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On Herbert Road, in Bickley West
What it's like at BR2 9SH: every home that has sold on Herbert 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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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 Herbert 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 37 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Herbert RoadTerraced | Jun 1998 | £86,750 | 78 m² | £1,112/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, Herbert RoadTerraced | Aug 2025 | £500,000 | 76 m² | £6,579/m² | 1 |
| 2, Herbert RoadTerraced | Mar 2014 | £323,000 | 67 m² | £4,821/m² | 2 |
| 2a, Herbert RoadTerraced | Jan 2007 | £241,000 | 82 m² | £2,939/m² | 2 |
| 3, Herbert RoadTerraced | Aug 2018 | £495,000 | 103 m² | £4,806/m² | 2 |
| 3a, Herbert RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2007 | £237,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 4, Herbert RoadTerraced | Aug 2007 | £250,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 7, Herbert RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2025 | £515,000 | 66 m² | £7,803/m² | 5 |
| 9, Herbert RoadTerraced | Jan 2013 | £275,000 | 105 m² | £2,619/m² | 4 |
| 10, Herbert RoadTerraced | Aug 2006 | £220,000 | 60 m² | £3,667/m² | 2 |
| 11, Herbert RoadTerraced | Aug 2024 | £550,000 | 80 m² | £6,875/m² | 3 |
| 12, Herbert RoadTerraced | Jul 2009 | £175,000 | 96 m² | £1,823/m² | 1 |
| 13, Herbert RoadTerraced | May 2016 | £435,000 | 79 m² | £5,506/m² | 2 |
| 15, Herbert RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2006 | £217,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 16, Herbert RoadTerraced | Aug 2013 | £248,000 | 94 m² | £2,638/m² | 1 |
| 17, Herbert RoadTerraced | Nov 2013 | £247,000 | 66 m² | £3,742/m² | 2 |
| 18, Herbert RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £455,000 | 63 m² | £7,222/m² | 3 |
| 19, Herbert RoadTerraced | Jun 2013 | £349,000 | 90 m² | £3,878/m² | 3 |
| 20, Herbert RoadSemi-detached | Sept 1999 | £95,000 | 61 m² | £1,557/m² | 1 |
| 23, Herbert RoadTerraced | Nov 2014 | £480,000 | 114 m² | £4,211/m² | 4 |
| 25, Herbert RoadTerraced | Dec 1996 | £79,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Herbert RoadTerraced | Aug 2023 | £460,000 | 64 m² | £7,188/m² | 2 |
| 27, Herbert RoadTerraced | Jan 2024 | £475,000 | 91 m² | £5,220/m² | 1 |
| 28, Herbert RoadTerraced | Jan 2012 | £245,000 | 62 m² | £3,952/m² | 5 |
| 31, Herbert RoadDetached | Feb 2017 | £405,000 | 87 m² | £4,655/m² | 1 |
| 33, Herbert RoadDetached | Jun 2007 | £220,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 34, Herbert RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2002 | £146,500 | 64 m² | £2,289/m² | 2 |
| 35, Herbert RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2011 | £335,000 | 104 m² | £3,221/m² | 5 |
| 36, Herbert RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2012 | £250,000 | 63 m² | £3,968/m² | 3 |
| 37, Herbert RoadTerraced | Sept 2025 | £528,000 | 76 m² | £6,947/m² | 2 |
| 39, Herbert RoadTerraced | Feb 2007 | £234,500 | 73 m² | £3,212/m² | 2 |
| 40, Herbert RoadTerraced | Jun 2018 | £415,000 | 57 m² | £7,281/m² | 2 |
| 42, Herbert RoadTerraced | May 2000 | £120,000 | 60 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| 46, Herbert RoadTerraced | May 2012 | £260,000 | 70 m² | £3,714/m² | 1 |
| 48, Herbert RoadTerraced | Aug 2023 | £500,000 | 72 m² | £6,944/m² | 7 |
| 50, Herbert RoadTerraced | Feb 2026 | £625,000 | 63 m² | £9,921/m² | 4 |
| 52, Herbert RoadTerraced | Nov 2001 | £140,000 | 64 m² | £2,188/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: 49% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Bickley, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 738k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Southborough Library, 350 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 208, 336); 32 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 12% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 17 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Raglan Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 69% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is La Fontaine Academy (0.9 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Bishop Justus CofE School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 37.8 · 5.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Hayes School (2.6 km) and Harris Academy Beckenham (4.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Newstead Wood School (4.2 km) and St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School (5.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 400 m away, with Slimming World With Helen closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Dr Vas (350 m), with Wallace Pring Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Pink & Blue is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal University Hospital, 3.6 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: 13 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Olive and Oak is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Chatterton Arms the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 59 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 32% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Havelock Recreation Ground, 800 m away; for exercise, Virgin Active (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 12 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 31 km.
35 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%.
13 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 BR2 9SH →
On this street: 0 of 32 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 | 0.4% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.4% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.9% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.5% | 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.
Most households own their home, 23% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 46% 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.
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Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 47 min
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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 37 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.