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On Leesons Hill, in Chislehurst East & Hoblingwell Wood
What it's like at BR7 6QJ: every home that has sold on Leesons Hill 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Leesons Hill; 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.
2 of the 37 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 219, Leesons HillDetached | Aug 2020 | £875,000 | 240 m² | £3,646/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 221, Leesons HillDetached | Mar 2017 | £1,031,500 | 245 m² | £4,210/m² | 3 |
| 223, Leesons HillDetached | Sept 2003 | £452,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 225, Leesons HillSemi-detached | Oct 2006 | £340,000 | 281 m² | £1,210/m² | 1 |
| 227, Leesons HillDetached | Jan 2007 | £690,000 | 215 m² | £3,209/m² | 2 |
| 229, Leesons HillDetached | Aug 2006 | £685,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 231, Leesons HillDetached | Jul 2004 | £982,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 233, Leesons HillDetached | Jun 2022 | £950,000 | 195 m² | £4,872/m² | 2 |
| 235, Leesons HillDetached | Nov 2012 | £655,000 | 193 m² | £3,394/m² | 1 |
| 237, Leesons HillDetached | Jun 2017 | £1,095,000 | 234 m² | £4,679/m² | 2 |
| 239, Leesons HillDetached | Dec 2020 | £1,210,000 | 143 m² | £8,462/m² | 2 |
| 241, Leesons HillDetached | May 2010 | £625,000 | 231 m² | £2,706/m² | 2 |
| 243, Leesons HillDetached | Jun 1995 | £207,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 247, Leesons HillSemi-detached | Apr 1998 | £228,000 | – | – | 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: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is St Mary Cray, about a 10-minute walk (900 m), with 1.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Manorfields Close, 50 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 273, R1, 661); 19 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 St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 82% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Midfield Primary School (1.1 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Orion Coopers, 1.8 km away; Attainment 8: 48.5 · 10.9% 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 Co-op, 900 m away, with Tillingbourne Express closer still (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Broomwood Health Centre (1.0 km), with Cray Hill Pharmacy + Travel Clinic the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, R.C.L.O Hair is 850 m 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.
Big Meat BBQ is the closest café or restaurant (850 m), and Petts Wood Bowling Club the nearest pub (1.4 km).
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, 1.2 km away; for exercise, The Gym Group (1.2 km).
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.
6 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.
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%.
9 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 6QJ →
Most households own their home, 9% rent privately.
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" Leesons Hill in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 30 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 | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 86.4% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.8% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.4% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 43 min
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