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On Cray Avenue, in St Mary Cray South
What it's like at BR5 4AA: every home that has sold on Cray Avenue 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Cray Avenue; 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 34 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 3, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2023 | £505,000 | 105 m² | £4,810/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7, Cray AvenueTerraced | Nov 2005 | £209,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2001 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £430,000 | 78 m² | £5,513/m² | 1 |
| 13, Cray AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2025 | £552,000 | 89 m² | £6,202/m² | 3 |
| 15, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2002 | £160,000 | 90 m² | £1,778/m² | 1 |
| 17, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2016 | £410,000 | 90 m² | £4,556/m² | 1 |
| 19, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2011 | £249,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 21, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £395,000 | 114 m² | £3,465/m² | 1 |
| 23, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2017 | £500,000 | 150 m² | £3,333/m² | 2 |
| 25, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £430,000 | 113 m² | £3,805/m² | 1 |
| 29, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2024 | £547,500 | 116 m² | £4,720/m² | 4 |
| 31, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 1996 | £75,000 | 133 m² | £564/m² | 1 |
| 33, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £440,000 | 70 m² | £6,286/m² | 1 |
| 45, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2026 | £405,000 | 88 m² | £4,602/m² | 1 |
| 51, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2016 | £346,000 | 77 m² | £4,494/m² | 3 |
| 53, Cray AvenueTerraced | Sept 2008 | £214,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 57, Cray AvenueTerraced | Mar 2010 | £210,000 | 81 m² | £2,593/m² | 3 |
| 61, Cray AvenueTerraced | Jul 2001 | £143,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 65, Cray AvenueTerraced | Sept 2015 | £310,000 | 72 m² | £4,306/m² | 2 |
| 67, Cray AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2018 | £395,000 | 87 m² | £4,540/m² | 3 |
| 69, Cray AvenueTerraced | Jun 2004 | £199,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 71, Cray AvenueTerraced | Nov 2018 | £365,000 | 99 m² | £3,687/m² | 4 |
| 73, Cray AvenueTerraced | May 2011 | £229,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 77, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2010 | £230,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 85, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £375,000 | 72 m² | £5,208/m² | 2 |
| 87, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | May 2023 | £400,000 | 97 m² | £4,124/m² | 3 |
| 89, Cray AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2007 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 91, Cray AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Oct 2020 | £418,000 | 114 m² | £3,667/m² | 3 |
| River House, 97, Cray AvenueOther | Apr 2020 | £7,870,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is St Mary Cray, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 1.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Lower Road / Derry Downs, 150 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes R3, B14, 477); 94 departures an hour from the 8 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 St. Mary Cray Primary Academy, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 41% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Perry Hall Primary School (0.9 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Orpington, 1.4 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, 300 m away, with T K Maxx closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St Mary Cray Practice (500 m), with Priory Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, No. Seven is 250 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.
Rossy's Rascals Pre School is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Beech Tree the nearest pub (250 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, 200 m away; for exercise, Lift Each Other (LEO) (700 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.
39 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 4AA →
On this street: 0 of 20 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 | 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.
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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 34 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
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