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On Oakdene Road, in St Mary Cray South
What it's like at BR5 2AJ: every home that has sold on Oakdene 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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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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Oakdene 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.
6 of the 124 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 3, Oakdene RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2017 | £400,000 | 88 m² | £4,545/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Oakdene RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £450,000 | 79 m² | £5,696/m² | 3 |
| 10, Oakdene RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £563,000 | 135 m² | £4,170/m² | 1 |
| 11, Oakdene RoadDetached | May 2018 | £490,000 | 82 m² | £5,976/m² | 2 |
| 13, Oakdene RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2026 | £425,000 | 85 m² | £5,000/m² | 2 |
| 15, Oakdene RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2012 | £245,000 | 39 m² | £6,282/m² | 3 |
| 16, Oakdene RoadTerraced | Mar 2025 | £450,000 | 112 m² | £4,018/m² | 5 |
| 17, Oakdene RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2000 | £129,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Oakdene RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £500,000 | 111 m² | £4,505/m² | 2 |
| 19, Oakdene RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2016 | £310,000 | 54 m² | £5,741/m² | 3 |
| 20, Oakdene RoadTerraced | Dec 2023 | £422,000 | 58 m² | £7,276/m² | 2 |
| 21, Oakdene RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2005 | £220,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Oakdene RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2021 | £417,000 | 57 m² | £7,316/m² | 3 |
| 23, Oakdene RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2011 | £209,995 | 64 m² | £3,281/m² | 2 |
| 25, Oakdene RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £430,000 | 78 m² | £5,513/m² | 5 |
| 26, Oakdene RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2009 | £210,000 | 70 m² | £3,000/m² | 2 |
| 27, Oakdene RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2021 | £437,500 | 69 m² | £6,341/m² | 3 |
| 29, Oakdene RoadDetached | Aug 2023 | £490,000 | 150 m² | £3,267/m² | 1 |
| 31, Oakdene RoadDetached | May 2023 | £490,000 | 60 m² | £8,167/m² | 2 |
| 33, Oakdene RoadDetached | Jul 2016 | £400,000 | 108 m² | £3,704/m² | 2 |
| 35, Oakdene RoadDetached | Feb 2010 | £270,000 | 152 m² | £1,776/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is St Mary Cray, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 1.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Marion Crescent, 350 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes R3, 273, 661); 31 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 11% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 21 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Perry Hall Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 90% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Orpington, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 42.7 · 6.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School (2.7 km) and Newstead Wood School (3.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 500 m away, with Premier Convenience Store closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Poverest Medical Centre (400 m), with Orpington Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Edge is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal University Hospital, 4.1 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 9 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Frank's Cafe - Selco is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Beech Tree the nearest pub (550 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 88 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 15% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Riverside gardens, 350 m away; for exercise, Lift Each Other (LEO) (800 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 13 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 33 km.
Most households own their home, 14% rent privately.
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.
38 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.
Orpington constituency: Gareth Bacon MP (Conservative), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 5,118 (11.1%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Conservative 38%, Labour 27%, Reform UK 19%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
18 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 BR5 2AJ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Bromley since 2011.
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 124 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 43 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 83 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 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 | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.6% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.1% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.