Layer Gardens Acton, Ealing

22 addresses across 2 postcodes (W3), about 150 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 20601036.

  • Sales: 19 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £1,890,000 across 1 sale.
  • Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (C: 4, D: 5, E: 1).
  • Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in Ealing costs £2,139 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 95% to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Acton Main Line, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: There is a small park or garden about 340 m away, and Ealing Common (12 hectares) is about 670 m (0.4 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 18.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 8.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: It is about 29 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 1 of its 22 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Crown Street Surgery, about 810 m (0.5 miles) away, with 11 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 580 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 60% of households owned their home and 62% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 54 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often vehicle crime.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20251£1,890,000£1,890,000£1,890,000
20241£2,133,172£2,133,172£2,133,172
20221£1,930,000£1,930,000£1,930,000
20201£2,200,000£2,200,000£2,200,000
20141£485,000£485,000£485,000
20101£690,000£690,000£690,000
20071£335,000£335,000£335,000
20051£899,950£899,950£899,950
20012£617,500£595,000£640,000
20001£595,000£595,000£595,000
19993£158,000£132,500£199,950
19981£470,000£470,000£470,000
Most recent sales (19)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
17 Jan 20258 W3 9PRSemi-detached£1,890,000
12 Dec 202412 W3 9PRSemi-detached£2,133,172
28 Mar 20229 W3 9PRSemi-detached£1,930,000
28 May 2021FLAT 3, 4 W3 9PRFlat or maisonette£502,500Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
7 Aug 20201 W3 9PRSemi-detached£2,200,000
31 Oct 2014FLAT 3, 4 W3 9PRFlat or maisonette£485,000Leasehold.
6 Jan 20103 W3 9PRSemi-detached£690,000
8 Jun 2007FLAT 3, 4 W3 9PRFlat or maisonette£335,000Leasehold.
8 Apr 20052 W3 9PRSemi-detached£899,950
22 Jun 200112 W3 9PRSemi-detached£595,000
2 Apr 20016 W3 9PRSemi-detached£640,000
14 Jul 20001 W3 9PRSemi-detached£595,000
30 Sep 1999FLAT 1, 4 W3 9PRFlat or maisonette£199,950Leasehold.
5 Mar 1999FLAT 3, 4 W3 9PRFlat or maisonette£132,500New build. Leasehold.
10 Feb 1999FLAT 2, 4 W3 9PRFlat or maisonette£158,000New build. Leasehold.
19 Jun 199811 W3 9PRSemi-detached£470,000
2 Aug 19967 W3 9PRSemi-detached£285,000
12 Jul 19969 W3 9PRSemi-detached£245,000
11 Jan 1996FLAT 1, 4 W3 9PRFlat or maisonette£117,000New build. Leasehold.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026 (load in progress). Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from October 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 175 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (5); Flat (5). Built: 1900-1929 (6); before 1900 (2); 1930-1949 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7); rented (social) (1); rented (private) (1).

Council tax

What each band costs in Ealing in 2026-27: Band D £2,139 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,426£1,663£1,901£2,139£2,614£3,089£3,564£4,277

Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band G (26% of about 1,410 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the 2 neighbourhoods (census areas of about 700 homes each) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: yes, Creffield (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
  • Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Green belt: no.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
W3 9PRnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
W3 9SSnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Height above sea level

The street's addresses are about 29 m above sea level.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
W3 9PR100%95%95%0%
W3 9SS100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsActon Main Line 2.7 million journeys in 2024–251.3 km (0.8 miles)
Ealing Broadway 15 million journeys in 2024–251.3 km (0.8 miles)
Acton Central 1.6 million journeys in 2024–251.4 km (0.9 miles)
Underground, metro or tramEaling Common Underground Station420 m (0.3 miles)
West Acton Underground Station690 m (0.4 miles)
North Ealing Underground Station750 m (0.5 miles)
Bus stops12 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 27 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Layer Gardens Acton80 m
Bus or coach stationMontpelier Road / St Peters Way Ealing1.8 km (1.1 miles)
Ferry terminalKew Pier2.8 km (1.8 miles)
Car parks1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest National Car Parks770 m (0.5 miles)
EV charging points32 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest ubitricity190 m
Airport with scheduled flightsLondon Heathrow Airport LHR13.1 km (8.1 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries11 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Crown Street Surgery810 m (0.5 miles)
Pharmacies14 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Conway Chemist670 m (0.4 miles)
NHS dentists21 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Shades Clinic290 m
HospitalEaling Hospital Child Health2.1 km (1.3 miles)
Police stationActon Police Station670 m (0.4 miles)
Cash machines1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tesco Bank ATM410 m (0.3 miles)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,880 m²340 m
Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles)Ealing Common 12 ha670 m (0.4 miles)
Play area1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,580 m²760 m (0.5 miles)
Playing field1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Woodlands 6,930 m²690 m (0.4 miles)
Allotments2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,680 m²400 m (0.2 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 15 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is The Elms, a listed building (Grade II*), 410 m (0.3 miles) south-east. 29 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
The ElmsListed building, Grade II*410 m (0.3 miles) south-east
Gunnersbury ParkRegistered park or garden, Grade II*1.7 km (1.1 miles) south
Walpole ParkRegistered park or garden, Grade II1.9 km (1.2 miles) west
Royal Botanic Gardens, KewWorld Heritage Site3.9 km (2.4 miles) south
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Barons PondLake or reservoir1.2 km (0.8 miles) south
Hog HoleTidal water3 km (1.9 miles) south
Conolly DellValley4.1 km (2.5 miles) west
Trumper's WoodWood4.2 km (2.6 miles) south-west
Small ProfitsWetland4.6 km (2.8 miles) south-east
Horsenden HillHill4.9 km (3 miles) north-west

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)18.44010
Fine particles (PM2.5)8.9205
Particles (PM10)14.44015

All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.

Road, rail and aircraft noise

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailwaysAircraft
55 to 59100
Under 55212222

1 of the street's 22 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.

Climate, daylight and earthquakes

Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Ealing: see them on the Ealing page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 1 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
Twyford Church of England High SchoolSecondary11–18460 m (0.3 miles) Outstanding (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary3–11630 m (0.4 miles) Outstanding (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Ark Soane AcademySecondary11–19650 m (0.4 miles) Outstanding (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework)
The Ellen Wilkinson School for GirlsSecondary11–18650 m (0.4 miles) No published inspection
West Acton Primary SchoolPrimary3–11690 m (0.4 miles) Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Ark Acton AcademySecondary11–18740 m (0.5 miles) Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Derwentwater Primary SchoolPrimary3–111 km (0.6 miles) No published inspection
Ada Lovelace Church of England High SchoolSecondary11–181.1 km (0.7 miles) Outstanding (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Holy Family Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary3–111.1 km (0.7 miles) Outstanding (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework)
South Acton Childrens CentreNursery2–51.1 km (0.7 miles) Outstanding (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Acton Gardens Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.2 km (0.7 miles) No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good
Ark Priory Primary AcademyPrimary3–111.4 km (0.9 miles) No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 1 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Maria Montessori Nursery School W3 9SQHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises230 m5 Very good2 Oct 2024
Angel Chiffon W3 9SQRetailers - other230 mAwaiting inspection
Springfield Acton Bowls W5 3RSPub/bar/nightclub250 m5 Very good11 Dec 2024
Wasps FC (Bar Only) W3 9QAPub/bar/nightclub250 m5 Very good3 Apr 2024
BDK (Burhany Dark Kitchens) / Poke Court / Komiderre / Beef Talk / Wings N Chips / Nawashiff / Hasty Chick / Load Of The Fries/ Dirty Bones / Dirty Vegan W3 9QATakeaway/sandwich shop270 m5 Very good20 Jun 2026
Egg N Chip W3 9QATakeaway/sandwich shop270 m2 Improvement necessary20 Oct 2023
Impact Food Group At Twyford C Of E High School W3 9PPSchool/college/university320 m5 Very good12 Oct 2026
Ealing Lawn Tennis Club W5 3RYPub/bar/nightclub330 m4 Good26 Mar 2024
Ta Ke Sushi W5 3NNRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen340 m3 Generally satisfactory27 Jan 2026
W5 Kebab W5 3LDTakeaway/sandwich shop340 m2 Improvement necessary8 Jul 2024
Viona Patisserie W5 3LDRetailers - other340 m5 Very good23 Sep 2025
My Mini-Mix W5 3LDRetailers - other340 m5 Very good14 Mar 2025
Mugi Coffee Bar W5 3LDRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen340 m1 Major improvement necessary10 Mar 2026
Jono's Freehouse W5 3LDPub/bar/nightclub340 m5 Very good23 Apr 2024
Ealing Butchers & Charcutier W5 3LDManufacturers/packers340 m3 Generally satisfactory28 Aug 2026

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

54 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Vehicle crime17
Violence and sexual offences12
Other theft6
Anti-social behaviour4
Criminal damage and arson4
Drugs3
Burglary3
Public order2
Robbery1
Bicycle theft1
Other crime1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Creffield Road (22); On or near Fordhook Avenue (7); On or near Birch Grove (6); On or near Stanway Gardens (6); On or near Twyford Avenue (6).

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the 2 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 583 residents in 240 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age4540
Children under 1515%17%
Aged 65 and over19%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)60%61%
Owned outright34%33%
Shared ownershipunder 1%1%
Social rented14%17%
Private rented25%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work61%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)6%6%
Retired (of adults)20%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)2%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)54%32%
Travel to work by car or van15%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram16%4%
By any public transport, including bus21%8%
On foot or by bicycle7%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)60%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away6%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)62%34%
No qualifications12%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification3%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)74%91%
Cannot speak English well or at all5%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhoods around this street are all in decile 6 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • W3 9PR: 21 addresses
  • W3 9SS: 1 address of 31 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Stanway Gardens · Fordhook Avenue · Montague Gardens · Twyford Avenue · Western Gardens · Birch Grove · Creffield Road · Hale Gardens · Daniel Road · Byron Road · Oakley Avenue · Station Parade

All the streets in W3 and across Ealing.

What this page cannot tell you

  • Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
  • What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
  • How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
  • How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
  • Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
  • How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.