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On Shirley Road, in Shirley West
What it's like at CR0 8SB: every home that has sold on Shirley 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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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). 6 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 Shirley 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.
13 of the 135 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 197, Shirley RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2017 | £650,000 | 157 m² | £4,140/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 199, Shirley RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Apr 2019 | £600,000 | 69 m² | £8,696/m² | 1 |
| 201, Shirley RoadSemi-detached | May 2023 | £825,000 | 143 m² | £5,769/m² | 2 |
| 205, Shirley RoadDetached | Jan 2005 | £345,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 207, Shirley RoadDetached | Nov 2018 | £535,000 | 115 m² | £4,652/m² | 1 |
| 209, Shirley RoadDetached | Jun 2015 | £470,000 | 123 m² | £3,821/m² | 1 |
| 211, Shirley RoadDetached | Dec 2015 | £650,000 | 151 m² | £4,305/m² | 3 |
| 213, Shirley RoadDetached | Dec 2003 | £340,000 | 126 m² | £2,698/m² | 2 |
| 215, Shirley RoadDetached | Oct 2016 | £667,500 | 172 m² | £3,881/m² | 1 |
| 217, Shirley RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2005 | £363,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 219, Shirley RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2007 | £480,000 | 159 m² | £3,019/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: 43% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Addiscombe tram stop, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km). The nearest rail station is East Croydon, 2.5 km away, with 20.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Valley Walk, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 466, 198, 194, 130); 198 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 16 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St John's CofE Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 81% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Harris Primary Academy Benson (0.2 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Shirley High School Performing Arts College, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 37.7 · 3.1% 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 Co-op, 700 m away, with Hathaways closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Addiscombe Road Surgery (250 m), with Shirley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, The London Hair Company is 300 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.
Shirley Park Golf Club is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Crown Inn the nearest pub (250 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 Shirley Church Recreation Ground, 850 m away; for exercise, Croydon Sports Arena (2.0 km).
38 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%.
14 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 8SB →
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.
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.
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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 135 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 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.
On this street: 0 of 88 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 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.