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On Derry Downs, in Orpington East
What it's like at BR5 4DU: every home that has sold on Derry Downs 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Derry Downs; 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 42 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 25, Derry DownsTerraced · company-owned | Jan 1996 | £79,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25a, Derry DownsTerraced | Jul 2013 | £250,000 | 85 m² | £2,941/m² | 4 |
| 28, Derry DownsDetached | Feb 2025 | £485,000 | 145 m² | £3,345/m² | 2 |
| 30, Derry DownsDetached | Oct 2006 | £236,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, Derry DownsSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £246,450 | 182 m² | £1,354/m² | 1 |
| 36, Derry DownsDetached | Sept 2015 | £399,950 | 134 m² | £2,985/m² | 2 |
| 37, Derry DownsDetached | Aug 2021 | £570,000 | 97 m² | £5,876/m² | 3 |
| 37a, Derry DownsDetached | Sept 2001 | £200,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 38, Derry DownsDetached | Nov 2017 | £400,000 | 107 m² | £3,738/m² | 1 |
| 40, Derry DownsDetached | Nov 2009 | £345,000 | 175 m² | £1,971/m² | 3 |
| 41, Derry DownsSemi-detached | Jul 2025 | £660,000 | 176 m² | £3,750/m² | 4 |
| 41a, Derry DownsDetached | Feb 2000 | £190,000 | 126 m² | £1,508/m² | 2 |
| 42, Derry DownsSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £435,000 | 74 m² | £5,878/m² | 5 |
| 43, Derry DownsSemi-detached | Jul 2005 | £295,000 | 159 m² | £1,855/m² | 2 |
| 44, Derry DownsSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £283,000 | 63 m² | £4,492/m² | 6 |
| 45, Derry DownsSemi-detached | May 1999 | £69,500 | 102 m² | £681/m² | 1 |
| 45a, Derry DownsTerraced | May 2006 | £280,000 | 155 m² | £1,806/m² | 3 |
| 47, Derry DownsDetached | Jan 2017 | £390,000 | 85 m² | £4,588/m² | 1 |
| 48, Derry DownsTerraced | Sept 1998 | £120,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 49a, Derry DownsDetached | Jun 2021 | £685,000 | 145 m² | £4,724/m² | 2 |
| 50, Derry DownsSemi-detached | Mar 2001 | £160,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 51, Derry DownsDetached | Oct 2019 | £1,000,000 | 243 m² | £4,115/m² | 2 |
| 51a, Derry DownsDetached | Aug 2012 | £267,000 | 115 m² | £2,322/m² | 1 |
| 52, Derry DownsSemi-detached | Oct 2010 | £228,000 | 108 m² | £2,111/m² | 1 |
| 53, Derry DownsDetached | Jul 1995 | £120,000 | 245 m² | £490/m² | 1 |
| 54, Derry DownsDetached | Apr 2022 | £350,000 | 87 m² | £4,023/m² | 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, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 1.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Northfield Avenue Orpington, 150 m away, with a bus about every 20 minutes on weekdays (route R4); 30 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 22 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St. Mary Cray Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 41% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Perry Hall Primary School (1.2 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 (1.5 km) and Newstead Wood School (2.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 750 m away, with Osbon Phatmacy closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Derry Downs Surgery (under 50 m), with Osbon Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, No. Seven is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal University Hospital, 4.0 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
The Croft Tearoom is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Beech Tree the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 62 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 9% flats and 10% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 47% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
Bungalow country: 28% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Riverside gardens, 550 m away; for exercise, Fordes Gym (550 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 15 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 32 km.
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.
26 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%.
16 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 4DU →
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 42 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 33 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.2% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.4% | 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.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 43 min
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