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On Downs Road, in Beckenham East & Kelsey Park
What it's like at BR3 5JY: every home that has sold on Downs 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Downs 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, Downs RoadDetached | Jul 2016 | £1,050,000 | 144 m² | £7,292/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Downs RoadTerraced | Nov 2001 | £369,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Downs RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2005 | £405,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 7, Downs RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £775,000 | 157 m² | £4,936/m² | 1 |
| 8, Downs RoadTerraced | Dec 2005 | £367,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Downs RoadTerraced | Jul 2016 | £885,000 | 157 m² | £5,637/m² | 2 |
| 11, Downs RoadTerraced | Oct 2011 | £600,000 | 156 m² | £3,846/m² | 3 |
| 12, Downs RoadTerraced | May 2024 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12b, Downs RoadFlat | Apr 2007 | £200,000 | 77 m² | £2,597/m² | 2 |
| 13, Downs RoadDetached | Jun 2021 | £1,050,053 | 188 m² | £5,585/m² | 2 |
| 14, Downs RoadTerraced | Oct 2015 | £800,000 | 154 m² | £5,195/m² | 3 |
| 15a, Downs RoadTerraced | Oct 2004 | £263,000 | 71 m² | £3,704/m² | 3 |
| 15b, Downs RoadFlat | Apr 1999 | £108,000 | 83 m² | £1,301/m² | 2 |
| 16, Downs RoadTerraced | Sept 2021 | £1,070,000 | 174 m² | £6,149/m² | 1 |
| 18, Downs RoadSemi-detached | Apr 1999 | £215,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Downs RoadTerraced | Jun 2002 | £357,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Downs RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2025 | £1,050,000 | 135 m² | £7,778/m² | 3 |
| 23, Downs RoadDetached | Dec 2024 | £900,000 | 116 m² | £7,759/m² | 4 |
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 tram stop, about a 5-minute walk (600 m). The nearest rail station is Beckenham Junction, 600 m away, with 1.7m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Chancery Lane Beckenham, 100 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (route 162); 83 departures an hour from the 8 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 (350 m); 97% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Beckenham, 750 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, 450 m away, with Country Store closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cornerways Surgery (100 m), with Akasi Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Francy's 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.
Lillys Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Jolly Woodman 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, 350 m away; for exercise, Reshape (400 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.
59 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%.
32 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 5JY →
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Downs Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 12 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 | 0.4% | 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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