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£339,000	Feb 2014
26, First Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£535,000	Jan 2014
37, First Avenue	Flat	—	—	£174,000	Dec 2013
41 First Avenue	Flat	—	—	£160,000	Jul 2013

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24 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 Waltham Forest

Crime runs at 9 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 / month9

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

By category, 12 months from Waltham Forest

Violence & sexual offences

728

Anti-social behaviour

577

Other theft

224

Vehicle crime

217

Shoplifting

185

Public order

137

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Waltham Forest 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 Waltham Forest

Population278,426

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · improved since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 5/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% 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 — has improved 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

3.7/10

Employment

4.7/10

Education & skills

5.9/10

Health & disability

5.9/10

Crime

4.4/10

Housing & services

4.0/10

Living environment

2.9/10

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

Figures for the wider Waltham Forest — 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+63%

Unemployment · economically active residents7.5%

Degree-level (Level 4+)43%

Good or very good health85%

Own their home49%

Median age35.8

Born outside the UK39%

See the full Waltham Forest report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

67% of the 3 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

2 of 3 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 3 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
KMK Kinderzimmer Walthamstow	Nursery	—	0.0 km
Walthamstow Village Montessori Nursery	Nursery	Good ('21)	0.1 km
Early Learners Centre Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.1 km
Carville Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.3 km
Walthamstow School for Girls	Secondary	—	0.4 km
Tom Thumb Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.4 km
Emmanuel Community School	Primary	Requires improvement ('24)	0.5 km
Willow Tree Nursery Limited	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.5 km
Edinburgh Primary School	Primary	—	0.6 km
Early Buds Nursery Ltd	Nursery	—	0.6 km
N Family Club Walthamstow	Nursery	—	0.6 km
Harvey House Nursery Beech	Nursery	—	0.7 km
Sugar Plum Tree Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.7 km
Shernhall Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.7 km
Henry Maynard Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.7 km
Little Stars Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.8 km
Emmanuel Community Church Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.8 km
Sugar Plum Tree Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.8 km
Thomas Gamuel Primary School	Primary	Inspected '26 — see report	0.9 km
South Grove Primary School	Primary	—	0.9 km
Alpha Steps Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.9 km
Greenleaf Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	0.9 km
Footsteps Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.9 km
The Nook Nursery	Nursery	—	0.9 km
Boost Education Walthamstow	Nursery	—	0.9 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 0.4 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS

14 of 16 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Church Hill Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.3 km
Eclipse Pyramid Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
Queens Road Medical Centre	GP	—	0.4 km
Britannia Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
Doorstep Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
Hoe Street Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Addison Road Medical Practice	GP	Good ('19)	0.5 km
The Bailey Practice	GP	—	0.5 km
Grove Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	0.5 km
Grove Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Forest Dental Care	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Eclipse Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
Medicos Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
Key 2 Smile	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Leyton Green Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Sanchoh Limited	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Marijak Ltd	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Lea Bridge Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Dr Shantir Practice	GP	Good ('21)	1.0 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Wood Street Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.1 km
The Ecclesbourne Practice	GP	—	1.1 km
St James Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Abbey Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Michael Franklin Chemists	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
The Pill Box	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Wood Street Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Palmerston Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Dr Dhital Practice	GP	Good ('19)	1.1 km
Waltham Forest Comm & Fam Hth Serv Ltd	GP	—	1.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Cedars Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Waterman Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Cavendish Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Leyton Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Lea Bridge Road Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Ms Dispensing Chemists	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Focal Point Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
St James Medical Practice Limited	GP	Good ('20)	1.3 km
The Firs	GP	—	1.3 km
The Manor Practice	GP	Good ('19)	1.3 km
Blue Dew Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Beaconsfield Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Meraj Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Sma Medical Practice	GP	Inadequate ('18)	1.4 km
The Lyndhurst Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	1.5 km
The Forest Surgery	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	1.6 km
Seymour Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	1.7 km
The Penrhyn Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	1.7 km
Grove Dental Leytonstone	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Claremont Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	1.8 km
Sinnott Medical Centre	GP	—	1.8 km
Higham Hill Medical Centre	GP	Good ('21)	1.8 km
The Allum Medical Centre	GP	Good ('24)	2.0 km
Crawley Road Medical Centre	GP	—	2.1 km
Hampton Medical Centre	GP	—	2.1 km
Dental Care Centre	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Francis Road Medical Centre	GP	—	2.5 km
Wongs Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Dr Mohammed Green Man Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	2.5 km
Leyton Healthcare 4Th Floor	GP	Good ('17)	2.5 km
Eyespy Eye And Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Aesthetika Dental Studio	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Woodbury Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Wanstead Village Dental And Heal	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.0 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 Waltham Forest

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 15 min from St James Street (London) Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Walthamstow Central Rail Station	0.1 mi	London Liverpool Street	17 min
Walthamstow Queens Road Rail Station	0.3 mi	—	no direct train
Wood Street Rail Station	0.7 mi	London Liverpool Street	19 min
St James Street (London) Rail Station	0.7 mi	London Liverpool Street	15 min
Leyton Midland Road Rail Station	1.0 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from St James Street (London) Rail Station (15 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Work from home

38%

Public transport

30%

Drive

21%

Walk or cycle

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging54 points

Per 10,000 residents1.9

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

Environment from Waltham Forest

Air quality

NO₂

18.2

— WHO guide

PM2.5

8.4

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1002%

Flood zone4.5% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill78 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 buildings118

Conservation areas15

Green belt21.7%

Green spaces1,170

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Waltham Forest

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	751	74% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	297	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	47	—
Green spaces & parks	1,170	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

88.4%

Superfast

97%

Ultrafast

89%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Waltham Forest

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

Unemployment rate7.5%

In work (employment rate)63.2%

Companies registered here30,035

New incorporations (12m)5,961

Property companies (SPVs)3,497

See the full Waltham Forest report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district