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On Greencourt Avenue, in Addiscombe East
What it's like at CR0 7LD: every home that has sold on Greencourt Avenue 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Greencourt Avenue; 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 17 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Greencourt AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2014 | £495,000 | 163 m² | £3,037/m² | 1 |
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| 2, Greencourt AvenueTerraced | Jun 2021 | £513,000 | 114 m² | £4,500/m² | 1 |
| 3, Greencourt AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2016 | £575,000 | 121 m² | £4,752/m² | 1 |
| 4, Greencourt AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2017 | £525,000 | 114 m² | £4,605/m² | 4 |
| 5, Greencourt AvenueSemi-detached | May 1998 | £145,000 | 110 m² | £1,318/m² | 1 |
| 6, Greencourt AvenueTerraced | Jan 2023 | £550,000 | 113 m² | £4,867/m² | 2 |
| 7, Greencourt AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2026 | £670,000 | 158 m² | £4,241/m² | 1 |
| 9, Greencourt AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Feb 2022 | £625,000 | 163 m² | £3,834/m² | 3 |
| 11, Greencourt AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2007 | £330,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Greencourt AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2003 | £269,950 | 149 m² | £1,812/m² | 1 |
| 13, Greencourt AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2004 | £270,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Greencourt AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2001 | £220,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Greencourt AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2010 | £337,000 | 121 m² | £2,785/m² | 3 |
| 18, Greencourt AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2019 | £625,000 | 142 m² | £4,401/m² | 2 |
| 19, Greencourt AvenueTerraced | Oct 2024 | £545,000 | 119 m² | £4,580/m² | 1 |
| 21, Greencourt AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2024 | £660,000 | 127 m² | £5,197/m² | 2 |
| 23, Greencourt AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2009 | £315,000 | 118 m² | £2,669/m² | 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: 45% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Addiscombe tram stop, about a 10-minute walk (850 m). The nearest rail station is East Croydon, 2.1 km away, with 20.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Trinity School Shirley, 100 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 466, 198, 194, 119); 204 departures an hour from the 9 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 St John's CofE Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km); 81% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Oasis Academy Shirley Park, 700 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 Tesco Express, 550 m away, with Hathaways closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Addiscombe Road Surgery (100 m), with Shirley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, The London Hair Company is 150 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.
Shirley Park Golf Club is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Crown Inn the nearest pub (650 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 Addiscombe Recreation Ground, 600 m away; for exercise, Croydon Sports Arena (1.8 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 16 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 26 km.
29 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%.
18 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 7LD →
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Greencourt Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 14 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% | 1.0% |
| 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.
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.