IG11 8LB
Last sold £92,000 in May 2003
237, Gurney Close, Barking
- Property type
- Flat
- Bedrooms
- 1 (est.)
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- Floor area
- 431 sq ft / 40 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 6m
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Price history in context
- May 2003 — £92,000 · +16.5% · 2 pts behind the UK market
- May 2002 — £79,000
What this home might be worth today
£210,000
Estimate range £200,000–£221,000
+128.5% since May 2003 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 200 nearby sales within a year · 1-bed (est.) flat within 1 km
The life around it
- St Winefride's RC Primary School 29-min walk crosses a major road
- Northbury Primary School 8-min walk
- Barking station 11-min walk crosses a major road
- Epping-Bush Wood 4.1km
- The coast (coastline) 124m
- Lake 107m
- Mill Pool 987m
- Broadwater 5.0km
- Loxford Water 68m
- Little Ilford Park 499m
- Play Area 214m
- Shop 307m
- Harts Lane Estate (->E) 142m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 28.6% of premises — not all
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 28.6% of premises — not all
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Barking, 660m away
- 15 min London
- 86 min Cambridge
- 91 min Brighton
- 94 min Oxford
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Noise
Road noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.
Rail noise here is mapped at 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a railway close by.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,570 hours a year — sunnier than 50% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: no hills shade it. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Planning
- An Article 4 direction applies here — some permitted development rights are withdrawn.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Among the highest for England & Wales — 469 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 231, Gurney Close, Barking £210,000 · 2025
- 236, Gurney Close, Barking £29,500 · 1996
- 235, Gurney Close, Barking £45,000 · 2000
- 234, Gurney Close, Barking £125,250 · 2004
- 233, Gurney Close, Barking £101,500 · 2006
- 242, Gurney Close, Barking £31,500 · 1996
Planning activity nearby
- Rejected Demolition of existing outbuilding and the construction of a new single storey rear… Mar 2026 source
- In progress Construction of a single storey rear extension [retrospective] May 2026 source
- Permitted Proposed removal of 6no. Antennas, to be replaced with 3no. Antennas and development… Nov 2025 source
- In progress Installation of an external two storey lift to the front elevation Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Construction of a single storey rear and side extension including a new rear entrance to… Feb 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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