Wansteadium has a new page, which will have been spotted by eagle-eyed readers: it’s just up there in the navigation: Wanstead in data. All sorts of updating facts and figures all about Wanstead, collected for the interest of the people of Wanstead.
Among the data feeds you will find there are records about how much rain we’ve had recently, and how that’s having an impact on the level of the Roding and local reservoirs:
Rainfall · nearest EA gauge
No rain recorded in the past 24 hours
0.0mm
The nearest Environment Agency gauge has recorded 1.4mm over the past seven days.
Two weeks of rainfall
Two consecutive seven-day periods at the same gauge. Not a comparison with the historical average.
River Roding · Redbridge gauge
The Roding is at its usual level
0.12m
The river is within its long-term typical range.
You can also see up-to-date records of Wanstead air quality, thanks to the monitoring station at Gardner Close:
Air quality · Gardner Close
Air pollution is low
LOW
Nitrogen dioxide at Gardner Close is 10µg/m³, air-quality index 1.
Also you can keep track of the actual prices houses in Wanstead have sold for (clue: it’s not as much as you might think)
Homes · Recently sold
What are Wanstead homes selling for?
£698k
Median registered sale price in 2026 to date · 135 sales · 35 terraces · 35 semis · 3 detached.
Other figures there worth looking at are trends in local crime, population, school places, and with more to come as we discover more feeds. Any data nerds out there who know of other sources, please let us know by emailing info@wansteadium.com.
And anyone who rolls their eyes and says: “Pshaw! More AI!”, well here’s a thing. AI can be a very useful tool but it is not used in the routine processing or interpretation of the data presented in our data dashboards. Calculations, comparisons and descriptions are generated using programmed methods rather than AI-generated assessments. And anyone who queries the use of Pshaw as an exclamation, we can only tell you that it was good enough to be the answer to Wordle #1852 in July.
What do you think of DRECK, today’s Wordle word? New York maybe, but not very Home
Counties!
Kerry you can get an ASBO for Wordle spoilers, don’t you know?
One into two. One into three doesn’t go. One two. One three. Three One. Three two. One two Three. Three two one. Have fun for everyone.
Well said Les
Trend something that has a long lasting impact.