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On Bruce Grove, in Orpington West
What it's like at BR6 0HF: every home that has sold on Bruce Grove 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Bruce Grove; 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.
1 of the 44 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Bruce GroveTerraced | Jun 2018 | £580,000 | 141 m² | £4,113/m² | 1 |
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| 2a, Bruce GroveTerraced | Jul 2018 | £555,000 | 141 m² | £3,936/m² | 1 |
| 2b, Bruce GroveTerraced | Jun 2018 | £565,000 | 141 m² | £4,007/m² | 1 |
| 2c, Bruce GroveTerraced | Aug 2018 | £575,000 | 141 m² | £4,078/m² | 1 |
| 2d, Bruce GroveTerraced | Jun 2018 | £599,995 | 141 m² | £4,255/m² | 1 |
| 2e, Bruce GroveTerraced | Oct 2022 | £675,000 | 148 m² | £4,561/m² | 2 |
| 2f, Bruce GroveTerraced | Jul 2018 | £590,000 | 148 m² | £3,986/m² | 1 |
| 2g, Bruce GroveTerraced | Aug 2018 | £599,995 | 148 m² | £4,054/m² | 1 |
| 3, Bruce GroveSemi-detached | May 2021 | £485,000 | 99 m² | £4,899/m² | 3 |
| 5, Bruce GroveSemi-detached | Mar 2020 | £434,500 | 99 m² | £4,389/m² | 1 |
| 7, Bruce GroveSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £527,500 | 119 m² | £4,433/m² | 3 |
| 11, Bruce GroveSemi-detached | Nov 2013 | £285,000 | 98 m² | £2,908/m² | 1 |
| 11a, Bruce GroveSemi-detached | Jan 2013 | £310,000 | 154 m² | £2,013/m² | 2 |
| 12, Bruce GroveSemi-detached | Mar 2020 | £450,000 | 93 m² | £4,839/m² | 4 |
| 14, Bruce GroveSemi-detached | Jun 2006 | £247,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 16, Bruce GroveSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2013 | £295,000 | 85 m² | £3,471/m² | 1 |
| 17, Bruce GroveSemi-detached | Jun 1999 | £140,000 | 143 m² | £979/m² | 2 |
| 18, Bruce GroveSemi-detached | Nov 2003 | £241,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Bruce GroveSemi-detached | Oct 2006 | £335,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Bruce GroveSemi-detached | Sept 2013 | £280,000 | 90 m² | £3,111/m² | 1 |
| 21, Bruce GroveSemi-detached | Nov 2002 | £210,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 23, Bruce GroveSemi-detached | Nov 2000 | £170,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 24, Bruce GroveSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £490,000 | 103 m² | £4,757/m² | 1 |
| 27, Bruce GroveSemi-detached | Feb 2023 | £840,000 | 158 m² | £5,316/m² | 2 |
| 29, Bruce GroveSemi-detached | Jul 2004 | £227,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 1, Blakely Apartments, 4b, Bruce GroveFlat | Aug 2018 | £399,995 | 74 m² | £5,405/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, Blakely Apartments, 4b, Bruce GroveFlat | Apr 2019 | £379,995 | 74 m² | £5,135/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, Blakely Apartments, 4b, Bruce GroveFlat | Feb 2019 | £340,000 | 71 m² | £4,789/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, Blakely Apartments, 4b, Bruce GroveFlat | Nov 2018 | £395,000 | 72 m² | £5,486/m² | 1 |
| Flat 8, Blakely Apartments, 4b, Bruce GroveFlat | Aug 2022 | £417,500 | 74 m² | £5,642/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, Blakely Apartments, 4b, Bruce GroveFlat | May 2026 | £367,000 | 71 m² | £5,169/m² | 3 |
| Flat 6, Blakely Apartments, 4b, Bruce GroveFlat | Sept 2018 | £430,000 | 74 m² | £5,811/m² | 1 |
| Flat 7, Blakely Apartments, 4b, Bruce GroveFlat | May 2019 | £389,995 | 71 m² | £5,493/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, Harrington Apartments, 4a, Bruce GroveFlat | Aug 2024 | £300,000 | 70 m² | £4,286/m² | 2 |
| Flat 6, Harrington Apartments, 4a, Bruce GroveFlat | Jun 2022 | £400,000 | 84 m² | £4,762/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, Harrington Apartments, 4a, Bruce GroveFlat | May 2019 | £369,995 | 70 m² | £5,286/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, Harrington Apartments, 4a, Bruce GroveFlat | Jun 2018 | £410,000 | 70 m² | £5,857/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, Harrington Apartments, 4a, Bruce GroveFlat | Jul 2026 | £412,500 | 84 m² | £4,911/m² | 2 |
| Flat 9, Harrington Apartments, 4a, Bruce GroveFlat | Jun 2018 | £425,000 | 78 m² | £5,449/m² | 1 |
| Flat 8, Harrington Apartments, 4a, Bruce GroveFlat | Nov 2019 | £370,000 | 70 m² | £5,286/m² | 1 |
| Flat 7, Harrington Apartments, 4a, Bruce GroveFlat | Aug 2019 | £379,995 | 70 m² | £5,429/m² | 1 |
| Flat 10, Harrington Apartments, 4a, Bruce GroveFlat | Oct 2025 | £410,000 | 70 m² | £5,857/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, Paxton Apartments, 4, Bruce GroveFlat | Apr 2019 | £405,000 | 75 m² | £5,400/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, Paxton Apartments, 4, Bruce GroveFlat | Jun 2018 | £450,000 | 92 m² | £4,891/m² | 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 Orpington, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 5.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is High Street / Church Hill, 100 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 208, 51, R11, 61); 203 departures an hour from the 6 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 Perry Hall Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 90% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Orpington, 950 m 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 SS Food & Wine, 100 m away; Poundstretcher (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Knoll Medical Practice (350 m), with Superdrug Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Jacob Barbers is 100 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.
Crystal Lake is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Royal British Legion Club the nearest pub (50 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.
It's growing: about 160 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Priory Gardens, 350 m away; for exercise, Lift Each Other (LEO) (100 m).
54 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Barn Hawe | II | 70 m |
| Outbuildings in the Grounds of the Priory | II | 100 m |
| Two Garden Walls 30 Yards North of the Priory | II | 130 m |
| the Priory | II* | 150 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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 BR6 0HF →
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.
On this street: 1 of 38 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
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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 44 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.