Redbridge: 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 Redbridge on the mapWhat these local examples show
Gants Hill, Barkingside Recreation Ground and Newbury Retail Park do not share the same transport result. The station and retail examples have supported approaches to Gants Hill and Newbury Park, while the recreation-ground position has unresolved walking evidence. Its lower mapped road average does not resolve that access uncertainty. Source crime bands also differ across the three reference areas.
This page covers the official Redbridge boundary (E09000026), 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 14 supported station records, 27 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 17 supported supermarket records, 5 shopping-centre records and 92 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: Central, Elizabeth line. 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. Gants Hill Underground Station
Station reference · mapped entrance. Coordinates: 51.576544, 0.066185.
Retained source ID: 940GZZLUGTH. 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: 75.11 dB Nighttime: 66.98 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 | ≈ 1 min walk Gants Hill Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 5 min walk Valentines Park 51.3 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 1 / 5 · Lowest Redbridge 015A · E01003647 25.4 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 103 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 4 min walk Valentines High School Secondary · Community school · Strong standard · Curriculum and teaching · 2026-03-17 · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 17 min walk Lidl Lidl · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 17 min walk Newbury Retail Park Shopping centre · shop position |
2. Barkingside Recreation Ground
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.587722, 0.078523.
Retained source ID: 8540208. 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: 49.23 dB Nighttime: 40.1 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 | No reliable route estimate |
| Green-space walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Recorded crime | Band 4 / 5 · Higher Redbridge 010C · E01003711 84.7 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 326 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Supermarket walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Shopping walk | No reliable route estimate No reliable walking-network connection for this overview cell. |
3. Newbury Retail Park
Shopping-site reference · shop position. Coordinates: 51.574322, 0.082648.
Retained source ID: w1137428603. 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: 58.81 dB Nighttime: 48.65 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 | ≈ 11 min walk Newbury Park Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 12 min walk Valentines Park 51.3 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Redbridge 017D · E01003645 127.0 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 762 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 3 min walk Newbury Park Primary School Primary · Community school · No overall grade under the previous inspection framework · 2024-12-03 · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 1 min walk Lidl Lidl · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 1 min walk Newbury 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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