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On Widmore Lodge Road, in Widmore
What it's like at BR1 2QF: every home that has sold on Widmore Lodge Road 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Widmore Lodge Road; 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 41 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Widmore Lodge RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £400,000 | 143 m² | £2,797/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10, Widmore Lodge RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £350,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Widmore Lodge RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2016 | £563,000 | 120 m² | £4,692/m² | 1 |
| 14, Widmore Lodge RoadSemi-detached | Feb 1997 | £96,000 | 94 m² | £1,021/m² | 1 |
| 16, Widmore Lodge RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2018 | £585,000 | 109 m² | £5,367/m² | 1 |
| 18, Widmore Lodge RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2001 | £230,000 | 99 m² | £2,323/m² | 2 |
| 20, Widmore Lodge RoadSemi-detached | May 2019 | £710,000 | 132 m² | £5,379/m² | 3 |
| 24, Widmore Lodge RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2005 | £308,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Widmore Lodge RoadTerraced | Sept 2024 | £490,000 | 83 m² | £5,904/m² | 1 |
| 28, Widmore Lodge RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £679,000 | 128 m² | £5,305/m² | 4 |
| 30, Widmore Lodge RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2014 | £480,000 | 87 m² | £5,517/m² | 1 |
| 32, Widmore Lodge RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2002 | £284,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, Widmore Lodge RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2015 | £615,000 | 140 m² | £4,393/m² | 3 |
| 36, Widmore Lodge RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2009 | £300,000 | 77 m² | £3,896/m² | 1 |
| 38, Widmore Lodge RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £690,000 | 102 m² | £6,765/m² | 2 |
| 40, Widmore Lodge RoadSemi-detached | Feb 1997 | £126,000 | – | – | 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: 51% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Bickley, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 738k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Bird In Hand Lane, 200 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 269, 162); 43 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 11% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 14 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 16 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 68% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Bullers Wood School for Boys, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 49 · 7.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Hayes School (3.5 km) and Bonus Pastor Catholic College (3.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Newstead Wood School (5.1 km) and Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (6.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 500 m away, with Polish Letter Academy - Bakery Stall closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is South View Partnership (700 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, The Wright Lounge is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal University Hospital, 4.6 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: 7 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
St Georges Bickley C Of E Primary School is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Oak the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 11 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 32% flats and 21% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Havelock Recreation Ground, 750 m away; for exercise, Virgin Active (750 m).
33 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Archway and Walling in Front of Nos 2 and 4 | II | 140 m |
| Bird in Hand Public House | II | 140 m |
| the Old Cottage | II | 160 m |
| Well Cottage | II | 190 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%.
23 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 2QF →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 11 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 32 km.
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 49% 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Bromley since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 41 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 30 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 | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 92.9% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.5% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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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Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 47 min
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