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On Cornflower Lane, in Monks Orchard
What it's like at CR0 8XJ: every home that has sold on Cornflower Lane 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 Cornflower Lane; 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 36 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Cornflower LaneDetached | Jun 2008 | £340,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Cornflower LaneDetached | Aug 2021 | £425,000 | 75 m² | £5,667/m² | 1 |
| 4, Cornflower LaneTerraced | May 1997 | £86,500 | 74 m² | £1,169/m² | 1 |
| 5, Cornflower LaneDetached | Nov 2004 | £342,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Cornflower LaneTerraced | Mar 2016 | £405,000 | 79 m² | £5,127/m² | 2 |
| 9, Cornflower LaneDetached | Jun 2016 | £480,000 | 90 m² | £5,333/m² | 2 |
| 12, Cornflower LaneTerraced | Mar 2017 | £400,000 | 75 m² | £5,333/m² | 3 |
| 13, Cornflower LaneDetached | Oct 2020 | £420,000 | 61 m² | £6,885/m² | 5 |
| 14, Cornflower LaneDetached | Feb 2018 | £595,000 | 142 m² | £4,190/m² | 1 |
| 16, Cornflower LaneDetached | May 2014 | £443,333 | 110 m² | £4,030/m² | 2 |
| 17, Cornflower LaneTerraced | Oct 2007 | £265,000 | 84 m² | £3,155/m² | 3 |
| 18, Cornflower LaneDetached | Jun 2026 | £510,000 | 82 m² | £6,220/m² | 2 |
| 19, Cornflower LaneTerraced | Dec 1996 | £84,500 | 69 m² | £1,225/m² | 1 |
| 20, Cornflower LaneSemi-detached | Sept 1997 | £137,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Cornflower LaneTerraced | Jul 2018 | £410,000 | 61 m² | £6,721/m² | 3 |
| 22, Cornflower LaneTerraced | Sept 2004 | £247,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 23, Cornflower LaneTerraced | Aug 2016 | £420,000 | 76 m² | £5,526/m² | 3 |
| 24, Cornflower LaneTerraced | Jun 2021 | £460,000 | 83 m² | £5,542/m² | 3 |
| 24a, Cornflower LaneTerraced | Jul 2022 | £442,000 | 75 m² | £5,893/m² | 2 |
| 25, Cornflower LaneTerraced | Nov 2006 | £257,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 26, Cornflower LaneTerraced | Oct 1997 | £102,500 | 68 m² | £1,507/m² | 1 |
| 26a, Cornflower LaneTerraced | Mar 2022 | £457,500 | 65 m² | £7,038/m² | 2 |
| 29, Cornflower LaneDetached | Jul 2025 | £455,000 | 89 m² | £5,112/m² | 1 |
| 31, Cornflower LaneDetached | Apr 2007 | £415,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Cornflower LaneSemi-detached | Feb 1997 | £130,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Cornflower LaneDetached | Dec 2022 | £565,000 | 95 m² | £5,947/m² | 5 |
| 34, Cornflower LaneSemi-detached | May 2006 | £295,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 35, Cornflower LaneDetached | May 2008 | £350,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 37, Cornflower LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2008 | £263,500 | 71 m² | £3,711/m² | 1 |
| 38, Cornflower LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2009 | £290,000 | 89 m² | £3,258/m² | 2 |
| 39, Cornflower LaneTerraced | Aug 1999 | £106,750 | – | – | 2 |
| 41, Cornflower LaneTerraced | Jul 2020 | £375,000 | 74 m² | £5,068/m² | 3 |
| 42, Cornflower LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £440,000 | 69 m² | £6,377/m² | 2 |
| 43, Cornflower LaneTerraced | Mar 2006 | £224,000 | 89 m² | £2,517/m² | 3 |
| 46, Cornflower LaneTerraced | Oct 1996 | £80,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, Cornflower LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2006 | £245,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Woodside tram stop, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km). The nearest rail station is Eden Park, 2.0 km away, with 559k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Hazel Close, 100 m away, with a bus about every 20 minutes on weekdays (route 367); 18 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
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 (800 m); 81% 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 (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 Co-op, 550 m away; Greens Super Food (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shirley Medical Centre (650 m), with Wickham Road Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Jax's is 600 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.
The Shirley Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and The Crown Inn the nearest pub (750 m).
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, 700 m away; for exercise, Croydon Sports Arena (1.7 km).
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.
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.
27 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%.
15 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 8XJ →
On this street: 0 of 24 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% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.3% | 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.
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 36 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 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.