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Would I like living here? What stands out, a day in the life, schools in reach, journey times, shops and leisure, and places with the same character.
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
| Lesnes Abbey | Bexley | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimes per 1,000 residents a year | 65 | 81 | 99 |
| In good or very good health | 82% | 84% | 82% |
| Households with dependent children | 32% | 34% | 29% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 17% | 19% |
| Degree or higher | 29% | 32% | 34% |
| Nitrogen dioxide (µg/m³) | 14.5 | 14.4 | 10.1 |
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The nearest station is Abbey Wood (London), a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km), with 11.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Tottenham Court Road.
The nearest bus stop is Woolwich Road / Bedonwell Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 99, 469); 50 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 11% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 46 minutes away by public transport (17 by car).
Central London is 18 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School, a few minutes' walk (100 m).
The closest top-rated primary is St Thomas More Catholic Primary School (1.5 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Harris Garrard Academy, 1.8 km away; Attainment 8: 48.1 · 9.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Riverside School (4.7 km) and Ark Greenwich Free School (5.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bexley Grammar School (3.2 km) and Townley Grammar School (3.4 km).
Near the middle of the neighbourhood, the closest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 800 m away, with Slimming World closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Belvedere Medical Centre (750 m), with Knightons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Mak's Styling Co is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 5.8 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 44% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Xings is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and The Victoria the nearest pub (550 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 65 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 7% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 58% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Lesnes Abbey Park, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Anytime Fitness (2.1 km).
| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 100 m | – |
| Bedonwell Junior School | Primary | 100 m | 65% met the expected standard |
| Lessness Heath Primary School | Primary | 1.2 km | 63% met the expected standard |
| St Augustine of Canterbury CofE Primary School | Primary | 1.3 km | 74% met the expected standard |
| Hillsgrove Primary School | Primary | 1.3 km | 68% met the expected standard |
| Harris Garrard Academy | Secondary | 1.8 km | Attainment 8: 48.1 · 9.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere | Secondary | 1.9 km | Attainment 8: 34.1 · 2.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Welling School | Secondary | 2.0 km | Attainment 8: 34.7 · 5.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Leigh Academy Bexley | Secondary | 2.3 km | Attainment 8: 35.4 · 4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Paul's Academy | Secondary | 2.4 km | Attainment 8: 40.4 · 5.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Break Through School | Independent | 650 m | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Pulse and Water College | Independent | 2.3 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Lesnes Abbey | Bexley | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush hour to central London, public transport | 46 min | 57 min | 163 min |
| Rush hour to the nearest big city centre | 127 min | 125 min | 93 min |
| Minutes to a town centre | 18 min | 15 min | 20 min |
| Distance to the nearest station | 1.5 km | 0.9 km | 2.8 km |
| Buses an hour within a 5-minute walk | 78 | 54 | 21 |
| Commute by train or Tube | 11% | 13% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home | 32% | 34% | 30% |
| Households without a car | 19% | 22% | 23% |
DfT journey time statistics, our rush-hour journey times, NaPTAN, ORR, Census 2021.
| Lesnes Abbey | Bexley | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants and cafés | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| Pubs and bars | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Independent cafés, takeaways and shops | 78% | 85% | 85% |
| Named parks within 2 km | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Postcodes within 400 m of a public park | 95% | 69% | 55% |
| Gyms, pools and sports centres within 2 km | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Public swimming pools within 5 km | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Cinemas, theatres and libraries within 5 km | 16 | 18 | 8 |
FSA, OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Sport England (CC BY).
Matched on character, not price: age mix, education, tenure, home types, how people travel, deprivation, crime, places to eat and distance to London. "Alike" is 100 for an identical profile and 0 for no closer than a typical area.
How the neighbourhoods around it compare on crime, schools, journeys, parks and price.
| Longlands & Halfway | 32 | 1 | 125 min | 13 | £578k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Park | 32 | 2 | 119 min | 10 | £503k |
| Falconwood | 40 | 2 | 114 min | 12 | £475k |
| Barnehurst North | 44 | 5 | 121 min | 8 | £418k |
| Danson Park | 46 | 2 | 134 min | 6 | £537k |
| Bexley Village | 48 | 1 | 116 min | 5 | £524k |
| Lamorbey | 48 | 1 | 127 min | 13 | £501k |
| Bursted Wood | 48 | 4 | 127 min | 4 | £577k |
| Wickham Street & East Wickham | 50 | 1 | 116 min | 13 | £452k |
| Bostall | 50 | 2 | 128 min | 7 | £526k |
| Sidcup East | 65 | 2 | 122 min | 9 | £435k |
| Lesnes Abbey (this one) | 65 | 2 | 127 min | 4 | £465k |
| Lesney Farm & Colyers East | 68 | 4 | 133 min | 9 | £371k |
| St Michael's | 69 | 2 | 127 min | 7 | £463k |
| Blackfen | 70 | 3 | 130 min | 12 | £421k |
| Northumberland Heath | 78 | 5 | 132 min | 5 | £418k |
| Erith West | 81 | 4 | 136 min | 5 | £370k |
| Barnehurst South | 84 | 4 | 130 min | 7 | £438k |
| Welling | 90 | 1 | 118 min | 11 | £474k |
| Sidcup West | 98 | 1 | 115 min | 11 | £396k |
| Crossway Park | 98 | 2 | 126 min | 10 | £349k |
| Foots Cray Meadows | 102 | 2 | 134 min | 4 | £404k |
| South Thamesmead | 106 | 2 | 120 min | 9 | £380k |
| Slade Green & Crayford Marshes | 108 | 3 | 127 min | 3 | £349k |
| Crayford | 112 | 0 | 125 min | 6 | £416k |
| Belvedere & Lessness Heath | 116 | 3 | 124 min | 6 | £347k |
| Erith East | 176 | 4 | 129 min | 3 | £310k |
| Bexleyheath Broadway | 223 | 4 | 126 min | 7 | £378k |
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 6.5 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 41 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers.
| Park View Academy | Independent | 2.5 km | – |
|---|
| Lesnes Abbey | Bexley | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top-rated state primaries within 2 km | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Top-rated state secondaries within 6 km | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Good or outstanding nurseries within 2 km | 21 | 16 | 7 |
| Grammar schools within 15 km | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Minutes to a primary school | 9 min | 8 min | 9 min |
| Minutes to a secondary school | 19 min | 15 min | 18 min |
DfE performance tables and Ofsted.
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| To | Public transport | Car |
|---|---|---|
| Central London (Bank) | 46 min | 38 min |
| Gatwick airport | 1 h 53 | 54 min |
From the middle of the neighbourhood, leaving on a weekday between 8 and 9am (the typical journey across that hour, including walking and waiting). Buses, trams and the Tube from the Bus Open Data Service, trains from the National Rail timetable; car times assume free-flowing traffic on OpenStreetMap road speeds, so rush-hour driving is often slower. The city and airport are the nearest by car. Contains OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).