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On Merlin Grove, in Eden Park & Bethlem
What it's like at BR3 3HU: every home that has sold on Merlin Grove 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Merlin Grove; 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.
3 of the 93 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 6, Merlin GroveTerraced | Aug 2020 | £620,000 | 116 m² | £5,345/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Merlin GroveTerraced | Mar 2016 | £545,000 | 112 m² | £4,866/m² | 3 |
| 10, Merlin GroveTerraced | Aug 2023 | £487,500 | 99 m² | £4,924/m² | 1 |
| 14, Merlin GroveTerraced | Nov 2023 | £800,000 | 145 m² | £5,517/m² | 2 |
| 16, Merlin GroveTerraced | Jul 2000 | £165,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Merlin GroveTerraced | Jul 2011 | £375,000 | 139 m² | £2,698/m² | 1 |
| 20, Merlin GroveTerraced | May 2005 | £249,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Merlin GroveSemi-detached | Jun 2019 | £600,000 | 120 m² | £5,000/m² | 2 |
| 26, Merlin GroveSemi-detached | Dec 1997 | £107,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Merlin GroveTerraced | Feb 2020 | £500,000 | 130 m² | £3,846/m² | 1 |
| 36, Merlin GroveTerraced | Oct 2025 | £575,000 | 109 m² | £5,275/m² | 2 |
| 38, Merlin GroveTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2009 | £260,000 | 108 m² | £2,407/m² | 1 |
| 42, Merlin GroveTerraced | Mar 2022 | £777,000 | 164 m² | £4,738/m² | 1 |
| 44, Merlin GroveTerraced | Oct 2011 | £325,000 | 119 m² | £2,731/m² | 1 |
| 46, Merlin GroveTerraced | Aug 2025 | £550,000 | 92 m² | £5,978/m² | 1 |
| 48, Merlin GroveTerraced | Apr 2008 | £305,000 | 103 m² | £2,961/m² | 2 |
| 50, Merlin GroveTerraced | Sept 2023 | £675,000 | 109 m² | £6,193/m² | 1 |
| 52, Merlin GroveTerraced | Jan 2025 | £741,616 | 133 m² | £5,576/m² | 1 |
| 54, Merlin GroveSemi-detached | Mar 2006 | £275,000 | 134 m² | £2,052/m² | 1 |
| 56, Merlin GroveTerraced | Feb 2013 | £385,000 | 98 m² | £3,929/m² | 1 |
| 58, Merlin GroveTerraced | Sept 2009 | £359,000 | 130 m² | £2,762/m² | 2 |
| 62, Merlin GroveTerraced | Aug 2004 | £280,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 64, Merlin GroveTerraced | Aug 2023 | £625,000 | 99 m² | £6,313/m² | 1 |
| 66, Merlin GroveTerraced | Feb 2006 | £272,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 68, Merlin GroveTerraced | Oct 2006 | £318,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 70, Merlin GroveTerraced | Nov 2025 | £732,500 | 122 m² | £6,004/m² | 1 |
| 72, Merlin GroveSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £686,500 | 124 m² | £5,536/m² | 3 |
| 74, Merlin GroveTerraced | Aug 2009 | £300,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 78, Merlin GroveTerraced | Jun 2015 | £610,000 | 99 m² | £6,162/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 Eden Park, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 559k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Wellhouse Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 20 minutes on weekdays (route 367); 57 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 15 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Harris Primary Academy Beckenham, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 83% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green (1.9 km).
The nearest secondary is Orion Eden Park, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 45.5 · 14.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Beckenham (0.9 km) and Harris Girls Academy Bromley (2.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (7.8 km) and Newstead Wood School (7.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op Food, 500 m away; Budgens (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Eden Park Surgery (800 m), with Elmers Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Family Kuts is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 5.6 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 73% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 17 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
David Lloyd Leisure is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Beckenham Town Football Club the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 113 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 8% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 63% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
It's growing: about 281 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Crease Park, 350 m away; for exercise, David Lloyd Beckenham (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 14 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 29 km.
27 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.
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%.
30 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 3HU →
Most households own their home, 10% rent privately.
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 93 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 62 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 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 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.9% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.9% | 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 45 min
Nearest: Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation · about 36 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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