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Thinking of living at BR4 0LB? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Lodge Primary School | Primary | 400 m | 73% met the expected standard |
| Hawes Down Primary School | Primary | 900 m | 66% met the expected standard |
| Forest Academy | Primary | 1000 m | 73% met the expected standard |
| Langley Park Primary School | Primary | 1.0 km | 71% met the expected standard |
| Unicorn Primary School | Primary | 1.5 km | 63% met the expected standard |
| Langley Park School for Girls | Secondary | 1.1 km | Attainment 8: 55.8 · 20.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Langley Park School for Boys | Secondary | 1.2 km | Attainment 8: 54.4 · 18% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Orchard Park High School | Secondary | 1.6 km | Attainment 8: 44.8 · 4.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Orion Eden Park | Secondary | 2.5 km | Attainment 8: 45.5 · 14.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St David's Prep | Independent | 400 m | – |
| Wickham Park School | Independent | 950 m | – |
| Trinity School | Independent | 2.8 km | 59.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Club Langley | 910 m | 37 |
| Golf | Langley Park Golf Club Clubhouse | 1.4 km | 13 |
| Swimming | David Lloyd (Beckenham) | 2.1 km | 13 |
| Football | West Wickham Football Club | 1.0 km | 12 |
| Cricket | Old Dunstonians sports club | 1.2 km | 11 |
| Bowls | West Wickham Bowling Club | 940 m | 10 |
| Rugby union | Beccehamian Rugby Football Club | 1.3 km | 10 |
| Squash | Bethlem Royal Hospital | 730 m | 9 |
| Rugby | Beccehamian Rugby Football Club - 2nd XV Pitch | 1.4 km | 6 |
| Fitness | The Park Langley Club | 2.0 km | 5 |
| Yoga | Yoga Feeling | 2.1 km | 3 |
| Skateboard | Bromley Skatepark | 3.5 km | 3 |
| Walking rugby | Beccehamian Rugby Football Club | 1.3 km | 2 |
| Pilates | Norman Park Community Sports Centre | 3.0 km | 2 |
| Athletics | Norman Park Community Sports Centre | 3.0 km | 2 |
| Netball | mutli-use sports court | 1.1 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 31. Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 49% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is West Wickham, about a 5-minute walk (500 m), with 793k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is High Street / Manor Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 194, 119); 53 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 17 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Oak Lodge Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 73% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Pickhurst Infant Academy (1.6 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Langley Park School for Girls, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 55.8 · 20.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Hayes School (2.3 km) and Harris Academy Beckenham (2.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Newstead Wood School (6.4 km) and Wilson's School (8.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 200 m away; Lakewood Pharmacy (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Artemis Clinic (150 m), with Lakewood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Options Beauty is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal University Hospital, 5.2 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 52% 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 35 restaurants and cafés and 10 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Topolino is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Wheatsheaf the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 57 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 19% flats and 17% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 72% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Blake Park Recreation Ground, 300 m away; for exercise, Yoga Feeling (2.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.6 µg/m³).
50 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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For holidays, London City is 15 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 27 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% 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. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.