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On Penwortham Road, in Purley Central
What it's like at CR2 0QS: every home that has sold on Penwortham 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Penwortham 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.
1 of the 60 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £590,000 | 153 m² | £3,856/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | May 2015 | £600,000 | 172 m² | £3,488/m² | 2 |
| 14, Penwortham RoadDetached | Jun 2000 | £305,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14a, Penwortham RoadDetached | Aug 2025 | £775,000 | 143 m² | £5,420/m² | 5 |
| 16, Penwortham RoadDetached | Jul 2016 | £640,000 | 137 m² | £4,672/m² | 2 |
| 20, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2015 | £562,500 | 150 m² | £3,750/m² | 2 |
| 22, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Sept 1996 | £128,000 | 116 m² | £1,103/m² | 1 |
| 26, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2025 | £735,000 | 138 m² | £5,326/m² | 5 |
| 28, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Sept 1995 | £126,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2018 | £635,000 | 121 m² | £5,248/m² | 3 |
| 36, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £142,000 | 118 m² | £1,203/m² | 1 |
| 38, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2012 | £387,500 | 130 m² | £2,981/m² | 2 |
| 40, Penwortham RoadTerraced | Nov 1999 | £200,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Penwortham RoadTerraced | Nov 2021 | £665,000 | 134 m² | £4,963/m² | 3 |
| 44, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Jun 1999 | £175,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 46, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2018 | £602,500 | 118 m² | £5,106/m² | 3 |
| 50, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2019 | £540,000 | 126 m² | £4,286/m² | 2 |
| 52, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £186,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 54, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2022 | £650,000 | 115 m² | £5,652/m² | 3 |
| 58, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Mar 1998 | £118,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 64, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2006 | £285,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 66, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2022 | £575,000 | 109 m² | £5,275/m² | 2 |
| 68, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2002 | £385,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 70, Penwortham RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £795,000 | 220 m² | £3,614/m² | 2 |
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: 51% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Purley Oaks, a few minutes' walk (400 m), with 481k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Norman Avenue, 250 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 359); 2 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 11% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 19 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley), about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 62% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Purley, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 46.8 · 7.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Riddlesdown Collegiate (2.3 km) and Harris Invictus Academy Croydon (4.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (2.4 km) and Wallington High School for Girls (2.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 600 m away, with Purley Downs Pro Shop closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Parkside Group Practice (800 m), with Makepeace & Jackson the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Mei Nail & Beauty Salon is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 5.5 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: 29 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Purley Downs Golf Club is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Purley Arms the nearest pub (900 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (18 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 105 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 42% flats and 29% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 579 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is South Croydon Recreation Ground, 700 m away; for exercise, Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (1.9 km).
29 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 0QS →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 21 km away.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 49% 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.
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 60 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 42 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 12 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 84.3% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 13.1% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.4% | 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 46 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.