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On Beech Avenue, in Sanderstead
What it's like at CR2 0NL: every home that has sold on Beech 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Beech 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.
2 of the 50 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 21, 2Flat | May 1998 | £77,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6b, Beech AvenueDetached | Jul 2012 | £450,000 | 175 m² | £2,571/m² | 1 |
| 8a, Beech AvenueDetached | Dec 2003 | £378,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Beech AvenueDetached | May 1998 | £360,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10a, Beech AvenueDetached | Nov 2025 | £1,100,000 | 318 m² | £3,459/m² | 2 |
| 10b, Beech AvenueDetached | Dec 1999 | £450,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Beech AvenueDetached | Sept 2024 | £1,576,250 | 280 m² | £5,629/m² | 3 |
| 2, The Coppice, 6, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2014 | £635,000 | 150 m² | £4,233/m² | 3 |
| Flat 16, Barrards Hall, Beech AvenueFlat | Dec 1995 | £67,000 | 93 m² | £720/m² | 1 |
| Flat 6, Barrards Hall, Beech AvenueFlat | Aug 2010 | £230,000 | 88 m² | £2,614/m² | 2 |
| Flat 20, Barrards Hall, Beech AvenueFlat | Nov 2021 | £335,000 | 80 m² | £4,188/m² | 2 |
| Flat 22, Barrards Hall, Beech AvenueFlat | May 2015 | £309,000 | 104 m² | £2,971/m² | 2 |
| Flat 24, Barrards Hall, Beech AvenueFlat | Jan 2013 | £230,000 | 71 m² | £3,239/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, Barrards Hall, Beech AvenueFlat | Jan 2011 | £222,000 | 87 m² | £2,552/m² | 2 |
| Flat 21, Barrards Hall, Beech AvenueFlat | Dec 2018 | £270,000 | 52 m² | £5,192/m² | 2 |
| Flat 14, Barrards Hall, Beech AvenueFlat | Nov 2017 | £360,000 | 99 m² | £3,636/m² | 2 |
| Flat 23, Barrards Hall, Beech AvenueFlat | Aug 2014 | £280,000 | 74 m² | £3,784/m² | 1 |
| Flat 15, Barrards Hall, Beech AvenueFlat | Jul 2026 | £365,000 | 77 m² | £4,740/m² | 2 |
| Flat 19, Barrards Hall, Beech AvenueFlat | Jul 2016 | £308,000 | 76 m² | £4,053/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, Barrards Hall, Beech AvenueFlat | Jul 2022 | £375,000 | 87 m² | £4,310/m² | 1 |
| Flat 17, Barrards Hall, Beech AvenueFlat | Jun 2025 | £290,000 | 63 m² | £4,603/m² | 2 |
| Flat 25, Barrards Hall, Beech AvenueFlat | Feb 2020 | £265,000 | 65 m² | £4,077/m² | 1 |
| Coppice Cottage, 6a, Beech AvenueDetached | Jul 2016 | £810,000 | 316 m² | £2,563/m² | 2 |
| High Trees, Beech AvenueOther · company-owned | Nov 2022 | £1,700,000 | 131 m² | £12,977/m² | 1 |
| Land Adjoining, 10, Land AdjoiningDetached | Oct 1995 | £400,000 | – | – | 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 Purley Oaks, about a 5-minute walk (600 m), with 481k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Maywater Close, 250 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 359); 4 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 19 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Ridgeway Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (900 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, 1.5 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, 750 m away, with Purley Downs Pro Shop closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Parkside Group Practice (1.0 km), with Makepeace & Jackson the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Mei Nail & Beauty Salon is 750 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.
Purley Downs Golf Club is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Purley Arms the nearest pub (1.1 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 South Croydon Recreation Ground, 850 m away; for exercise, Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (2.1 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.
17 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%.
34 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 0NL →
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" Beech Avenue in the last 12 months.
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.
On this street: 1 of 36 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 8 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.