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On Commonside East, in Lonesome
What it's like at CR4 1HE: every home that has sold on Commonside East 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). 6 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 Commonside East; 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.
42 of the 221 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 297, Commonside EastTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2017 | £574,500 | 145 m² | £3,962/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301, Commonside EastTerraced | Jul 2026 | £430,000 | 87 m² | £4,943/m² | 2 |
| 303, Commonside EastTerraced | Nov 2011 | £250,000 | 127 m² | £1,969/m² | 1 |
| 305, Commonside EastTerraced | Mar 2021 | £545,000 | 144 m² | £3,785/m² | 2 |
| 307, Commonside EastTerraced | Jan 2021 | £560,000 | 132 m² | £4,242/m² | 2 |
| 309, Commonside EastFlat | Nov 2005 | £135,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 311, Commonside EastTerraced | Dec 2023 | £430,000 | 109 m² | £3,945/m² | 1 |
| 313, Commonside EastTerraced | Aug 2012 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 315, Commonside EastTerraced | Aug 2015 | £375,000 | 111 m² | £3,378/m² | 1 |
| 317, Commonside EastTerraced | Aug 2014 | £401,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 319, Commonside EastTerraced | Apr 2025 | £485,000 | 84 m² | £5,774/m² | 3 |
| 321, Commonside EastTerraced | Jun 2014 | £405,000 | 108 m² | £3,750/m² | 2 |
| 323, Commonside EastSemi-detached | May 2016 | £350,000 | 76 m² | £4,605/m² | 1 |
| 325, Commonside EastSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £407,500 | 81 m² | £5,031/m² | 3 |
| 327, Commonside EastTerraced | Nov 2014 | £305,000 | 96 m² | £3,177/m² | 2 |
| 329, Commonside EastTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2025 | £362,500 | 62 m² | £5,847/m² | 2 |
| 331, Commonside EastTerraced | Aug 2013 | £228,000 | 81 m² | £2,815/m² | 3 |
| 335, Commonside EastTerraced | Apr 2016 | £310,000 | 75 m² | £4,133/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Mitcham Eastfields, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 1.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Sherwood Park Road (CR4), 100 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 45, 463, 633); 30 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 17% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 11 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is The Sherwood School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 64% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Harris Primary Academy Merton (0.9 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Merton, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 53.7 · 15.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Mark's Church of England Academy (0.4 km) and Graveney School (2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wallington County Grammar School (4.1 km) and Sutton Grammar School (5.4 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co Op, 950 m away, with Shreeji News closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Tamworth House Medical Centre (150 m), with Manor Chemist & Travel Clinic the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Reflections is 800 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St George's Hospital (Tooting), 3.0 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 71% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Set The Table is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Miller & Carter the nearest pub (550 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 76 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 45% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Rowan Park informal recreation area, 650 m away; for exercise, Canons Leisure Centre (1.1 km).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 11 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.3 µg/m³).
18 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.
Mitcham and Morden constituency: Dame Siobhain McDonagh MP (Labour), since May 1997. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 18,761 (41.5%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 55%, Conservative 14%, Green Party 10%, Reform UK 9%.
52 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 CR4 1HE →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
For holidays, London City is 18 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 22 km.
Most households own their home, 21% rent privately.
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.
On this street: 0 of 175 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 7 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 80.5% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.6% | 9.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 11.7% | 3.0% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Merton 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 221 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.