High Street East Ham 124 Rooms

Not a hipster in sight? You must be in East Ham, the resolutely traditional East End neighbourhood between Stratford and Barking, eight miles from central London.

It has a fine civic quarter in Barking Road with an imposing Edwardian town hall and clock tower; a busy town centre full of south Indian eateries; good primary schools and nice parks, including Flanders Field where a young Bobby Moore’s footballing talent was first spotted.

East Ham also has some of the most affordable Victorian and Edwardian terraces in London. Three-bedroom houses, some waiting to be done up, range from £375,000 to £575,000.

The Greatfield Residents’ Association runs a quarterly market and regular clean-up days and picnics in a local park.

The Bonny Downs Community Association runs a community centre, playing fields, a food bank and community garden — and there is even a branch of the WI.

Local estate agent Matthew Sayer of Aston Fox says: “East Ham is vibrant, multicultural, with good schools and patches of green space.” The hipsters are coming, however. Sayer notes an influx of buyers from Shoreditch, Dalston and Hackney who can’t afford Walthamstow.

The nearest large development of new homes is Upton Gardens in Green Street in nearby Upton Park.

This is the redevelopment of the Boleyn Ground, West Ham United Football Club’s former home before it moved to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford.

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