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On Sherwood Road, in Woodmansterne
What it's like at CR5 3DJ: every home that has sold on Sherwood Road 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Sherwood Road; 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 34 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1a, Sherwood RoadDetached | Mar 2016 | £370,000 | 63 m² | £5,873/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Sherwood RoadTerraced | May 2013 | £250,000 | 77 m² | £3,247/m² | 1 |
| 7, Sherwood RoadTerraced | Oct 2002 | £190,500 | 73 m² | £2,610/m² | 1 |
| 9, Sherwood RoadTerraced | Nov 2017 | £415,000 | 99 m² | £4,192/m² | 1 |
| 11, Sherwood RoadTerraced | Aug 2004 | £232,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Sherwood RoadTerraced | Sept 2019 | £485,000 | 89 m² | £5,449/m² | 3 |
| 17, Sherwood RoadTerraced | Sept 2019 | £478,000 | 104 m² | £4,596/m² | 3 |
| 19, Sherwood RoadTerraced | Oct 2002 | £184,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Sherwood RoadTerraced | Feb 2015 | £333,000 | 79 m² | £4,215/m² | 1 |
| 25, Sherwood RoadTerraced | Jan 2012 | £249,000 | 76 m² | £3,276/m² | 3 |
| 27, Sherwood RoadTerraced | Mar 2016 | £382,500 | 78 m² | £4,904/m² | 2 |
| 29, Sherwood RoadTerraced | Jul 2002 | £195,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 35, Sherwood RoadTerraced | Sept 2020 | £450,000 | 85 m² | £5,294/m² | 3 |
| 37, Sherwood RoadTerraced | Jun 2016 | £395,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 39, Sherwood RoadTerraced | Sept 2021 | £471,000 | 90 m² | £5,233/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 Woodmansterne, a few minutes' walk (500 m), with 127k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Coniston Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 166, 434); 83 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 21 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Smitham Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 62% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Chipstead Valley Primary School (0.8 km).
The nearest secondary is Woodcote High School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 46.1 · 8.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Riddlesdown Collegiate (4.4 km) and Harris Academy Sutton (4.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wallington High School for Girls (3.7 km) and Wilson's School (5.1 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 600 m away, with Budgens At ESSO Coulsdon closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Woodcote Medical (250 m), with Valley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Mirage Hair Design is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, 7.7 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 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Buzz is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Smugglers Inn the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 25% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 53% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Coulsdon Memorial Ground, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Old Walcountians Association (1.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 18 km away.
40 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%.
19 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 3DJ →
Most households own their home, 8% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 45% 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.
On this street: 0 of 24 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.7% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.9% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Croydon 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 34 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Southwick · about 48 min
Nearest: Guildford Lido · about 35 min
Nearest: Bluebell Railway · about 37 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.