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On The Ridge Way, in Sanderstead
What it's like at CR2 0LG: every home that has sold on The Ridge Way 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on The Ridge Way; 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.
1 of the 33 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 5, The Ridge WayDetached | Jul 2025 | £861,200 | 179 m² | £4,811/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7, The Ridge WayDetached | May 2014 | £637,500 | 155 m² | £4,113/m² | 1 |
| 9, The Ridge WayDetached | Oct 2020 | £1,000,000 | 187 m² | £5,348/m² | 2 |
| 13, The Ridge WayDetached | Mar 2012 | £400,000 | 195 m² | £2,051/m² | 2 |
| 15, The Ridge WayDetached | Jan 2020 | £955,000 | 185 m² | £5,162/m² | 3 |
| 17, The Ridge WayDetached | Jul 2015 | £855,000 | 228 m² | £3,750/m² | 1 |
| 19, The Ridge WayDetached | Oct 2022 | £1,175,000 | 253 m² | £4,644/m² | 1 |
| 1, The RidgewayDetached | Sept 1995 | £193,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, The RidgewayDetached | Jan 2005 | £490,000 | – | – | 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: 55% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Sanderstead, about a 5-minute walk (550 m), with 844k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is The Red House, 350 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (route 403); 10 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 19 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Ridgeway Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 70% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Purley, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 46.8 · 7.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Riddlesdown Collegiate (1.6 km) and Harris Invictus Academy Croydon (4.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (3.7 km) and Wallington High School for Girls (4.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 600 m away, with Elmfield Wines closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Parkside Group Practice (950 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Lusso Hair is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 5.7 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 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Sanderstead Tandoori is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and The Purley Arms the nearest pub (1.0 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 55% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 120 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Croham Hurst, 750 m away; for exercise, Project365. (1.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 21 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 22 km.
31 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 South constituency: Chris Philp MP (Conservative), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 2,313 (4.7%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Conservative 40%, Labour 35%, Liberal Democrat 9%, Reform UK 8%.
33 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 CR2 0LG →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 50% of adults have a degree.
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" The Ridge Way in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 30 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.2% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.8% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.3% | 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: Chelsea Harbour Pier · 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.