Estate agents in E2

E2 is a postcode district in Tower Hamlets and HM Land Registry recorded 318 homes sold there in the 12 months August 2025 to July 2026. The median price paid over that period was £500,000.

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House prices in E2

Median sale price in E2: £500,000

Homes sold in E2, August 2025 to July 2026
All homes318 sales, median £500,000
Terraced36 sales, median £870,000
Flats and maisonettes282 sales, median £480,000

Across Tower Hamlets the average price was £451,939 in May 2026, down 13.0% on a year earlier.

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Transport links

Cambridge Heath station is about 0.2 miles from the centre of E2, with Bethnal Green about 0.5 miles away, Hoxton about 0.6 miles and Shoreditch High Street about 0.7 miles. Underground stops nearby are Bethnal Green at about 0.4 miles, Whitechapel at about 0.7 miles, Stepney Green at about 0.9 miles and Aldgate East at about 1.1 miles. The A1208, A1209, A107, A106 and A10 pass through or beside the district. The nearest motorway junctions are M11 junction 4 (Charlie Brown's) at about 6 miles and M1 junction 1 (Staples Corner) at about 8 miles. London City Airport is about 5 miles away and London Heathrow Airport about 17 miles. Central London is about 3 miles from E2 in a straight line.

Schools in and near E2

E2 has 41 primary schools within about 1.2 miles of the centre, the nearest being Lawdale Junior School and Elizabeth Selby Infants' School at about 0.1 miles. Sebright School and St John's Church of England Primary School (Church of England) are about 0.3 miles away. Secondary options include Oaklands School (sixth form) at about 0.1 miles and Mulberry Academy Shoreditch (sixth form, academy) at about 0.4 miles. Independent schools include Darul Hadis Latifiah (boys only) at about 0.4 miles and Gatehouse School at about 0.7 miles. Brick Lane School, a special school, is about 0.6 miles away. For further and higher education, the Workers' Educational Association is about 0.9 miles away and Queen Mary University of London about 1.0 miles.

Living in E2

E2 is an urban postcode district in the built-up area of Tower Hamlets, with about 46,000 residents. There are more than 90 convenience stores and at least 12 supermarkets, the nearest about 0.3 miles away. Columbia Road Flower Market is about 0.3 miles away, one of at least 7 markets. There are more than 50 pubs, the nearest being Sebright Arms at about 0.1 miles, as well as more than 130 cafés and more than 140 restaurants. For health there are at least 10 doctors' surgeries, with Bethnal Green Health Centre about 0.2 miles away, plus at least 14 pharmacies and at least 16 dentists. The nearest hospital with an emergency department is the Royal London Hospital at about 0.9 miles. Bethnal Green Road Post Office is about 0.2 miles away and there are at least 6 libraries. Of more than 20 named parks, Middleton Green is nearest at about 0.1 miles.

A short history of E2

Haggerston was recorded in Domesday Book in 1086 as Hergotestane, a name that may come from a Saxon farmer called Hærgod. Stepney's manor house stood in Bethnal Green from at least 1207. In the 13th century the common at Cambridge Heath was used for grazing sheep and a house there was recorded in 1275. A play on the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green was performed in 1600 and the ballad was mentioned in 1624. Edmond Halley was born in Haggerston in 1656. By the seventeenth century Bethnal Green was a hamlet of Stepney and it became a separate parish in 1743. Nichols Square was built in 1841. Bethnal Green became a Metropolitan Borough in 1900. The area has 241 listed buildings. Grade I examples include the churches of St Leonard, St Columba and St John on Bethnal Green, Trinity Green almshouses and the Geffrye Museum.

Sport and leisure

York Hall Leisure Centre has facilities for swimming, boxing and gym use alongside a spa and Britannia Leisure Centre and Whitechapel Sports Centre are also in the area. London Fields Lido is listed for swimming. Among the clubs and grounds are Repton Boxing Club, Laburnum Boat Club for canoeing and the running groups Progress Running Club and Knees Up. Belford House MUGA and Bracer House MUGA are marked for soccer and basketball and a number of other pitches and courts are mapped across the district. Parks and open spaces include Victoria Park, Mile End Park, Haggerston Park, Shoreditch Park and Ravenscroft Park, along with Meath Gardens Outdoor Gym.

Common questions

What is the median price paid for a home in E2?
The median price paid in E2 over the 12 months August 2025 to July 2026 was £500,000. Over the same period the median price paid was £870,000 for terraced houses and £480,000 for flats.
How many homes were sold in E2 in the last year?
In the 12 months August 2025 to July 2026 there were 318 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry. Of these 282 were flats and 36 were terraced houses.
What transport is near E2?
The nearest railway stations are Cambridge Heath at about 0.2 miles and Bethnal Green at about 0.5 miles. Bethnal Green subway station is about 0.4 miles from the centre and central London is about 3 miles away in a straight line.
Which schools are near E2?
There are 41 primary schools within about 1.2 miles of the centre, with Lawdale Junior School and Elizabeth Selby Infants' School both about 0.1 miles away. The nearest secondary school is Oaklands School at about 0.1 miles.
How many estate agent branches are in E2?
There are 15 estate agent sales branches with an office in the E2 postcode district.

Areas near E2

E2 is in Tower Hamlets.

Estate agents near E2

  1. Peach PropertiesTower Hamlets E2 6EH0.1 miles
  2. Love LivingTower Hamlets E2 9FP0.2 miles
  3. Malcolm PropertiesTower Hamlets E2 7DA0.2 miles
  4. Found Property LDNHackney N1 7GU0.2 miles
  5. AP Living LondonTower Hamlets E2 9FN0.2 miles
  6. LLH ResidentialTower Hamlets E2 9HA0.2 miles
  7. Fmj Property ServicesTower Hamlets E2 9RA0.3 miles
  8. Elms EstatesTower Hamlets E2 0EA0.3 miles
  9. Just Move Property London Ltd.Tower Hamlets E2 9QH0.3 miles
  10. Kings Group LLPTower Hamlets E2 0EA0.3 miles

Nearest agents first. Distances are in a straight line from the centre of E2.

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