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On Forster Road, in Elmers End
What it's like at BR3 4LJ: every home that has sold on Forster 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.
9 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Forster 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 79 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Forster RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2009 | £430,000 | 199 m² | £2,161/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Forster RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2018 | £890,000 | 177 m² | £5,028/m² | 3 |
| 6, Forster RoadSemi-detached | Sept 1998 | £165,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Forster RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2002 | £335,000 | 198 m² | £1,692/m² | 1 |
| 10, Forster RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2002 | £277,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Forster RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2016 | £830,000 | 199 m² | £4,171/m² | 2 |
| 14, Forster RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2018 | £840,000 | 148 m² | £5,676/m² | 3 |
| 16, Forster RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £1,185,000 | 169 m² | £7,012/m² | 2 |
| 18, Forster RoadSemi-detached | Oct 1999 | £179,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Forster RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2015 | £760,000 | 148 m² | £5,135/m² | 3 |
| 22, Forster RoadTerraced | Jan 2013 | £400,000 | 102 m² | £3,922/m² | 1 |
| 24, Forster RoadTerraced | Dec 2016 | £730,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 26, Forster RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2010 | £450,000 | 134 m² | £3,358/m² | 1 |
| 30, Forster RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2022 | £845,000 | 134 m² | £6,306/m² | 1 |
| 36, Forster RoadTerraced | Aug 2007 | £499,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 40, Forster RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2005 | £310,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Forster RoadTerraced | Sept 2005 | £328,950 | 119 m² | £2,764/m² | 2 |
| 44, Forster RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2006 | £372,000 | 192 m² | £1,938/m² | 2 |
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 Avenue Road tram stop, about a 10-minute walk (650 m). The nearest rail station is Clock House, 650 m away, with 1.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Eden Park Avenue, 400 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 358, 194, 54).
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 (300 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 Orion Eden Park, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 45.5 · 14.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Beckenham (1.1 km) and Harris Girls Academy Bromley (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 Sainsbury's Local, 700 m away, with Blackwells Chemist closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St James' Practice (400 m), with Blackwells Chemists the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Gem Cuts is 400 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.
Liz's is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Beckenham Social Club the nearest pub (450 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 Churchfields Recreation Ground, 300 m away; for exercise, Goals (700 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 15 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
39 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%.
37 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 4LJ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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.
On this street: 0 of 59 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 | 0.5% | 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.
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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 79 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 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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