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On Blackhorse Lane, in Addiscombe East
What it's like at CR0 6RS: every home that has sold on Blackhorse Lane 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Blackhorse Lane; 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 43 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Blackhorse LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £446,000 | 107 m² | £4,168/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | Sept 2021 | £490,000 | 122 m² | £4,016/m² | 1 |
| 10, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | Nov 2014 | £318,000 | 100 m² | £3,180/m² | 2 |
| 12, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | Dec 2014 | £360,000 | 99 m² | £3,636/m² | 3 |
| 14, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | Jul 2015 | £397,692 | 131 m² | £3,036/m² | 3 |
| 16, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | Dec 2004 | £249,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | Dec 2004 | £249,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 24, Blackhorse LaneSemi-detached | May 2010 | £250,000 | 115 m² | £2,174/m² | 2 |
| 26, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | Jun 2022 | £492,000 | 131 m² | £3,756/m² | 3 |
| 28, Blackhorse LaneTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2001 | £135,000 | 99 m² | £1,364/m² | 1 |
| 30, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | Jul 2007 | £249,950 | 82 m² | £3,048/m² | 2 |
| 32, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | Aug 1999 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | Jan 2015 | £347,500 | 119 m² | £2,920/m² | 2 |
| 36, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | Oct 2005 | £215,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 38, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | Dec 2018 | £460,000 | 85 m² | £5,412/m² | 3 |
| 42, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | May 2017 | £493,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 44, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | Feb 2007 | £235,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 46, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | Aug 2004 | £227,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | Aug 2006 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 54, Blackhorse LaneTerraced | Mar 2025 | £545,000 | 99 m² | £5,505/m² | 3 |
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: 45% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Blackhorse Lane tram stop, a few minutes' walk (200 m). The nearest rail station is Norwood Junction, 1.6 km away, with 4.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Parkview Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 312, 289, 367, 689); 128 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 12% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 15 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Woodside Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 77% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St John's CofE Primary School (1.4 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Oasis Academy Shirley Park, 400 m away; Attainment 8: 42.6 · 9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Invictus Academy Croydon (2.5 km) and Harris Academy Beckenham (3.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (4.8 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (5.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op Supermarket, 150 m away; Harrisons News (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ashburton Park Medical Centre (350 m), with Addiscombe Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Ricky Daniels is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 3.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 73% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Zafran is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Joiners Arms the nearest pub (400 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (9 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 82 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 7% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 47% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Ashburton Park, 350 m away; for exercise, South Norwood Leisure Centre (1.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.3 µg/m³).
50 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.
Croydon East constituency: Natasha Irons MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,825 (15.6%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 42%, Conservative 27%, Reform UK 13%, Green Party 9%.
32 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 CR0 6RS →
For holidays, London City is 16 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 26 km.
Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 44% 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Croydon since 2011.
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 43 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 41 min
Nearest: Hobbledown · about 34 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 31 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 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 93.4% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.8% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 4.7% | 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.