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On Bywood Avenue, in South Norwood Park
What it's like at CR0 7RB: every home that has sold on Bywood 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Bywood 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 29 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Bywood AvenueDetached | Jan 2026 | £517,500 | 78 m² | £6,635/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Bywood AvenueSemi-detached | May 2025 | £375,000 | 99 m² | £3,788/m² | 1 |
| 5, Bywood AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £490,000 | 58 m² | £8,448/m² | 3 |
| 7, Bywood AvenueDetached | Aug 2005 | £220,000 | – | – | 1 |
| First Floor Flat,, 13, Bywood AvenueFlat | Sept 2006 | £143,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, Bywood AvenueFlat | Feb 2017 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15a, Bywood AvenueFlat | Jun 2008 | £135,000 | 44 m² | £3,068/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, 17, Bywood AvenueFlat | Nov 2012 | £80,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17a, Bywood AvenueTerraced | May 2007 | £182,000 | 37 m² | £4,919/m² | 1 |
| 19a, Bywood AvenueFlat · company-owned | Apr 2026 | £131,500 | 46 m² | £2,859/m² | 5 |
| 21, Bywood AvenueDetached | Aug 2007 | £340,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 23, Bywood AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2020 | £435,000 | 97 m² | £4,485/m² | 4 |
| 25, Bywood AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £495,000 | 73 m² | £6,781/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Arena tram stop, about a 5-minute walk (550 m). The nearest rail station is Elmers End, 1.1 km away, with 802k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Homer Road, 300 m away, with a bus about every 20 minutes on weekdays (route 367); 32 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 17% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 14 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Monks Orchard Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 73% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Stewart Fleming Primary School (1.1 km).
The nearest secondary is Oasis Academy Arena, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 37.6 · 4.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Beckenham (2.5 km) and Harris Girls Academy Bromley (2.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (6 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (6.7 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 50 m away; Portland Wines (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ashburton Park Medical Centre (1.0 km), with Greenchem Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, The Cutting Room is under 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 3.4 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 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Bywood Kebab House is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and The Elm Tree the nearest pub (1.2 km).
Crime is around the national middle: about 86 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 20% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Ashburton Playing Fields, 400 m away; for exercise, Croydon Sports Arena (800 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 15 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 15 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 28 km.
15 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%.
23 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 7RB →
On this street: 0 of 18 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.0% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.4% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
Most households own their home, 15% 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.
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 29 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 38 min
Nearest: Battersea Park Children's Zoo · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.