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On Atkins Drive, in West Wickham
What it's like at BR4 9QN: every home that has sold on Atkins Drive 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.
Sales and extensions on Atkins Drive; 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 12 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Atkins DriveTerraced | Apr 2024 | £217,000 | 59 m² | £3,678/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Atkins DriveTerraced | Sept 2015 | £304,000 | 60 m² | £5,067/m² | 2 |
| 3, Atkins DriveTerraced | Jan 2019 | £305,000 | 46 m² | £6,630/m² | 2 |
| 4, Atkins DriveTerraced | May 2024 | £340,000 | 58 m² | £5,862/m² | 3 |
| 6, Atkins DriveTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2023 | £235,000 | 59 m² | £3,983/m² | 3 |
| 10, Atkins DriveTerraced | Jul 2023 | £344,000 | 59 m² | £5,831/m² | 3 |
| 11, Atkins DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2021 | £300,000 | 46 m² | £6,522/m² | 3 |
| 12, Atkins DriveTerraced | Feb 2012 | £275,000 | 54 m² | £5,093/m² | 2 |
| 14, Atkins DriveSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2024 | £341,000 | 58 m² | £5,879/m² | 5 |
| 16, Atkins DriveTerraced | Oct 2018 | £345,000 | 64 m² | £5,391/m² | 5 |
| 18, Atkins DriveTerraced | Sept 2015 | £234,000 | 58 m² | £4,034/m² | 1 |
| 20, Atkins DriveTerraced | Nov 2025 | £360,000 | 66 m² | £5,455/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: 49% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is West Wickham, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 793k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Courtfield Rise, 250 m away, with a bus about every 14 minutes on weekdays (route 119); 58 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 17 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Hawes Down Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 66% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Pickhurst Infant Academy (1.6 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Hayes School, 1.8 km away; Attainment 8: 54.8 · 19.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Beckenham (2.9 km) and Harris Girls Academy Bromley (5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Newstead Wood School (6.4 km) and Wilson's School (8.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 600 m away, with Sarjeant Court closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Addington Road Surgery (400 m), with Coney Hall Phcy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, L'Image is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal University Hospital, 5.2 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 52% 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 35 restaurants and cafés and 10 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
H2ocr is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Wickham Theatre Centre the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 57 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 19% flats and 17% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 72% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is McAndrew's Recreation Ground, 350 m away; for exercise, Yoga Feeling (1.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 15 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 27 km.
43 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Glebe House | II | 100 m |
| West Wickham War Memorial | II | 180 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%.
9 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 BR4 9QN →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
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" Atkins Drive in the last 12 months.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 49 min
Nearest: Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation · about 32 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 91.7% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.8% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.