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On The Heights, in Beckenham East & Kelsey Park
What it's like at BR3 5BY: every home that has sold on The Heights 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on The Heights; 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 60 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, The HeightsTerraced | Nov 2005 | £355,000 | 133 m² | £2,669/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, The HeightsTerraced | Jan 2025 | £730,000 | 115 m² | £6,348/m² | 3 |
| 5, The HeightsTerraced | Apr 2010 | £360,000 | 117 m² | £3,077/m² | 3 |
| 6, The HeightsTerraced | Nov 2002 | £275,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, The HeightsTerraced | Aug 2016 | £622,500 | 127 m² | £4,902/m² | 3 |
| 8, The HeightsTerraced | Jun 2021 | £710,000 | 118 m² | £6,017/m² | 4 |
| 9, The HeightsTerraced | Mar 2003 | £315,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 10, The HeightsTerraced | Oct 2015 | £595,000 | 119 m² | £5,000/m² | 2 |
| 12, The HeightsTerraced | Sept 2018 | £637,500 | 139 m² | £4,586/m² | 3 |
| 13, The HeightsTerraced | Apr 2019 | £555,000 | 142 m² | £3,908/m² | 2 |
| 14, The HeightsTerraced | Jan 2025 | £834,280 | 116 m² | £7,192/m² | 2 |
| 15, The HeightsTerraced | Oct 2012 | £410,000 | 139 m² | £2,950/m² | 1 |
| 16, The HeightsTerraced | Sept 2021 | £645,000 | 128 m² | £5,039/m² | 1 |
| 18, The HeightsTerraced | Sept 2020 | £640,000 | 137 m² | £4,672/m² | 2 |
| 19, The HeightsTerraced | Jul 2022 | £765,000 | 144 m² | £5,313/m² | 2 |
| 21, The HeightsTerraced | Feb 2011 | £375,000 | 167 m² | £2,246/m² | 1 |
| 22, The HeightsTerraced | Nov 2011 | £395,000 | 143 m² | £2,762/m² | 2 |
| 23, The HeightsTerraced | Nov 1999 | £185,000 | 134 m² | £1,381/m² | 2 |
| 24, The HeightsTerraced | Feb 2016 | £599,995 | 132 m² | £4,545/m² | 3 |
| 26, The HeightsTerraced | Dec 1998 | £155,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, The HeightsTerraced | Sept 2016 | £592,500 | 157 m² | £3,774/m² | 3 |
| 29, The HeightsTerraced | Mar 2004 | £315,000 | 142 m² | £2,218/m² | 2 |
| 30, The HeightsTerraced | Oct 2012 | £400,000 | 125 m² | £3,200/m² | 2 |
| 31, The HeightsSemi-detached | Jan 1998 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, The HeightsFlat | Mar 2014 | £190,000 | 49 m² | £3,878/m² | 1 |
| 33, The HeightsFlat | Jun 2021 | £307,500 | 67 m² | £4,590/m² | 4 |
| 34, The HeightsFlat | Apr 2003 | £163,995 | 65 m² | £2,523/m² | 1 |
| 36, The HeightsFlat | Jul 2006 | £178,000 | 65 m² | £2,738/m² | 2 |
| 37, The HeightsFlat | Jan 2019 | £290,000 | 65 m² | £4,462/m² | 1 |
| 39, The HeightsFlat | Feb 2021 | £300,000 | 63 m² | £4,762/m² | 2 |
| 40, The HeightsFlat | Jun 2011 | £195,000 | 65 m² | £3,000/m² | 1 |
| 41, The HeightsFlat | May 2000 | £84,950 | 49 m² | £1,734/m² | 1 |
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: 57% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Ravensbourne, a few minutes' walk (400 m), with 235k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Blackfriars.
The nearest bus stop is Springbourne Court, 50 m away, with a bus about every 20 minutes on weekdays (route 354); 15 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 13% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 13 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 82% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green (0.5 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Sedgehill Academy, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 43.9 · 9.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Beckenham (1 km) and Harris Girls Academy Bromley (2.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Newstead Wood School (8 km) and Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (9.2 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 950 m away, with Country Store closer still (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cornerways Surgery (850 m), with Akasi Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Ib's Barber Shop is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital Lewisham, 5.1 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 9 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Raven Expresso is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Beckenham Sports Club the nearest pub (700 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 48 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Homes are mostly flats (61%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Beckenham Place Park, 650 m away; for exercise, Beckenham Place Park Lake (800 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.6 µg/m³).
8 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%.
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 5BY →
For holidays, London City is 12 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 30 km.
Most households own their home, 29% 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.
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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 60 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 48 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 | 0.4% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.1% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.5% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.1% | 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 44 min
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