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On Kynaston Avenue, in Thornton Heath Central
What it's like at CR7 7BU: every home that has sold on Kynaston Avenue 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.
7 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 7 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Kynaston Avenue; 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.
7 of the 97 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 14, Kynaston AvenueTerraced | Mar 2003 | £198,000 | 92 m² | £2,152/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16, Kynaston AvenueTerraced | May 2006 | £207,000 | 122 m² | £1,697/m² | 1 |
| 20, Kynaston AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2003 | £180,000 | 78 m² | £2,308/m² | 1 |
| 24, Kynaston AvenueTerraced | Aug 2001 | £137,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Kynaston AvenueTerraced | Oct 2019 | £410,000 | 118 m² | £3,475/m² | 1 |
| 28, Kynaston AvenueTerraced | Jan 2005 | £215,000 | 73 m² | £2,945/m² | 2 |
| 30, Kynaston AvenueTerraced | Dec 2021 | £435,000 | 78 m² | £5,577/m² | 3 |
| 32, Kynaston AvenueTerraced | Aug 2001 | £121,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, Kynaston AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2023 | £380,000 | 78 m² | £4,872/m² | 2 |
| 36, Kynaston AvenueTerraced | Dec 2021 | £230,000 | 104 m² | £2,212/m² | 3 |
| 40, Kynaston AvenueTerraced | Aug 2004 | £260,000 | 103 m² | £2,524/m² | 2 |
| 42, Kynaston AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2025 | £425,000 | 76 m² | £5,592/m² | 1 |
| 44, Kynaston AvenueTerraced | Oct 2023 | £350,000 | 83 m² | £4,217/m² | 2 |
| 48, Kynaston AvenueTerraced | Mar 2021 | £401,000 | 74 m² | £5,419/m² | 1 |
| 56, Kynaston AvenueTerraced | Jan 1998 | £84,000 | – | – | 1 |
The nearest station is Thornton Heath, about a 5-minute walk (500 m), with 2.4m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Lakehall Road, 300 m away, with a bus about every 11 minutes on weekdays (route 450); 23 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 17% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 12 km away as the crow flies.
49% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Ecclesbourne Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 75% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School (1.2 km).
The nearest secondary is St Mary's Catholic High School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 36.5 · 5.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Invictus Academy Croydon (2 km) and Harris Academy Merton (2.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (4.7 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (4.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Superstore, 500 m away, with Bensham Mini Market closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Your Family Practice (450 m), with Prescription Counter the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Thornton Heath Barbers is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 1.2 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: 13 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Agrobeso African Cuisine is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Pawsons Arms the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (19 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 172 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 49% flats and 4% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 63% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Whitehorse Road Recreation Ground, 550 m away; for exercise, Thornton Heath Leisure Centre (600 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 13 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
62 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 West constituency: Sarah Jones MP (Labour), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 14,226 (37.3%), turnout 49%. Vote shares: Labour 54%, Conservative 17%, Green Party 10%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
38 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 CR7 7BU →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 16 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 26 km.
Many neighbours rent: 36% of households rent privately and 21% socially.
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 34 min
Nearest: Battersea Park Children's Zoo · about 31 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: 2 of 74 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 94.2% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.2% | 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.
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 97 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.