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On The Vale, in Woodcote
What it's like at CR5 2AU: every home that has sold on The Vale 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on The Vale; 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 50 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, The ValeDetached | Dec 2003 | £290,000 | 96 m² | £3,021/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, The ValeDetached | Mar 2026 | £840,000 | 171 m² | £4,912/m² | 1 |
| 1b, The ValeSemi-detached | Apr 2026 | £396,995 | 81 m² | £4,901/m² | 1 |
| 5, The ValeSemi-detached | Jan 2013 | £334,950 | 89 m² | £3,763/m² | 2 |
| 7, The ValeDetached | Apr 2025 | £443,000 | 84 m² | £5,274/m² | 1 |
| 9, The ValeSemi-detached | Aug 2005 | £300,000 | 105 m² | £2,857/m² | 2 |
| 11, The ValeSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £640,000 | 104 m² | £6,154/m² | 2 |
| 15, The ValeSemi-detached | Sept 2007 | £325,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, The ValeSemi-detached | Jul 2002 | £295,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 19, The ValeDetached | Jan 2017 | £815,000 | 223 m² | £3,655/m² | 3 |
| 19a, The ValeDetached | Nov 2011 | £655,000 | 234 m² | £2,799/m² | 2 |
| 25, The ValeSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £622,000 | 106 m² | £5,868/m² | 4 |
| 31, The ValeSemi-detached | Jan 2023 | £540,000 | 103 m² | £5,243/m² | 2 |
| 33, The ValeSemi-detached | Nov 2008 | £320,000 | 121 m² | £2,645/m² | 1 |
| 37, The ValeDetached | Nov 2015 | £745,000 | 236 m² | £3,157/m² | 2 |
| 39, The ValeDetached | Sept 2021 | £860,000 | 183 m² | £4,699/m² | 2 |
| 45, The ValeDetached | Jun 2013 | £360,000 | 116 m² | £3,103/m² | 1 |
| 47, The ValeSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £531,000 | 100 m² | £5,310/m² | 1 |
| 49, The ValeSemi-detached | Oct 1999 | £128,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 53, The ValeSemi-detached | Sept 2001 | £225,000 | 103 m² | £2,184/m² | 1 |
| 57, The ValeDetached | Aug 2018 | £680,000 | 128 m² | £5,313/m² | 3 |
| 59, The ValeSemi-detached | Sept 2024 | £526,000 | 105 m² | £5,010/m² | 1 |
| 61, The ValeSemi-detached | Sept 2024 | £537,500 | 117 m² | £4,594/m² | 2 |
| 63, The ValeSemi-detached | Mar 2019 | £477,500 | 97 m² | £4,923/m² | 1 |
| 69, The ValeSemi-detached | Nov 2011 | £345,000 | 96 m² | £3,594/m² | 2 |
| 71, The ValeDetached | Apr 2022 | £640,500 | 101 m² | £6,342/m² | 4 |
| 73, The ValeDetached | Oct 2011 | £370,000 | – | – | 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: 52% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Coulsdon Town, about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 98k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Woodcrest Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (route 434); 113 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 19 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Woodcote Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 70% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Woodcote High School, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 46.1 · 8.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Riddlesdown Collegiate (3.3 km) and Harris Academy Sutton (4.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wallington High School for Girls (1.9 km) and Wilson's School (2.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 700 m away; Pindi Food & Wine (650 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Coulsdon Medical Practice (500 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Shimmers Nail & Beauty is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, 6.2 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 67% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 67% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Woodcote Care Home is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Coulsdon Victoria Social Club the nearest pub (800 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 62 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 60% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
It's growing: about 473 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Woodcote Village Green, 750 m away; for exercise, 87 Fight (850 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 20 km away.
27 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%.
30 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 2AU →
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 53% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" The Vale in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 38 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 | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.2% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 94.2% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.4% | 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 44 min
Nearest: Chelsea Harbour Pier · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.