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On Wilderness Road, in Chislehurst West & Elmstead
What it's like at BR7 5EY: every home that has sold on Wilderness 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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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 Wilderness 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.
1 of the 41 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 6, Wilderness RoadDetached | Apr 2017 | £2,400,000 | 310 m² | £7,742/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Wilderness RoadDetached | Mar 2004 | £1,075,000 | 234 m² | £4,594/m² | 2 |
| 10a, Wilderness RoadDetached | May 2024 | £3,375,000 | 545 m² | £6,193/m² | 2 |
| 18a, Wilderness RoadDetached | Feb 2021 | £3,240,000 | 793 m² | £4,086/m² | 2 |
| 18b, Wilderness RoadOther | Mar 2018 | £1,750,000 | 1,050 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
| 1, Copley Dene, Wilderness RoadFlat | Apr 2016 | £735,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 2, Copley Dene, Wilderness RoadFlat | Oct 2013 | £618,000 | 195 m² | £3,169/m² | 1 |
| Cedars, Wilderness RoadDetached | Dec 2023 | £2,445,000 | 402 m² | £6,082/m² | 3 |
| Chalvedune, 28, Wilderness RoadDetached | Sept 2010 | £4,550,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Cherries, Wilderness RoadDetached | Oct 2025 | £2,575,000 | 355 m² | £7,254/m² | 1 |
| Chesham House, Wilderness RoadDetached | Sept 2021 | £3,250,000 | 568 m² | £5,722/m² | 2 |
| Ground Floor Flat, Copley Dene Cottage, Wilderness RoadFlat · company-owned | Aug 2023 | £450,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Hedgerows, Wilderness RoadDetached | May 2013 | £1,650,000 | 242 m² | £6,818/m² | 1 |
| Holme Chase, Wilderness RoadDetached | Aug 1996 | £1,500,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Moorcroft House, Wilderness RoadDetached | Jun 2024 | £3,450,000 | 695 m² | £4,964/m² | 1 |
| Silver Trees, Wilderness RoadDetached | Jul 2020 | £2,650,000 | 385 m² | £6,883/m² | 3 |
| Silwood, Wilderness RoadDetached | Oct 2019 | £2,500,000 | 309 m² | £8,091/m² | 2 |
| Squirrels, Wilderness RoadDetached | Jan 2025 | £3,000,000 | 455 m² | £6,593/m² | 2 |
| Stable House, Wilderness RoadDetached | Jun 2020 | £3,500,000 | 968 m² | £3,616/m² | 3 |
| Trosley, Wilderness RoadDetached | Jul 2004 | £1,070,000 | 297 m² | £3,603/m² | 1 |
| White Gates, Wilderness RoadDetached | Apr 1996 | £520,000 | – | – | 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: 60% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Chislehurst, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 1.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Chislehurst / Ashfield Lane, 400 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 161, 160, 162, 61).
Rail is a big part of life: 10% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 17 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Nicholas Church of England Primary, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 81% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School (1.7 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Orion Coopers, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 48.5 · 10.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bonus Pastor Catholic College (4.5 km) and Harris Academy Greenwich (4.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (4.5 km) and Newstead Wood School (4.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 550 m away, with Champion Wines closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Chislehurst Partnership (650 m), with Pond Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Tribe is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal University Hospital, 4.9 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, 7 pubs and bars.
Village Nurseries - Pre-School is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Chislehurst Golf Club - Nourish Catering the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 50% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Chislehurst, Bickley Park).
There are 36 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 51% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Chislehurst Recreation Ground, 550 m away; for exercise, Red 1 Airsoft Chislehurst (1.2 km).
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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Holne Chase | II | 90 m |
| Copley Dene | II | 130 m |
| Parkmore | II | 170 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Eltham and Chislehurst constituency: Clive Efford MP (Labour), since May 1997. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 8,429 (18.5%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Labour 44%, Conservative 26%, Reform UK 16%, Green Party 7%.
12 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 BR7 5EY →
On this street: 0 of 32 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.7% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.8% | 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.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 11 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 33 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 53% 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.
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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 41 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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