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On Thornton Crescent, in Old Coulsdon
What it's like at CR5 1LJ: every home that has sold on Thornton Crescent 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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3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Thornton Crescent; 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.
None of the 61 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Thornton CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 2000 | £130,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Thornton CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £485,000 | 93 m² | £5,215/m² | 4 |
| 5, Thornton CrescentTerraced | Feb 2021 | £475,000 | 87 m² | £5,460/m² | 2 |
| 7, Thornton CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £518,500 | 91 m² | £5,698/m² | 2 |
| 13, Thornton CrescentTerraced | Mar 2002 | £194,950 | 84 m² | £2,321/m² | 1 |
| 15b, Thornton CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 2011 | £243,000 | 98 m² | £2,480/m² | 2 |
| 17a, Thornton CrescentSemi-detached | Jun 2006 | £255,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17b, Thornton CrescentSemi-detached | Jun 2025 | £555,750 | 84 m² | £6,616/m² | 4 |
| 19, Thornton CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 2001 | £170,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Thornton CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2015 | £400,000 | 74 m² | £5,405/m² | 2 |
| 23, Thornton CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2022 | £475,000 | 94 m² | £5,053/m² | 2 |
| 25, Thornton CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 2019 | £430,000 | 74 m² | £5,811/m² | 4 |
| 27, Thornton CrescentSemi-detached | May 2015 | £419,950 | 91 m² | £4,615/m² | 2 |
| 29, Thornton CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2024 | £560,000 | 89 m² | £6,292/m² | 2 |
| 31, Thornton CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2001 | £165,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Thornton CrescentSemi-detached | May 2012 | £305,000 | 71 m² | £4,296/m² | 2 |
| 35, Thornton CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2018 | £390,000 | 77 m² | £5,065/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Coulsdon South, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 2.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Taunton Lane, 100 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (route 466); 104 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 23 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Keston Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 62% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Oasis Academy Coulsdon, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 44.8 · 8.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Riddlesdown Collegiate (3.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wallington High School for Girls (5.3 km) and Wilson's School (6.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.8 km away, with Mary Convenience Store closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Downland Surgery (350 m), with Old Coulsdon Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Admire is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 9.5 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: 7 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Cafe Shack is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Tudor Rose the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 30% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is New Hill, 650 m away; for exercise, The Village Health Club (1.6 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 17 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% 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.
36 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%.
7 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 CR5 1LJ →
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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 61 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Southwick · about 50 min
Nearest: Tonbridge Swimming Pool · about 35 min
Nearest: Bluebell Railway · about 38 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: 0 of 44 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 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.3% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.2% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.9% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.