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On Limpsfield Road, in Selsdon Park & Hamsey Green
What it's like at CR2 9LJ: every home that has sold on Limpsfield 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 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 Limpsfield 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 266 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 147, Limpsfield RoadTerraced | May 1997 | £93,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151, Limpsfield RoadSemi-detached | May 2005 | £242,000 | 100 m² | £2,420/m² | 1 |
| 153, Limpsfield RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £517,000 | 117 m² | £4,419/m² | 1 |
| 155, Limpsfield RoadSemi-detached | May 1998 | £132,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 157, Limpsfield RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2007 | £307,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 159, Limpsfield RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2005 | £200,000 | 96 m² | £2,083/m² | 2 |
| 161, Limpsfield RoadTerraced | Dec 2000 | £155,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 163, Limpsfield RoadTerraced | Oct 2020 | £495,000 | 139 m² | £3,561/m² | 3 |
| 165, Limpsfield RoadTerraced | Dec 2021 | £480,000 | 93 m² | £5,161/m² | 2 |
| 167, Limpsfield RoadTerraced | Mar 2018 | £412,500 | 89 m² | £4,635/m² | 1 |
| 169, Limpsfield RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2020 | £407,500 | 90 m² | £4,528/m² | 1 |
| 171, Limpsfield RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2014 | £285,000 | 86 m² | £3,314/m² | 1 |
| 173, Limpsfield RoadTerraced | Mar 2003 | £235,000 | 116 m² | £2,026/m² | 2 |
| 177, Limpsfield RoadTerraced | Jun 2007 | £282,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 179, Limpsfield RoadTerraced | Oct 2006 | £270,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 183, Limpsfield RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2016 | £475,000 | 117 m² | £4,060/m² | 4 |
| 185, Limpsfield RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2001 | £199,950 | 94 m² | £2,127/m² | 2 |
| 187, Limpsfield RoadSemi-detached | May 2004 | £245,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 189, Limpsfield RoadTerraced | Aug 2016 | £375,000 | 86 m² | £4,360/m² | 1 |
| 193, Limpsfield RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2009 | £235,000 | 96 m² | £2,448/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Riddlesdown, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 287k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Sanderstead Methodist Church, 100 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 403, 685); 33 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 20 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Atwood Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 76% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Riddlesdown Collegiate, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 50.7 · 11.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (5.4 km) and Wallington High School for Girls (6.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 500 m away, with Central Stores closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Selsdon Park Medical Practice (1.7 km), with Medipharm the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Star Barbers is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 7.3 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.
Majitouk is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Warlingham Rugby Football Club Bar the nearest pub (1.5 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 41 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 32% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Sanderstead Recreation Ground, 650 m away; for exercise, Dynamo Boxing (1.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 21 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% 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.
19 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%.
21 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 9LJ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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 266 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 199 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 42 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 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.0% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.5% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.9% | 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 51 min
Nearest: Tooting Bec Lido · about 35 min
Nearest: Chelsea Harbour Pier · about 40 min
Nearest: Hobbledown · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.