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Tower Hamlets Area Guide

E3 5BP · Tower Hamlets · London

A clearer picture of local life, the housing market and the things that shape your day.

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WEATHER

Weather this week

Forecast for E3 5BP.

Today · 25 Sep
24°high
Partly cloudy16° low
Tomorrow21°12° lowPartly cloudy26 Sep
Sun23°13° lowCloudy27 Sep
Mon18°13° lowCloudy28 Sep
Tue22°14° lowFair29 Sep
Wed22°19° lowPartly cloudy30 Sep
Thu20°14° lowFair1 Oct
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OVERVIEW

Overview

A concise snapshot before the detail below.

YOUR LOCAL PICTURE

Around Tower Hamlets

E3 5BP is in the Tower Hamlets local authority area. The nearest listed railway station is Cambridge Heath (London), about 1.0 miles from this location. Explore local services and travel connections below, alongside housing and planning records.

HOUSING MARKET

Housing market

Completed property sales and the wider area price trend.

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Median recorded sold price£440,000E3 postcode district

25 Sep 2025 – 17 Jul 2026

372 recorded sales · HM Land Registry
Official average house price£456,898Tower Hamlets

June 2026

UK House Price Index · wider-area benchmark
Official annual price change-13.1%Tower Hamlets

June 2026 compared with a year earlier

UK House Price Index · same area, year on year

The median is the middle recorded sale in the sample above. The official index adjusts for the mix of homes sold across a wider area. Recent registrations can arrive late; neither figure values an individual home.

What could that cost each month?

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Use sold-price median: £440,000 Use area average: £456,898
PLANNING

Planning

Recent nearby applications and a route to the full planning view.

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Checking recent planning…This section will update when the latest local records are ready.
NEARBY FINDS

Things for sale nearby

Pre-loved, useful and just around the corner in Tower Hamlets.

A LITTLE LESS CLUTTER. A NEW LOCAL HOME.

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Someone nearby might be looking for it.

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LOCAL LIFE

What’s around here?

A lighter snapshot of useful local places, showing only the results available in each section.

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Some unclaimed business pages use category illustrations until the business adds its own photographs.

Food hygiene data: Food Standards Agency / local authorities, OGL. Place and available business details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
LIVING HERE

Living here

Schools, population, reported crime and employment.

Schools
  1. Olga Primary SchoolPrimary · Ages 3–110.1 mi
  2. Central Foundation Girls' SchoolSecondary · Ages 11–190.3 mi
  3. Chisenhale Primary SchoolPrimary · Ages 3–110.3 mi
  4. Phoenix SchoolCommunity special school · Ages 3–190.4 mi
Immediate neighbourhood2,059 residents

Population of the small statistical area surrounding E3 5BP—not the whole town. 2024.

0–15 · 12.6%16–64 · 74.0%65+ · 13.4%
What area does this cover?

Tower Hamlets 003A (LSOA) is a defined statistical boundary, not a mileage radius.

Reported crime1,609

Reports within about one mile in the latest mapped month · 2026-07.

Violence & sexual offences · 436Anti-social behaviour · 381Shoplifting · 233
Employment7.2%

Unemployment estimate for Tower Hamlets · Latest available period.

REPRESENTATION

Who represents this area?

Current representation and recent general-election history for Stratford and Bow.

Local councilTower HamletsLocal authority for E3 5BP
Latest general election · 2024Labour44.1% vote share
How this area has votedWinning party, vote share and turnout at recent general elections.
2024Labour44.1% of votes53.8% turnout
2019Labour70.4% of votes64.2% turnout

Constituency boundaries changed in 2024, so older results may not cover exactly the same streets.

GETTING AROUND

Getting around

Roads, rail, nearby car parks, EV charging, driving charges and airports.

How to get here on the Tube
Nearest motorway / major roadM114.9 miles
Clean air & driving chargesUltra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)Inside the ULEZ
NEARBY CAR PARKS

Nearby car parks

The closest useful mapped car parks.

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EV CHARGING

Nearby EV charging

Nearest public charging locations with useful charger details where available.

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No reliable nearby EV-charger result is available right now.

NEAREST MAJOR AIRPORT

London City Airport

About 4.2 miles away. Distance alone does not show whether a property is under a flight path.

No strategic aircraft-noise band is shown for this postcode. That does not guarantee aircraft will never be heard.

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NEARBY PLACES & OUTDOORS

Nearby places & outdoors

Useful nearby places, green space and walking routes.

Useful nearby places

Places of worship

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Nearest prison
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Green space and walks

Green space

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From Vet Reviews

Vets near this area

Explore practice profiles, owner reviews and contact details around E3 5BP.

Published practices within 10 miles, ordered by approximate straight-line distance from the map point. Some practice locations use postcode centres. This is not a quality ranking or a complete directory.

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Mobile coverage
Coverage at a glanceIndoor and outdoor coverage around E3 5BP
EE
Indoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
Three
Indoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
O2
Indoor: LikelyOutdoor: Likely
Vodafone
Indoor: LikelyOutdoor: Likely
UTILITIES & BROADBAND

Utilities & broadband

BIN DAYS

Collection dates are address-specific

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Data, sources and limitationsSources, refresh dates and important context
Key sources

Weather: MET Norway, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Mobile coverage and broadband: Ofcom. Population: ONS via Nomis. Property sales: HM Land Registry. Local places may include Food Standards Agency and OpenStreetMap data. Elections use published constituency results and current representative data.

How to read the figures

Small-area population is a defined statistical geography, not a town total or mileage radius. Distances are approximate straight-line or mapped distances unless a module states otherwise. Older election results may use pre-2024 constituency boundaries.

Dataset dates
  • Weather: 25 Sep 2026, 09:45
  • Sold prices: most recent displayed sale 17 Jul 2026
  • Reported crime: 2026-07