Last year we were impressed with some street art which had been painted on one of the M11 supports in Roding Valley Park. Happily it is still there.
The along the side of the river bank, further along the park, is clearly the work of more than one hand, but has also had a lot of creative attention. Verdict?
A survey of Redbridge’s biggest house sales in 2021 has revealed that four of the top ten were in Wanstead.
The most expensive was a new house on St Mary’s Avenue, which sold for £2.8m, figures released by HM Land Registry and compiled by the Ilford Recorder show.
Sales on Aldersbrook Road, the Avenue and Warren Drive were also in the top ten, each selling for more than £1.5m.
| 16 St Marys Avenue, Wanstead | £2.8m |
| 3 The Dell, Woodford Green | £2.2m |
| 72 Aldersbrook Road, Aldersbrook | £2m |
| 7 Monkhams Drive, Woodford Green | £1.975m |
| 12 The Avenue, Wanstead | £1.9m |
| 22 The Warren Drive, Wanstead | £1.85m |
| 75 Monkhams Lane, Woodford Green | £1.85m |
| 37 Clarence Gate, Woodford Green | £1.775m |
| Apartment 2, Montague House, Regents Drive, Woodford Green | £1.75m |
| 5 Clarence Gate, Woodford Green | £1.7m |
Sale prices only tell one story though. A different way of looking at house prices and comparing data across areas is to record sales by square metre. The website Housemetric applies this approach and finds that most expensive street in the E11 2 postcode area by square metre is Halstead Road, followed by Cowley Road, Wellesley Road and Cranbourne Avenue. More details on that here.
You can’t move for self improvement initiatives nowadays… eat less meat, get more steps, breathe more deeply, and so on. Here is another one: get stuck in.
Wanstead has got so much going for it – one hardly need to tell readers of this site that. But despite that, one thing it is short on is culture. The people here are intelligent and talented, with an appreciation of the good things of life. And yet culture – not so much.
Which is where, nine years ago, the Wanstead Fringe came in. A group of like-minded folk decided to change matters, and in the years since, every autumn this place has been transformed into somewhere with live music, live comedy, films, talks, theatre, cookery demonstrations. The Wanstead Fringe fortnight is one of the undoubted highlights of the year.
So that’s the reason for this invitation to get stuck in. For the Fringe to continue developing and growing and remaining fresh, we need people with new ideas, new enthusiasm, new energy. We want the Fringe to appeal to the whole community, and all age groups. If you can combine your instinct for self-improvement with wanting to improve life in Wanstead, please do get in touch. We will help you get stuck in. You can email me at info@wansteadfringe.org
Thank you
Giles Wilson, Wanstead Fringe Association
We were just saying, just this week, that Wanstead’s new pool was coming along, weren’t we?
Well a few days later and the former geography and arts block at Wanstead High, a familiar but not much-loved sight for many years, is no more. The pool is one step nearer.
If Wansteadium did Instagram, which it does not because life is too short, Wednesday evening would almost certainly have featured (along with thousands of others, no doubt). But it really was a sight.
It’s been so long coming it’s almost possible to forget Wanstead is getting its own swimming pool. But if all goes well, this could be the year.
New-ish illustrations of how the site should look have been posted on boards outside the site in Redbridge Lane West. Along with the 25m pool, the redevelopment includes changing rooms, a dance studio and a three-story teaching block for Wanstead High School.
Naturally, though, it’s the pool which is the most delicious prospect for Wanstead residents.
The last we heard the project was due for completion in late 2022. Can’t wait.
