St Peter's Path Walthamstow, Waltham Forest
1 address across 1 postcode (E17), about 160 m long. USRN 22878250.
- 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 E; Band D in Waltham Forest costs £2,387 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wood Street, about 580 m (0.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Greenway Avenue Community Garden, is about 310 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 16.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 8.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 44 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Dr Dhital Practice, about 610 m (0.4 miles) away, with 12 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 340 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 59% of households owned their home and 52% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 21 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Waltham Forest in 2026-27: Band D £2,387 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,591 | £1,857 | £2,122 | £2,387 | £2,917 | £3,448 | £3,978 | £4,774 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (35% of about 720 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Other Article 4 Direction Area, Other Article 4 Direction Area, Other Article 4 Direction Area.
- Tree preservation orders: 4 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 33. Bisterne Avenue (near 8): up to 5 homes, not permissioned (160 m)
- Hylands Road Phase 1 and 2: up to 120 homes, permissioned (510 m (0.3 miles))
- 209-213 Wood Street Scout Hall and Church (former factory): up to 10 homes, not permissioned (560 m (0.3 miles))
- 220 Wood Street: up to 26 homes, permissioned (620 m (0.4 miles))
- Whipps Cross Garage, 279 Wood Street: up to 21 homes, not permissioned (720 m (0.4 miles))
- Wood Street Autos, 82-92 Vallentin Rd: up to 9 homes, not permissioned (720 m (0.4 miles))
- Car Park off of Havant Rd: up to 7 homes, not permissioned (730 m (0.5 miles))
- T & T Timber & Builders Merchants Ltd, 72-74 Wood Street: up to 11 homes, not permissioned (750 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 11 September 2026: BT, New service connection, no carriageway incursion, on the footpath (minor works)
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 44 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E17 3PW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wood Street 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Walthamstow Central 4.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km (1.1 miles) | |
| Walthamstow Queen's Road 997,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Snaresbrook Underground Station | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| South Woodford Underground Station | 1.6 km (1 mile) | |
| Walthamstow Central Underground Station | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 38 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest St Peters Church Upper Walthamstow | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Park View Road (N17) Tottenham Hale | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | East India Pier | 9 km (5.6 miles) |
| Car parks | NCP South Woodford Station | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | 52 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest ubitricity | 200 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 9.8 km (6.1 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 34.8 km (22 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 12 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dr Dhital Practice | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 11 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Focal Point Pharmacy | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Whipps Cross Hospital | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | Wanstead Police Station | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Payzone | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Greenway Avenue Community Garden 2,040 m² | 310 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Bisterne Avenue Park 6,440 m² | 370 m |
| Play area | 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 490 m² | 370 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.1 ha | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Forest Road Allotments 2.8 ha | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 0.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Walthamstow House (Corpus Christi School), a listed building (Grade II*), 1 km (0.6 miles) west. 14 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Walthamstow House (Corpus Christi School) | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| Wanstead Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Round Pond | Lake or reservoir | 520 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Hollow Pond | Lake or reservoir | 880 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Eagle Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Walthamstow Forest | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Lincoln Island | Island | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) south-east |
| Tottenham Marshes | Wetland | 4 km (2.5 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 16.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.3 | 40 | 15 |
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 and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 1 |
1 of the street's 1 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 Waltham Forest: see them on the Waltham Forest page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Woodside Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 760 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 5–11 | 760 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Exceptional; Achievement: Exceptional; Attendance and behaviour: Exceptional; Personal development and wellbeing: Exceptional; Inclusion: Exceptional; Leadership and governance: Exceptional; Early years: Exceptional; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Holy Family Catholic School Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–18 | 930 m (0.6 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Our Lady and St George's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Frederick Bremer School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Henry Maynard Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Waltham Forest College | 16 plus | 16–99 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Thorpe Hall Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Snaresbrook Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Leytonstone School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Emmanuel Community School Christian | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Requires improvement (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Walthamstow School for Girls | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Stepping Stones Nursery at Peterhouse E17 3PW | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 100 m | 5 Very good | 17 Jan 2025 |
| ForestViewCare Ltd E17 3QG | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 180 m | 5 Very good | 22 Jun 2026 |
| Dalton Lodge Care Home E17 3QY | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 350 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 12 Nov 2025 |
| Chartwells at Forest School E17 3QA | School/college/university | 350 m | 5 Very good | 20 Jan 2025 |
| Walthamstow Cricket&LawnTennis Club E17 3QN | Pub/bar/nightclub | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 17 Feb 2026 |
| The Village Pre-school E17 3QN | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 13 Mar 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 9 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Bistern Avenue (21).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 59% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 29% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 15% | 17% |
| Private rented | 25% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 51% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 14% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 16% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 20% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 12% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 69% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 0% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 52% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 85% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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.
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.
Postcodes on this street
- E17 3PW: 1 address of 25 in the postcode
Nearby streets
St Peter's Avenue · Bistern Avenue · The Risings · Avon Road · Oakhurst Close · College Place · Kennet Close · Oakhurst Gardens · Upper Walthamstow Road · Forest Rise · Woodford New Road · Fyfield Road
All the streets in E17 and across Waltham Forest.
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.