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On Shaftesbury Road, in Elmers End
What it's like at BR3 3PW: every home that has sold on Shaftesbury 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Shaftesbury 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 18 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Shaftesbury RoadSemi-detached | Jun 1995 | £113,500 | 120 m² | £946/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Shaftesbury RoadDetached | May 2013 | £490,000 | 122 m² | £4,016/m² | 3 |
| 3, Shaftesbury RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2022 | £916,000 | 111 m² | £8,252/m² | 3 |
| 5, Shaftesbury RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2010 | £366,000 | 100 m² | £3,660/m² | 1 |
| 8, Shaftesbury RoadTerraced | Oct 2005 | £295,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 9, Shaftesbury RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2009 | £314,995 | 100 m² | £3,150/m² | 1 |
| 11, Shaftesbury RoadTerraced | Aug 2022 | £913,000 | 137 m² | £6,664/m² | 3 |
| 12, Shaftesbury RoadTerraced | Mar 2015 | £630,000 | 132 m² | £4,773/m² | 1 |
| 14, Shaftesbury RoadTerraced | Jul 2003 | £273,000 | 139 m² | £1,964/m² | 1 |
| 15, Shaftesbury RoadTerraced | Mar 2013 | £408,000 | 114 m² | £3,579/m² | 1 |
| 16, Shaftesbury RoadTerraced | Aug 2022 | £855,000 | 131 m² | £6,527/m² | 3 |
| 17, Shaftesbury RoadTerraced | Aug 2013 | £570,000 | 121 m² | £4,711/m² | 4 |
| 18, Shaftesbury RoadTerraced | Oct 2019 | £660,000 | 97 m² | £6,804/m² | 1 |
| 19, Shaftesbury RoadTerraced | Nov 2023 | £797,500 | 140 m² | £5,696/m² | 1 |
| 20, Shaftesbury RoadTerraced | Nov 2009 | £386,500 | 99 m² | £3,904/m² | 2 |
| 21, Shaftesbury RoadTerraced | Oct 2022 | £815,000 | 150 m² | £5,433/m² | 3 |
| 22, Shaftesbury RoadTerraced | Jun 2006 | £365,000 | 103 m² | £3,544/m² | 2 |
| 26, Shaftesbury RoadTerraced | Aug 2011 | £475,000 | 115 m² | £4,130/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: 51% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Clock House, about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 1.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Croydon Road / War Memorial, 100 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 358, 194, 54); 209 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 12% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 13 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Balgowan Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 70% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Stewart Fleming Primary School (1.2 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Beckenham, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 51.6 · 12.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Girls Academy Bromley (2 km) and Bonus Pastor Catholic College (4.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (7.5 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (8.2 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 150 m away; Beckenham Pharmacy (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Elm House Surgery (100 m), with Paydens Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, East Street Barbers is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 4.8 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: 19 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Beacon Bite is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Bricklayers Arms the nearest pub (100 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 64 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 17% flats and 3% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 58% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Croydon Road Recreation Ground, 200 m away; for exercise, Scorpions Thai Boxing (150 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 15 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
62 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Beckenham war memorial | II | 150 m |
| Odeon Cinema and Regal Ballroom | II | 180 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%.
35 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 3PW →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 13 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 29 km.
Most households own their home, 16% 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.
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 18 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 17 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 | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.7% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.6% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.4% | 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 42 min
Nearest: Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation · about 34 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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