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On Mavelstone Close, in Chislehurst West & Elmstead
What it's like at BR1 2PJ: every home that has sold on Mavelstone 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Mavelstone 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.
| 1, Mavelstone CloseDetached | Feb 2018 | £1,435,000 | 276 m² | £5,199/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Mavelstone CloseDetached | Nov 2021 | £1,535,000 | 482 m² | £3,185/m² | 4 |
| 3, Mavelstone CloseDetached | Oct 2009 | £570,000 | 101 m² | £5,644/m² | 1 |
| 4, Mavelstone CloseDetached | Jun 2018 | £2,005,000 | 591 m² | £3,393/m² | 2 |
| 5, Mavelstone CloseDetached | Apr 2004 | £560,000 | 436 m² | £1,284/m² | 1 |
| 7, Mavelstone CloseOther | Jul 2025 | £2,830,000 | 467 m² | £6,060/m² | 3 |
| 8, Mavelstone CloseSemi-detached | Nov 2007 | £505,000 | 441 m² | £1,145/m² | 2 |
| 11, Mavelstone CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2007 | £730,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Mavelstone CloseDetached | Nov 2001 | £540,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12a, Mavelstone CloseDetached | May 2001 | £740,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Mavelstone CloseDetached | Dec 2014 | £1,600,000 | 293 m² | £5,461/m² | 2 |
| 15, Mavelstone CloseDetached | Oct 2006 | £925,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 18, Mavelstone CloseDetached | Sept 2013 | £1,400,000 | 419 m² | £3,341/m² | 2 |
| Longwood House, 12a, Mavelstone CloseDetached | Aug 2015 | £1,320,000 | – | – | 1 |
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 Elmstead Woods, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 927k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Wood Lodge Gardens, 250 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (route 314); 30 departures an hour from the 6 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 Orion Scotts Park, about a 10-minute walk (800 m); 61% 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, 450 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, 1.0 km away, with Day Lewis Widmore Pharmacy closer still (800 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chislehurst (1.0 km), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Beauty Room is 850 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.
Bullers Wood School For Girls is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Oak the nearest pub (800 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.
The nearest park is Walden Recreation Ground, 1.5 km away; for exercise, Virgin Active (1.6 km).
7 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Stotfold | II | 150 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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%.
20 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 2PJ →
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" Mavelstone 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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