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On Orchard Villas, in Chislehurst East & Hoblingwell Wood
What it's like at BR7 6PX: every home that has sold on Orchard Villas 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.
Sales and extensions on Orchard Villas; 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 6 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Orchard VillasTerraced | Apr 2017 | £600,000 | 91 m² | £6,593/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Orchard VillasTerraced | Feb 2023 | £665,000 | 77 m² | £8,636/m² | 4 |
| 4, Orchard VillasTerraced | Dec 2025 | £735,000 | 92 m² | £7,989/m² | 5 |
| 5, Orchard VillasTerraced | Jul 2020 | £572,753 | 91 m² | £6,294/m² | 1 |
| 6, Orchard VillasSemi-detached | Sept 2017 | £650,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 7, Orchard VillasSemi-detached | Jan 2021 | £835,000 | 86 m² | £9,709/m² | 2 |
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: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Sidcup, a short drive or bike ride (2.3 km), with 2.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Beaverwood Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 269, 160, 638, 625); 27 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 19 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Midfield Primary School, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km); 61% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Chislehurst School for Girls, 400 m away; Attainment 8: 50.3 · 12.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (3.4 km) and Newstead Wood School (4.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons, 1.4 km away, with BP And M&S Simply Food closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sidcup Medical Centre (1.5 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.6 km).
For a haircut, Grovelands Barbers is 1.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal University Hospital, 5.0 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 9 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Sol & Life Lab is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Sydney Arms the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 104 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 46% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Chislehurst).
There are 26 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 34% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Scadbury Park, 650 m away; for exercise, Red 1 Airsoft Chislehurst (650 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 11 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 34 km.
Most households own their home, 9% rent privately.
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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| School House (Opposite Gate Piers) | II | 40 m |
| Pair of Gate Piers (Opposite School House) | II | 40 m |
| Rose Cottage | II | 80 m |
| Chestnut Cottage and Waggoners Cottage | II | 140 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.
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%.
19 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 6PX →
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Orchard Villas in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 43 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 5 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 | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 86.3% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.7% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.5% | 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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