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On The Knoll, in Beckenham East & Kelsey Park
What it's like at BR3 5JP: every home that has sold on The Knoll 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on The Knoll; 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.
2 of the 85 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat 8, Knoll House, The KnollFlat | Mar 2025 | £390,000 | 70 m² | £5,571/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 9, Knoll House, The KnollFlat | Jan 2016 | £370,000 | 73 m² | £5,068/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, Knoll House, The KnollFlat | Dec 1999 | £90,000 | 69 m² | £1,304/m² | 1 |
| Flat 6, Knoll House, The KnollFlat | May 2004 | £165,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 4, Knoll House, The KnollFlat | Jun 2026 | £415,000 | 70 m² | £5,929/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, Knoll House, The KnollFlat | Dec 2021 | £360,000 | 71 m² | £5,070/m² | 3 |
| Flat 7, Knoll House, The KnollFlat | Dec 2023 | £375,000 | 70 m² | £5,357/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, Knoll House, The KnollFlat | Aug 2024 | £384,000 | 64 m² | £6,000/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 Beckenham Junction, a few minutes' walk (350 m), with 1.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Bromley Road / St Georges Church, 150 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 227, 162, 367); 125 departures an hour from the 12 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 Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 97% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Beckenham, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 51.6 · 12.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Girls Academy Bromley (2.1 km) and Bonus Pastor Catholic College (2.5 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 Marks & Spencer, 200 m away; Gail's Bakery - Beckenham (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Manor Road Surgery (150 m), with Beckenham Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Baccarat is 200 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.
Joy's Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Br3wery the nearest pub (200 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 Thornton Green, 250 m away; for exercise, Power Pilates (200 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 12 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 30 km.
56 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 |
|---|---|---|
| the Rawlins Almshouses | II | 120 m |
| Beckenham Public Hall | II | 130 m |
| Lychgate to St George'S Churchyard | II | 160 m |
| Parish Church of St George | II* | 160 m |
| Milestone at Corner of High Street and Bromley Road | II | 160 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 5JP →
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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" The Knoll in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 69 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 44 min
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