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On Chaffinch Avenue, in Monks Orchard
What it's like at CR0 7SF: every home that has sold on Chaffinch 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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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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Chaffinch 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.
None of the 47 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Chaffinch AvenueDetached | Oct 2008 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Chaffinch AvenueDetached | Nov 2010 | £280,000 | 91 m² | £3,077/m² | 2 |
| 5, Chaffinch AvenueDetached | Feb 2007 | £330,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Chaffinch AvenueDetached | Feb 2026 | £590,000 | 92 m² | £6,413/m² | 3 |
| 9, Chaffinch AvenueDetached | Mar 1995 | £81,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Chaffinch AvenueDetached | Apr 2026 | £526,000 | 97 m² | £5,423/m² | 2 |
| 13, Chaffinch AvenueDetached | Mar 1998 | £138,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Chaffinch AvenueDetached | Nov 2025 | £530,000 | 76 m² | £6,974/m² | 2 |
| 17, Chaffinch AvenueDetached | Dec 2001 | £175,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Chaffinch AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2007 | £335,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 21, Chaffinch AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2021 | £450,000 | 92 m² | £4,891/m² | 2 |
| 23, Chaffinch AvenueDetached | Jul 2008 | £275,000 | 117 m² | £2,350/m² | 2 |
| 25, Chaffinch AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2024 | £595,000 | 122 m² | £4,877/m² | 1 |
| 27, Chaffinch AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £585,000 | 110 m² | £5,318/m² | 3 |
| 29, Chaffinch AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £470,000 | 83 m² | £5,663/m² | 2 |
| 31, Chaffinch AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2005 | £235,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 33, Chaffinch AvenueTerraced | Dec 2021 | £470,000 | 87 m² | £5,402/m² | 1 |
| 35, Chaffinch AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 1999 | £138,000 | 101 m² | £1,366/m² | 1 |
| 37, Chaffinch AvenueDetached | Dec 2020 | £480,000 | 81 m² | £5,926/m² | 2 |
| 39, Chaffinch AvenueTerraced | Sept 2008 | £220,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 43, Chaffinch AvenueTerraced | Oct 2004 | £218,000 | 69 m² | £3,159/m² | 2 |
| 45, Chaffinch AvenueTerraced | Aug 2012 | £250,000 | 75 m² | £3,333/m² | 2 |
| 47, Chaffinch AvenueTerraced | Aug 2014 | £364,100 | 80 m² | £4,551/m² | 2 |
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, 950 m away, with 802k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Fairford Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 19 minutes on weekdays (route 367); 39 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 15 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Monks Orchard Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 73% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St John's CofE Primary School (1.2 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 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 (2.3 km) and Harris Girls Academy Bromley (3.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (6.3 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (7.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 200 m away; Portland Wines (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ashburton Park Medical Centre (1.1 km), with Greenchem Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, The Cutting Room is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 4.3 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 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Bywood Kebab House is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Elm Tree the nearest pub (1.1 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 59 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 24% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Ashburton Playing Fields, 550 m away; for exercise, Croydon Sports Arena (750 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 15 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 27 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
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%.
24 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 7SF →
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 47 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 36 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 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.2% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.9% | 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 44 min
Nearest: Greenwich Castle · about 31 min
Nearest: Greenwich Pier · about 31 min
Nearest: Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation · about 39 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.