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On Alma Place, in West Thornton North
What it's like at CR7 7HS: every home that has sold on Alma Place 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Alma Place; 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 28 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Alma PlaceTerraced | Oct 2014 | £240,000 | 82 m² | £2,927/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Alma PlaceTerraced | Nov 1999 | £73,000 | 54 m² | £1,352/m² | 1 |
| 4, Alma PlaceTerraced | Jun 2022 | £345,000 | 53 m² | £6,509/m² | 1 |
| 5, Alma PlaceTerraced · company-owned | May 2021 | £380,000 | 83 m² | £4,578/m² | 6 |
| 6, Alma PlaceTerraced | Dec 2025 | £322,500 | 52 m² | £6,202/m² | 4 |
| 7, Alma PlaceTerraced | Aug 2025 | £310,000 | 58 m² | £5,345/m² | 2 |
| 8, Alma PlaceTerraced | May 2002 | £120,000 | 65 m² | £1,846/m² | 3 |
| 9, Alma PlaceTerraced | Mar 2007 | £182,000 | 53 m² | £3,434/m² | 3 |
| 10, Alma PlaceSemi-detached | Mar 2002 | £115,000 | 80 m² | £1,438/m² | 2 |
| 11, Alma PlaceTerraced | Jun 1997 | £54,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Alma PlaceTerraced | Jan 2018 | £245,000 | 57 m² | £4,298/m² | 1 |
| 13, Alma PlaceTerraced | Jun 2005 | £155,000 | 65 m² | £2,385/m² | 1 |
| 15, Alma PlaceTerraced | Aug 2009 | £174,000 | 101 m² | £1,723/m² | 3 |
| 16, Alma PlaceTerraced | Oct 1999 | £67,000 | 56 m² | £1,196/m² | 1 |
| 17, Alma PlaceSemi-detached | Jul 2009 | £170,000 | 71 m² | £2,394/m² | 3 |
| 18, Alma PlaceSemi-detached | Dec 2012 | £205,000 | 98 m² | £2,092/m² | 3 |
| 19, Alma PlaceTerraced | Apr 2003 | £179,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Alma PlaceSemi-detached | Oct 2009 | £208,000 | 73 m² | £2,849/m² | 2 |
| 20a, Alma PlaceDetached | Jul 2017 | £370,000 | 67 m² | £5,522/m² | 2 |
| 21, Alma PlaceDetached | Jan 2016 | £383,000 | 104 m² | £3,683/m² | 2 |
| 22, Alma PlaceTerraced | Nov 1998 | £77,000 | 71 m² | £1,085/m² | 2 |
| 24, Alma PlaceTerraced | Apr 2004 | £165,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 25a, Alma PlaceTerraced | Aug 2022 | £420,000 | 71 m² | £5,915/m² | 3 |
| 26, Alma PlaceTerraced | Aug 1999 | £93,000 | 67 m² | £1,388/m² | 2 |
| 27, Alma PlaceTerraced | Sept 2014 | £235,000 | 77 m² | £3,052/m² | 2 |
| 28, Alma PlaceTerraced | Oct 2013 | £207,500 | 66 m² | £3,144/m² | 3 |
| 29, Alma PlaceTerraced | Oct 2014 | £125,000 | 76 m² | £1,645/m² | 3 |
| 30, Alma PlaceSemi-detached | Oct 2009 | £175,000 | 80 m² | £2,188/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Thornton Heath, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 2.4m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Thornton Heath Pond, 50 m away, with a bus about every 1 minute on weekdays (routes 198, 109, 250, 60); 271 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 13% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 13 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Paxton Academy Sports And Science, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 87% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School (1.5 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 39.1 · 3.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Merton (1.4 km) and Harris Invictus Academy Croydon (2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wallington County Grammar School (3.7 km) and Wilson's School (4.1 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 250 m away, with Everfresh closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Brigstock Medical Practice (350 m), with Brigstock Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Bensham Barbers is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 900 m 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: 19 restaurants and cafés, 0 pubs and bars.
Crispy Biterz is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Golden Lion the nearest pub (700 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 138 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 29% flats and 7% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 45% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
It's growing: about 123 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Thornton Heath Recreation Ground, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Thornton Heath Leisure Centre (1.3 km).
47 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%.
37 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 7HS →
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 13 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 17 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 25 km.
Most households own their home, 32% rent privately.
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
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 25 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 | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.6% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.8% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.4% | 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 32 min
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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 28 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.