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On Wickham Road, in Shirley West
What it's like at CR0 8DJ: every home that has sold on Wickham Road 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 9 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 Wickham Road; 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.
51 of the 386 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 462, Wickham RoadSemi-detached | May 2021 | £430,000 | 94 m² | £4,574/m² | 1 |
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| 464, Wickham RoadDetached | Aug 2023 | £615,000 | 93 m² | £6,613/m² | 1 |
| 466, Wickham RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £665,000 | 141 m² | £4,716/m² | 2 |
| 468, Wickham RoadSemi-detached | May 2024 | £638,000 | 138 m² | £4,623/m² | 2 |
| 470, Wickham RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2016 | £460,000 | 129 m² | £3,566/m² | 2 |
| 472, Wickham RoadSemi-detached | Nov 1999 | £167,500 | 106 m² | £1,580/m² | 1 |
| 474, Wickham RoadTerraced | Jun 1997 | £122,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 478, Wickham RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £580,000 | 91 m² | £6,374/m² | 2 |
| 480, Wickham RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2021 | £650,000 | 121 m² | £5,372/m² | 2 |
| 482, Wickham RoadDetached | Dec 2025 | £800,000 | 177 m² | £4,520/m² | 3 |
| 484, Wickham RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £750,000 | 174 m² | £4,310/m² | 2 |
| 486, Wickham RoadTerraced | Jun 2004 | £325,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 488, Wickham RoadDetached | Mar 2020 | £655,000 | 171 m² | £3,830/m² | 2 |
| 490, Wickham RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2010 | £385,000 | 115 m² | £3,348/m² | 2 |
| 492, Wickham RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2024 | £735,000 | 188 m² | £3,910/m² | 1 |
| 496, Wickham RoadDetached | Oct 2005 | £390,000 | – | – | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 43% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Eden Park, a short drive or bike ride (1.7 km), with 559k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Langland Gardens (CR0), 50 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 198, 119); 58 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 16 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Harris Primary Academy Benson, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 74% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Orchard Park High School, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 44.8 · 4.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Beckenham (3.6 km) and Harris Invictus Academy Croydon (4.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (5.9 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (7.2 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express (3386), 300 m away; The News Rack (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shirley Medical Centre (450 m), with Mona Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Cartel Barbers is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 4.8 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 13 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
McDonalds is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Apple Tree the nearest pub (950 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 93 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 13 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 26% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 60% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Parkfields Recreation Ground, 250 m away; for exercise, David Lloyd Beckenham (1.9 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 16 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 26 km.
26 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%.
11 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 8DJ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 50% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
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" Wickham Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 234 homes with certificates have solar panels, 9 a heat pump, and 39 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 94.7% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.2% | 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 45 min
Nearest: Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation · about 36 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.