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On Merewood Close, in Chislehurst West & Elmstead
What it's like at BR1 2AN: every home that has sold on Merewood Close since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Sales and extensions on Merewood Close; planning applications within 500 m (Planning London Datahub); new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 14 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Merewood CloseTerraced | Mar 2017 | £592,500 | 110 m² | £5,386/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Merewood CloseDetached | Aug 2006 | £469,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Merewood CloseTerraced | Sept 2021 | £800,000 | 120 m² | £6,667/m² | 3 |
| 6, Merewood CloseDetached | Jul 2022 | £930,000 | 120 m² | £7,750/m² | 3 |
| 7, Merewood CloseTerraced | May 2002 | £287,500 | 109 m² | £2,638/m² | 1 |
| 8, Merewood CloseDetached | Mar 2026 | £817,500 | 136 m² | £6,011/m² | 1 |
| 9, Merewood CloseTerraced | Jul 2019 | £650,000 | 118 m² | £5,508/m² | 4 |
| 10, Merewood CloseDetached | Jun 2016 | £805,000 | 164 m² | £4,909/m² | 2 |
| 12, Merewood CloseDetached | May 2008 | £565,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Merewood CloseTerraced | Jul 2002 | £279,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Merewood CloseTerraced | Oct 1995 | £147,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Merewood CloseDetached | Mar 2006 | £447,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Merewood CloseDetached | Oct 2015 | £735,000 | 170 m² | £4,324/m² | 1 |
| 25, Merewood CloseDetached | Jan 2012 | £585,000 | 171 m² | £3,421/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 60% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Chislehurst, a few minutes' walk (150 m), with 1.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Chislehurst Station, 200 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes SL3, 269, 162, R7); 49 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 10% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 17 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Nicholas Church of England Primary, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km); 81% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School (1.7 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Bullers Wood School, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 56.3 · 17.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bonus Pastor Catholic College (4.5 km) and Harris Academy Greenwich (4.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (4.5 km) and Newstead Wood School (4.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Costcutter, 350 m away; Chislehurst Pharmacy & Travel Clinic (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chislehurst (350 m), with Chislehurst Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Chislehurst Hair is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal University Hospital, 4.9 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 9 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Dennys Lobster & Oyster Seafood Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Bickley the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 50% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Chislehurst, Bickley Park).
There are 36 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 51% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
18 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.
Bromley and Biggin Hill constituency: Peter Fortune MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 302 (0.6%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Conservative 34%, Labour 33%, Reform UK 18%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
14 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near BR1 2AN →
The nearest park is Jubilee Country Park, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Virgin Active (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 11 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 33 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 53% of adults have a degree.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Merewood Close in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 43 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 9 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.7% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.8% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 2.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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