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On Station Approach, in Coulsdon
What it's like at CR5 2NR: every home that has sold on Station Approach 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 Station Approach; 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 44 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Railway TerraceTerraced | Jun 2018 | £360,000 | 79 m² | £4,557/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Railway TerraceTerraced | Feb 2021 | £430,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Railway TerraceTerraced | Jul 2026 | £439,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 1, Station ApproachTerraced | Mar 2019 | £355,000 | 86 m² | £4,128/m² | 2 |
| 2, Station ApproachTerraced | Oct 2020 | £422,500 | 93 m² | £4,543/m² | 3 |
| 3, Station ApproachTerraced | Nov 2024 | £450,000 | 88 m² | £5,114/m² | 4 |
| 4, Station ApproachTerraced | Oct 1999 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Station ApproachTerraced | Sept 2022 | £460,000 | 87 m² | £5,287/m² | 6 |
| 6, Station ApproachTerraced | Jun 2024 | £440,000 | 88 m² | £5,000/m² | 3 |
| 8, Station ApproachTerraced | Jun 2008 | £225,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Station ApproachTerraced | Mar 1996 | £67,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Station ApproachTerraced | Jul 2007 | £265,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Station ApproachTerraced | May 2000 | £118,875 | 87 m² | £1,366/m² | 1 |
| 12, Station ApproachTerraced | Jan 2026 | £365,500 | 92 m² | £3,973/m² | 1 |
| 13, Station ApproachTerraced | Oct 2017 | £380,000 | 89 m² | £4,270/m² | 1 |
| 15, Station ApproachTerraced | Jan 2011 | £250,000 | 90 m² | £2,778/m² | 3 |
| 16, Station ApproachTerraced | Jul 2018 | £373,000 | 89 m² | £4,191/m² | 3 |
| 17, Station ApproachTerraced | Aug 2007 | £271,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 18, Station ApproachTerraced | Mar 2005 | £175,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, Railway Terrace, Station ApproachTerraced | Aug 1998 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 2, Railway Terrace, Station ApproachTerraced | Jul 2001 | £156,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 4, Railway Terrace, Station ApproachFlat | Jul 2026 | £367,500 | 78 m² | £4,712/m² | 1 |
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: 47% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Coulsdon Town, a few minutes' walk (350 m), with 98k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Coulsdon Library, 50 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 60, 405, 463, 633); 186 departures an hour from the 16 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 21 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Oasis Academy Byron, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km); 89% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Woodcote High School, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 46.1 · 8.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Riddlesdown Collegiate (3 km) and Harris Academy Sutton (5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wallington High School for Girls (3.2 km) and Wilson's School (4.2 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 50 m away; Thirstywork (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Woodcote Medical (450 m), with Infohealth Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Coulsdon Barbers is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, 7.5 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 26 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Los Arcos is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Pembroke Pub & Kitchen the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 94 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 30% flats and 28% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 333 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Coulsdon Memorial Ground, 600 m away; for exercise, 87 Fight (1.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 19 km away.
44 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 CR5 2NR →
Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 44% 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 49 min
Nearest: Tooting Bec Lido · about 35 min
Nearest: Bluebell Railway · about 39 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 33 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 14 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 | 2.0% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.6% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.8% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 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.
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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 44 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.