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On Church Avenue, in New Beckenham
What it's like at BR3 1DT: every home that has sold on Church Avenue 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Church Avenue; 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 19 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Church AvenueTerraced | Jul 2006 | £387,950 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Church AvenueTerraced | Feb 2016 | £670,000 | 102 m² | £6,569/m² | 1 |
| 6, Church AvenueOther | Sept 2023 | £685,000 | 100 m² | £6,850/m² | 1 |
| 7, Church AvenueTerraced | Oct 2006 | £335,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 9, Church AvenueTerraced | Jun 2026 | £880,000 | 93 m² | £9,462/m² | 2 |
| 10, Church AvenueTerraced | Apr 2017 | £620,000 | 99 m² | £6,263/m² | 1 |
| 11, Church AvenueTerraced | Jun 2021 | £740,000 | 129 m² | £5,736/m² | 6 |
| 12, Church AvenueTerraced | Jul 2014 | £556,412 | 131 m² | £4,247/m² | 2 |
| 13, Church AvenueTerraced | Aug 2019 | £775,000 | 138 m² | £5,616/m² | 1 |
| 14, Church AvenueTerraced | Apr 2013 | £440,000 | 98 m² | £4,490/m² | 2 |
| 16, Church AvenueTerraced | Feb 2010 | £390,000 | 96 m² | £4,063/m² | 1 |
| 20, Church AvenueTerraced | Jul 2022 | £920,000 | 132 m² | £6,970/m² | 3 |
| 30, Church AvenueTerraced | Jul 2022 | £780,000 | 97 m² | £8,041/m² | 2 |
| 32, Church AvenueDetached | Oct 2007 | £350,000 | 139 m² | £2,518/m² | 1 |
| 34, Church AvenueTerraced | Dec 2012 | £450,000 | 109 m² | £4,128/m² | 1 |
| 38, Church AvenueTerraced | Sept 2025 | £861,350 | 108 m² | £7,975/m² | 2 |
| 40, Church AvenueTerraced | Oct 2012 | £400,000 | 145 m² | £2,759/m² | 2 |
| 44, Church AvenueTerraced | May 2013 | £426,000 | 128 m² | £3,328/m² | 3 |
| 46, Church AvenueTerraced | May 2012 | £375,000 | 228 m² | £1,645/m² | 4 |
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: 52% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Beckenham Junction tram stop, a few minutes' walk (200 m). The nearest rail station is Beckenham Junction, 250 m away, with 1.7m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Manor Road (BR3), 150 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 227, 54, 367, 354); 174 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 16% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 12 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 97% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Beckenham, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 51.6 · 12.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Girls Academy Bromley (1.1 km) and Bonus Pastor Catholic College (2.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Newstead Wood School (9 km) and Wilson's School (9.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Marks & Spencer, 150 m away; Beckenham Pharmacy (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bromleag Care Practice (100 m), with Beckenham Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Baccarat is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital Lewisham, 4.4 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 44% 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: 50 restaurants and cafés and 7 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Deli Nene is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Erin's the nearest pub (150 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 150 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 13 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (73%).
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 536 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Thornton Green, 200 m away; for exercise, Reshape (100 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 14 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.2 µg/m³).
58 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Milestone at Corner of High Street and Bromley Road | II | 140 m |
| Lychgate to St George'S Churchyard | II | 150 m |
| Parish Church of St George | II* | 170 m |
| Beckenham Public Hall | II | 180 m |
| the George Inn | II | 180 m |
| the Rawlins Almshouses | 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.
Beckenham and Penge constituency: Liam Conlon MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 12,905 (24.7%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Labour 49%, Conservative 25%, Reform UK 10%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
38 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 BR3 1DT →
For holidays, London City is 11 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 30 km.
Most households own their home, 33% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 54% 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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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 19 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 44 min
Nearest: Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation · about 31 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: 1 of 16 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 | 2.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 68.0% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 15.8% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 13.9% | 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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