Barking and Dagenham: local evidence before choosing a home
Three public reference positions, ten independent checks and the limitations you need before treating a map result as a housing shortlist.
By the notbad project · editorial review . Source dates are separate.
Explore Barking and Dagenham on the mapWhat these local examples show
Dagenham Heathway, Valence Park and Merrielands Retail Park answer different everyday questions. The station reference has a very short supported-line walk; the park reference instead reaches Chadwell Heath in about 21 minutes. Their source crime areas also differ, so neither a station-centre result nor a borough label should be applied to all three locations.
This page covers the official Barking and Dagenham boundary (E09000002), not a single neighbourhood with the same name. Its three examples are illustrative catalog positions, not a representative sample of homes or a borough-wide verdict.
Mapped destinations in this boundary
The retained catalogs place 7 supported station records, 16 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 12 supported supermarket records, 3 shopping-centre records and 67 official school positions inside this boundary. These are source-position counts, not a complete inventory or proof of present access; station records can represent separate services at one interchange.
Supported lines represented here: District, Hammersmith & City, Suffragette. Coverage includes Underground, Overground, DLR and Elizabeth lines, not every National Rail service. Walking destinations can lie outside the borough.
Three public reference reports
These use the independent Check profile: all supported destination choices, walks up to 30 minutes, green spaces at least 2 hectares, both noise periods and no combined score. School results use all phases and both inspection schemes; the new report-card area is Curriculum and teaching. Origins are source positions, sometimes inside a site, not verified entrances. Unknown means reliable evidence is unavailable, not a pass.
1. Dagenham Heathway Underground Station
Station reference · mapped entrance. Coordinates: 51.541639, 0.147527.
Retained source ID: 940GZZLUDGY. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 54.14 dB Nighttime: 49 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 71.33 dB Nighttime: 65.87 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Within the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 1 min walk Dagenham Heathway Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 8 min walk Goresbrook Park 14.0 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Barking and Dagenham 013A · E01000013 187.5 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 740 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 5 min walk Parsloes Primary School Primary · Community school · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 2 min walk Lidl Lidl · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 2 min walk The Mall Shopping centre · centre position |
2. Valence Park
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.557423, 0.137212.
Retained source ID: 93388098. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 41.88 dB Nighttime: 35.17 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 21 min walk Chadwell Heath Rail Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 1 min walk Valence Park 9.7 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 2 / 5 · Lower Barking and Dagenham 004B · E01000100 50.8 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 199 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 6 min walk Grafton Primary School Primary · Community school · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 14 min walk Morrisons Morrisons · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 29 min walk The Mall Shopping centre · centre position |
3. Merrielands Retail Park
Shopping-site reference · shop position. Coordinates: 51.530888, 0.145926.
Retained source ID: w676486628. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 58.95 dB Nighttime: 53.5 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 40.12 dB Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 17 min walk Dagenham Heathway Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 9 min walk Goresbrook Park 14.0 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Barking and Dagenham 018E · E01000095 219.4 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 1,457 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 3 min walk St Peter's Catholic Primary School Primary · Voluntary aided school · Good · legacy overall · 2023-06-20 · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 2 min walk Aldi Aldi · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 2 min walk Merrielands Retail Park Shopping centre · shop position |
Turn this comparison into viewing questions
Choose the journeys and surroundings you actually need. Check the location of the home, the route and entrance you would use, indoor noise and current access. A missing noise value is unverified quietness; a missing supported-line result does not cover every rail service. Tube proximity does not measure vibration, crime bands do not predict personal safety, and a nearby school does not establish eligibility.
Source snapshots behind these examples
- Aircraft: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping). Airport activity years vary and are not verified for every airport; no mapped aircraft-noise contour does not establish infrequent flights or quietness.
- Road and railway: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping); 2021 road/rail activity; historical model, not live measurements.. Published values begin at 40 dB day / 35 dB night.
- Walking and mapped destinations: retained OSM snapshot 2026-10-30T21:24:51Z; packaged station snapshot, not live services.
- Crime: 2024-09 to 2026-08; resident population year 2024. Historical London-only bands, not safety grades.
- Schools: GIAS 2026-10-31; Ofsted 2026-09-30. Proximity does not establish admissions.
- Tube proxy: April 2026; 100 m setback, not measured vibration.
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