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On The Gardens, in Shortlands Bromley Road
What it's like at BR3 5PH: every home that has sold on The Gardens 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 The Gardens; 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 19 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, The GardensDetached | Sept 2021 | £840,000 | 100 m² | £8,400/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, The GardensTerraced | Sept 2007 | £330,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 3, The GardensTerraced | Oct 2013 | £545,000 | 107 m² | £5,093/m² | 2 |
| 6, The GardensSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £600,000 | 109 m² | £5,505/m² | 1 |
| 7, The GardensSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £742,000 | 153 m² | £4,850/m² | 2 |
| 8, The GardensSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £755,000 | 133 m² | £5,677/m² | 3 |
| 9, The GardensSemi-detached | Jun 2005 | £350,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 10, The GardensDetached | Sept 2020 | £675,000 | 89 m² | £7,584/m² | 1 |
| 16, The GardensDetached | Jun 2021 | £980,000 | 183 m² | £5,355/m² | 1 |
| 18, The GardensSemi-detached | Nov 2009 | £220,000 | 102 m² | £2,157/m² | 1 |
| 19, The GardensSemi-detached | Dec 2003 | £337,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 21, The GardensSemi-detached | Oct 2007 | £395,000 | 128 m² | £3,086/m² | 1 |
| 22, The GardensSemi-detached | Apr 2016 | £607,500 | 109 m² | £5,573/m² | 3 |
| 23a, The GardensDetached | Dec 2016 | £850,000 | 176 m² | £4,830/m² | 2 |
| 23b, The GardensDetached | Jan 2000 | £200,000 | 117 m² | £1,709/m² | 1 |
| 24, The GardensSemi-detached | Mar 2016 | £620,000 | 123 m² | £5,041/m² | 2 |
| 24a, The GardensDetached | May 2022 | £1,200,000 | 158 m² | £7,595/m² | 2 |
| 24b, The GardensDetached | Feb 1997 | £290,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, The GardensDetached | Mar 2013 | £482,500 | 110 m² | £4,386/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: 52% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Ravensbourne, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 235k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Blackfriars.
The nearest bus stop is Ashmere Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (route 227); 50 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 14 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Clare House Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 78% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Harris Primary Academy Shortlands (0.7 km), with 6 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Beckenham, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 51.6 · 12.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bonus Pastor Catholic College (2.3 km) and Harris Girls Academy Bromley (3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Newstead Wood School (7.1 km) and Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (8.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Marks & Spencer, 1.1 km away, with Londis Shortlands / ESSO Service Station closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cornerways Surgery (700 m), with Akasi Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Ib's Barber Shop is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital Lewisham, 5.2 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
In2 Papadam is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and The Chancery the nearest pub (500 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 57 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Homes are mostly flats (52%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Kelsey Park, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Power Pilates (1.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 11 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 31 km.
22 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%.
34 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 5PH →
Most households own their home, 24% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 51% 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 19 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 15 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 | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.6% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.1% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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 46 min
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