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On Oregon Square, in Crofton
What it's like at BR6 8BG: every home that has sold on Oregon Square 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.
7 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Oregon Square; 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.
3 of the 80 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 42, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Feb 2014 | £320,000 | 70 m² | £4,571/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44, Oregon SquareTerraced | Nov 2020 | £595,000 | 122 m² | £4,877/m² | 2 |
| 46, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Oct 2018 | £545,000 | 64 m² | £8,516/m² | 2 |
| 48, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £525,000 | 60 m² | £8,750/m² | 3 |
| 50, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Dec 2006 | £205,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 50a, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £841,194 | 115 m² | £7,315/m² | 3 |
| 52, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Aug 2026 | £430,000 | 89 m² | £4,831/m² | 2 |
| 54, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Apr 2014 | £320,000 | 64 m² | £5,000/m² | 1 |
| 56, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £185,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 58, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Dec 1996 | £85,000 | 61 m² | £1,393/m² | 1 |
| 60, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £138,250 | 61 m² | £2,266/m² | 1 |
| 62, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Aug 2013 | £280,000 | 60 m² | £4,667/m² | 1 |
| 64, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Jan 2021 | £475,000 | 158 m² | £3,006/m² | 1 |
| 66, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Aug 2022 | £622,000 | 101 m² | £6,158/m² | 3 |
| 70, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Jan 2015 | £368,000 | 53 m² | £6,943/m² | 1 |
| 70a, Oregon SquareDetached | Aug 1997 | £135,700 | 104 m² | £1,305/m² | 1 |
| 74, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Jun 2025 | £635,000 | 103 m² | £6,165/m² | 1 |
| 76, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Apr 2024 | £535,000 | 75 m² | £7,133/m² | 2 |
| 78, Oregon SquareSemi-detached | Jul 2013 | £240,000 | 58 m² | £4,138/m² | 1 |
| 80, Oregon SquareDetached | Sept 2024 | £620,000 | 78 m² | £7,949/m² | 2 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 52% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Orpington, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 5.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Kelvin Parade, 150 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route R7); 99 departures an hour from the 19 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 21 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Crofton Junior School, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km); 91% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School (1.2 km), with 6 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Newstead Wood School, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 82.8 · 73.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Hayes School (4.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Newstead Wood School (0.6 km) and St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School (2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons Daily, 450 m away; Crofton Pharmacy (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Tubbenden Lane Branch (800 m), with Crofton Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Nikki's Hair Design is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal University Hospital, 1.5 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.
Crofton Baptist Church is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Bromley Tennis Centre the nearest pub (850 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 38% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Broxbourne Gardens, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Knoll Orpington Lawn Tennis (750 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 15 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 30 km.
18 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 BR6 8BG →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 49% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 43% 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: 0 of 66 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 | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.5% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.0% | 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.
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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 80 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 44 min
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