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Longbridge
Barking and Dagenham, London
PocketsLongbridge & Barking Park (Mayesbrook Park · Longbridge Road · Upney Lane · Barking Park · Mayes Brook)Barking East
Longbridge covers the north-west corner of Barking, wrapping around the borough's oldest public green and running up to the boundary with Redbridge. The character is Edwardian terraces and interwar semis sat alongside a substantial civic park. Barking Park — at 27 hectares, the largest green in the ward — gives Longbridge its defining feature, and the Grade II Barking Park War Memorial sits inside it. Ten outstanding-rated schools fall within the catchment, and Barking station's direct links to Fenchurch Street and the District line sit just to the south. Housing here is among the more affordable in London, which pulls in families priced out of inner boroughs further west. The trade-offs are visible in the stats: safety sits below the London median, there is no conservation area cover to protect the older streetscape from piecemeal change, and cultural life is limited — most food and retail activity happens a short walk away in Barking town centre rather than in the ward itself.
- Strongest75Nature Access
Strong access to green space and waterways
- Also strong66Air & Quiet
Clean air and low ambient noise by London standards
- Watch out2Heritage
Little listed-building or conservation-area presence
At a glance
- Moderate public-transport access
- 1 listed building
- 2 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Barking Park (27.3 hectares)
- 44 open venues (30 food and drink, 14 other)
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Barking Park opened in 1898 and is the oldest public park in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
54Better than 64% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability90
- Rent affordability30
- Price momentum (5yr)60
- Activity (turnover)40
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Prices, rent & trends
£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Longbridge: 78 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
42Better than 37% of London
- Personal safety33
- Property crime49
- Anti-social behaviour44
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Connectivity
44Better than 49% of London
Median public-transport access is moderate (TfL PTAL 3.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Real TfL journey times to London's major hubs, plus this ward's transport access rank across London.
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Air & Quiet
66Better than 78% of London
- Air quality73
- Quietness57
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
12Better than 11% of London
- Nightlife0
- Dining7
- Arts & culture0
- Retail & shops7
- Sports & recreation0
- Independent scene21
- Vitality (openings, diversity)31
44 open venues nearby — 30 food & drink, 14 other.
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For Longbridge: the mix behind 44 open venues—% independent
Education
64Better than 92% of London
- Primary schools54
- Secondary schools74
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School inspection history
Every school in this ward with its current Ofsted rating and multi-year trend.
For Longbridge: 4 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
2Better than 7% of London
1 listed building
- Barking Park War MemorialGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
75Better than 91% of London
- Green spaces93
- Waterways50
Largest green space: Barking Park (27 ha). ~32 ha of green space in total.
Area development
14Better than 79% of London
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For Longbridge: 78 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price history £—24-mo crime trend to Jun 2026TfL times to 8 hubs — min4 schools' inspection records44 venues mapped
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- Is Longbridge safe?
- Longbridge scores 42 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — mid-table for London. The score weighs personal safety, property crime and anti-social behaviour separately rather than ranking on one raw total, so the mix of crime matters as well as the volume.
- Is Longbridge a good place to live?
- Longbridge scores 41 overall when all nine data layers are weighted equally. The London comparison beside the score shows how that number ranks against every ward. Its strongest suits are nature access (75) and air & quiet (66); its weakest is heritage (2). Whether it suits you depends on what you weight — the same data re-ranked around your own priorities can read very differently.
- How well connected is Longbridge?
- Moderate public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Longbridge 3 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 44 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Longbridge expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Longbridge is among London's more affordable areas to buy: its purchase-affordability score is 18/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Longbridge?
- Longbridge scores 64 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 2 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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