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On Varley Way, in Merton Church Road & Phipps Bridge
What it's like at CR4 3WZ: every home that has sold on Varley 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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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.
Sales and extensions on Varley 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 15 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Varley WaySemi-detached | Dec 2014 | £318,000 | 71 m² | £4,479/m² | 3 |
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| 5, Varley WayTerraced | Nov 2010 | £225,000 | 87 m² | £2,586/m² | 4 |
| 7, Varley WayTerraced | Jul 1998 | £105,000 | 89 m² | £1,180/m² | 1 |
| 9, Varley WayTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2025 | £502,000 | 73 m² | £6,877/m² | 3 |
| 11, Varley WayTerraced | Sept 2004 | £205,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Varley WayTerraced | Mar 2007 | £230,000 | 69 m² | £3,333/m² | 2 |
| 15, Varley WayTerraced | Oct 2018 | £380,000 | 70 m² | £5,429/m² | 2 |
| 21, Varley WayTerraced | Jun 2018 | £362,000 | 54 m² | £6,704/m² | 2 |
| 23, Varley WayTerraced | Aug 2022 | £420,000 | 55 m² | £7,636/m² | 4 |
| 25, Varley WayTerraced | Oct 1996 | £59,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Varley WayTerraced | Nov 2005 | £179,500 | 65 m² | £2,762/m² | 3 |
| 29, Varley WayTerraced | Aug 2020 | £345,000 | 56 m² | £6,161/m² | 4 |
| 31, Varley WayTerraced | Mar 2009 | £234,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 35, Varley WayTerraced | Aug 2013 | £245,000 | 70 m² | £3,500/m² | 1 |
| 37, Varley WayTerraced | Jul 2002 | £190,000 | 111 m² | £1,712/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Phipps Bridge tram stop, a few minutes' walk (450 m). The nearest rail station is Mitcham Eastfields, 1.6 km away, with 1.3m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Oxted Close, 250 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (route 200); 82 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 21% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 11 km away as the crow flies.
42% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Haslemere Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 56% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Park Academy (0.8 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Wimbledon, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 58.3 · 24.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Rutlish School (1.8 km) and St Mark's Church of England Academy (2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Sutton Grammar School (5.1 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (5.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 700 m away, with Wheatsheaf closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Mitcham & Tooting Health (250 m), with Kamsons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Rare Nail and Beauty is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St George's Hospital (Tooting), 1.9 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 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Crispy Chicken Hut is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The William Morris the nearest pub (800 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 75 per 1,000 residents a year.
Homes are mostly flats (56%).
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 216 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Miles Road Recreation Ground, 550 m away; for exercise, Jetts Fitness (750 m).
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 17.0 µg/m³).
26 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%.
81 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 3WZ →
For holidays, London City is 19 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 20 km.
Most households own their home, 29% rent privately.
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
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 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 15 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 12 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 | 0.0% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 80.4% | 86.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 16.2% | 9.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.6% | 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.
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