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Lee Close

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34 recorded sales · median £212,750 · 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

£213k

median price

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£213k

median sold price

14.3 yrs

of local pay to buy

13 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

£63,125 in 1995 → £601,000 in 2025

⌄ 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 £212,750. That's about 14.3× local earnings — around the 14.6× five-year average.

Sold price history

2025 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 34 sales£212,750

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 Lee Close 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 Lee Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
17 Lee Close	Terraced	—	—	£740,000	Oct 2025
4 Lee Close	Terraced	—	—	£545,000	Apr 2025
25 Lee Close	Terraced	—	—	£601,000	Mar 2025
18 Lee Close	Terraced	—	—	£590,000	Apr 2024
9 Lee Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£500,000	Nov 2022
2, Lee Close	Terraced	—	—	£433,500	Feb 2019
14, Lee Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£505,000	Dec 2017
14, Lee Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£388,000	May 2017
3 Lee Close	Terraced	—	—	£318,000	Nov 2013
23, Lee Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£300,000	Aug 2013
12 LEE CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£223,000	Jul 2009
1 LEE CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£195,000	Feb 2009
25 Lee Close	Terraced	—	—	£250,000	Feb 2008
29, Lee Close	Terraced	—	—	£229,500	May 2007
35 LEE CLOSE WALTHAMSTOW	Terraced	—	—	£220,000	Oct 2006
11 LEE CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£212,000	Feb 2006
11 LEE CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£170,000	Oct 2005
35 LEE CLOSE WALTHAMSTOW	Terraced	—	—	£167,500	Sep 2005
16, Lee Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£213,500	Aug 2005
17 Lee Close	Terraced	—	—	£225,000	Apr 2005
34 LEE CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£202,000	Mar 2004
8 LEE CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£222,500	Mar 2004
5, Lee Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£180,000	Apr 2003
34 LEE CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£130,000	Dec 2001

Show all sales ↓

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

Ofsted

25 nearest 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
The Higham Hill Centre	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.1 km
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Walthamstow	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.1 km
Whittingham Primary Academy	Primary	—	0.5 km
Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest	Secondary	—	0.5 km
Big Creative Independent School	Secondary	—	0.5 km
St Andrews Pre-School Higham Hill	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.6 km
Unique Child Montessori Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.7 km
Early Buds Nursery Ltd	Nursery	—	0.7 km
Hillyfield Primary Academy	Primary	—	0.8 km
Big Creative Academy	16 plus	—	1.1 km
Roger Ascham Primary School	Primary	—	1.1 km
Penrhyn Child Care Limited	Nursery	—	1.1 km
Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.1 km
Morning Star Educational Centre	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.2 km
Circle Care	Nursery	—	1.2 km
The Winns Primary School	Primary	—	1.2 km
ShowKids- Winns Primary School	Nursery	—	1.2 km
Walthamstow Academy	Secondary	—	1.2 km
Walthamstow Primary Academy	Primary	—	1.2 km
Willowfield School	Secondary	Inspected '26 — see report	1.3 km
Walthamstow Montessori School	Primary	—	1.3 km
Walthamstow Montessori School	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.3 km
Little Engineers Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.4 km
Stoneydown Park School	Primary	—	1.4 km
Harris Academy Tottenham	All-through	—	1.4 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 0.6 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 1.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS

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

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Higham Hill Medical Centre	GP	Good ('21)	0.6 km
Higham Hill Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Sinnott Medical Centre	GP	—	0.6 km
Claremont Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	0.6 km
K Macgregors Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Blue Dew Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Cavendish Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Waterman Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Akshar Pharmacies	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.3 km
The Penrhyn Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	1.3 km
De Globe Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Palmerston Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Grace Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Dr Shantir Practice	GP	Good ('21)	1.4 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Welbourne Gp Surgery, Welbourne H C	GP	—	1.8 km
Welbourne Med Prac, Welbourne H C	GP	—	1.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Sanchoh Limited	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Dowsett Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Forest Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Charlton House Medical Centre	GP	Inadequate ('21)	1.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.9 km
M C Dentistry	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Pharmocare	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
P Ocansey And Associates	Dentist	—	1.9 km
St James Medical Practice Limited	GP	Good ('20)	2.0 km
The Firs	GP	—	2.0 km
Morrisons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Abbey Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Michael Franklin Chemists	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
The Pill Box	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Hoe Street Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Tottenham Health Centre	GP	—	2.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Eclipse Pyramid Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Bruce Grove Primary Health Care Ctr	GP	Requires improvement ('22)	2.0 km
Pharmocare	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
St James Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Pharmacy Warehouse	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Church Hill Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Angle House Orthodontic Chingford	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Angle House Orthodontics	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Perfect Smile Tottenham	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Angel Surgery	GP	Good ('22)	2.2 km
Tynemouth Medical Practice	GP	—	2.2 km
Tynemouth Road H/C (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Pharmocare	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Mount Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Fore Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.3 km
The Microfaculty	GP	Good ('20)	2.3 km
Somerset Gardens Family Health Centre	GP	Good ('18)	2.3 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Queens Road Medical Centre	GP	—	2.5 km
Chingford Medical Practice	GP	Good ('23)	2.5 km
Sterling Way Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Dr Me Silver'S Practice	GP	—	2.6 km
The Forest Surgery	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	2.6 km
Anna House Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Chingford Mount Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Chingford Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Js Medical Practice	GP	Good ('19)	2.7 km
Lawrence House Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	2.7 km
Addison Road Medical Practice	GP	Good ('19)	2.8 km
The Bailey Practice	GP	—	2.8 km
Morris House Group Practice	GP	Good ('17)	2.8 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 13 min from Tottenham Hale Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Northumberland Park Rail Station	0.6 mi	London Liverpool Street	18 min
Blackhorse Road Rail Station	0.7 mi	—	no direct train
Meridian Water Rail Station	1.0 mi	London Liverpool Street	20 min
Tottenham Hale Rail Station	1.0 mi	London Liverpool Street	13 min
St James Street (London) Rail Station	1.2 mi	London Liverpool Street	15 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Tottenham Hale Rail Station (13 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