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Emerson Park
Havering, London
Emerson Park sits on the eastern side of Hornchurch in Havering, a quiet interwar suburb of detached and semi-detached housing around Ardleigh Green Road and Butts Green Road. The three listed buildings — the Grade II Lilliputs, Capel Nelmes and Well Tower at Tower Lodge — mark the older estate fabric of the Nelmes area. Safety sits in the top fifth of London wards and air quality is among the cleanest in the city. Twelve Ofsted outstanding rated schools fall within reach, and the ward holds a modest green footprint of around 6.5 hectares. The costs are what they look like: almost no public-transport access on the index, with Emerson Park railway station served only by the short Romford-to-Upminster shuttle; a thin retail offer with around twenty food venues; no conservation-area cover; and a cultural footprint that runs to local parades. This is far-edge Essex-adjacent suburbia, priced and scored accordingly.
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- Limited public-transport access
- 3 listed buildings
- 4 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- 59 open venues (19 food and drink, 40 other)
Emerson Park score highlights
- Air & Quiet Clean air and low ambient noise by London standards (score 87/100).
- Safety Low recorded crime relative to the rest of London (score 81/100).
- Area development Little recent major-development activity (score 0/100).
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Property prices & growth
60/ 100
- Purchase affordability85
- Rent affordability35
- Price momentum (5yr)49
- Activity (turnover)80
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£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and 30 years of sale-price history for this ward.
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Safety
81/ 100
- Personal safety80
- Property crime77
- Anti-social behaviour88
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Connectivity
21/ 100
Median public-transport access is limited (TfL PTAL 1.0 of 8 across this ward).
Air & Quiet
87/ 100
- Air quality98
- Quietness70
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Cultural Signal
12/ 100
- Nightlife0
- Dining0
- Arts & culture7
- Retail & shops0
- Sports & recreation21
- Independent scene21
- Vitality (openings, diversity)31
59 open venues nearby — 19 food & drink, 40 other.
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Education
46/ 100
- Primary schools38
- Secondary schools54
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Heritage
3/ 100
3 listed buildings
- LilliputsGrade II
- Capel NelmesGrade II
- Well Tower at Tower LodgeGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
58/ 100
- Green spaces76
- Waterways25
~7 ha of green space in total.
Area development
0/ 100
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