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On Rookesley Road, in Orpington East
What it's like at BR5 4HJ: every home that has sold on Rookesley 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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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 Rookesley 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.
None of the 36 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Rookesley RoadTerraced | Dec 2009 | £237,500 | 92 m² | £2,582/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £510,000 | 79 m² | £6,456/m² | 2 |
| 10, Rookesley RoadDetached | Aug 2002 | £200,000 | 105 m² | £1,905/m² | 1 |
| 14, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2020 | £340,000 | 57 m² | £5,965/m² | 1 |
| 16, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | May 1997 | £68,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2018 | £340,000 | 47 m² | £7,234/m² | 3 |
| 20, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2015 | £305,000 | 86 m² | £3,547/m² | 1 |
| 22, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £420,000 | 55 m² | £7,636/m² | 3 |
| 24, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2021 | £520,000 | 57 m² | £9,123/m² | 3 |
| 26, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £410,000 | 66 m² | £6,212/m² | 4 |
| 28, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2012 | £190,000 | 53 m² | £3,585/m² | 1 |
| 30, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2025 | £415,000 | 53 m² | £7,830/m² | 3 |
| 32, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2006 | £185,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1996 | £80,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 38, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2026 | £560,000 | 122 m² | £4,590/m² | 2 |
| 40, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2010 | £200,000 | 88 m² | £2,273/m² | 1 |
| 42, Rookesley RoadDetached | Sept 2017 | £440,000 | 106 m² | £4,151/m² | 2 |
| 44, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | May 2010 | £222,000 | 84 m² | £2,643/m² | 1 |
| 48, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2004 | £195,000 | 88 m² | £2,216/m² | 2 |
| 54, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £470,000 | 115 m² | £4,087/m² | 4 |
| 56, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £368,000 | 91 m² | £4,044/m² | 1 |
| 64, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2024 | £415,000 | 75 m² | £5,533/m² | 1 |
| 66, Rookesley RoadTerraced | Aug 2026 | £462,000 | 93 m² | £4,968/m² | 3 |
| 68, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2018 | £380,000 | 124 m² | £3,065/m² | 1 |
| 70, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £424,000 | 103 m² | £4,117/m² | 1 |
| 72, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2013 | £234,000 | 73 m² | £3,205/m² | 1 |
| 74, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £483,000 | 93 m² | £5,194/m² | 2 |
| 76, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2017 | £445,000 | 114 m² | £3,904/m² | 2 |
| 80, Rookesley RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £417,500 | 61 m² | £6,844/m² | 6 |
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 (1.8 km), with 1.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Rookesley Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 20 minutes on weekdays (route R4); 39 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 22 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Philomena's Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 86% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Perry Hall Primary School (1.2 km).
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Orpington, 1.0 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, 1.0 km away, with Osbon Phatmacy closer still (800 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Derry Downs Surgery (550 m), with Eldred Drive Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Sparkle Tanning & Beauty is 800 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.
Unity Church is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and The Beech Tree the nearest pub (800 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 Grassmeade Recreation Ground, 350 m away; for exercise, Fordes Gym (1.1 km).
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.
5 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%.
14 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 4HJ →
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 36 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 30 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 | 0.8% | 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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