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On Robinhood Green, in Orpington West
What it's like at BR5 2AS: every home that has sold on Robinhood Green 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Robinhood Green; 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 31 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Robinhood GreenSemi-detached | Feb 2020 | £367,000 | 105 m² | £3,495/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Robinhood GreenSemi-detached | Aug 2022 | £470,000 | 87 m² | £5,402/m² | 2 |
| 8, Robinhood GreenSemi-detached | Jun 2007 | £232,500 | 128 m² | £1,816/m² | 2 |
| 12, Robinhood GreenSemi-detached | Apr 2026 | £500,000 | 84 m² | £5,952/m² | 1 |
| 16, Robinhood GreenSemi-detached | Mar 2003 | £170,900 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Robinhood GreenSemi-detached | Oct 2006 | £227,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 22, Robinhood GreenSemi-detached | Jan 2017 | £418,500 | 86 m² | £4,866/m² | 1 |
| 28, Robinhood GreenSemi-detached | Jul 2025 | £530,000 | 111 m² | £4,775/m² | 4 |
| 30, Robinhood GreenSemi-detached | Sept 2004 | £210,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Robinhood GreenSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £480,000 | 113 m² | £4,248/m² | 2 |
| 36, Robinhood GreenSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2007 | £270,000 | – | – | 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: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is St Mary Cray, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 1.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Cray Valley Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 19 minutes on weekdays (routes 273, 661); 31 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 11% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 12 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 21 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Poverest Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 66% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Perry Hall Primary School (0.5 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Orpington, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 42.7 · 6.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Hayes School (5.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School (1.4 km) and Newstead Wood School (1.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 850 m away, with PS Quick Stop Convenience & Off Licence closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Poverest Medical Centre (250 m), with Orpington Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Edge is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal University Hospital, 3.0 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: 54 restaurants and cafés and 5 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Breakfast & After School Club - Poverest Primary School is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Cricketers the nearest pub (800 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (19 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 144 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 29% flats and 31% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
31 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%.
17 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 2AS →
It's growing: about 160 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Poverest Park, 400 m away; for exercise, The Gym Group (950 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 14 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 32 km.
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 45% 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" Robinhood Green in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 16 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 | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 79.8% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.4% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 9.4% | 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: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 44 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.