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Purley Central
What it's like at CR8 2XP: every home that has sold on the street 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 the street; 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.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 51% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Purley, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 2.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Gilliam Grove, 350 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 289, 439).
Rail is a big part of life: 11% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 19 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 70% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Thomas More Catholic School, under 50 m away; Attainment 8: 42.1 · 4.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Riddlesdown Collegiate (2.3 km) and Harris Invictus Academy Croydon (4.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (2.4 km) and Wallington High School for Girls (2.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 650 m away, with Halal Origins closer still (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Woodcote Medical (450 m), with Foxley Lane Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, The Lounge Nail And Beauty is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 5.5 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: 29 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
The Gurkha Naan is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and The Foxley Hatch the nearest pub (550 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (18 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 105 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 42% flats and 29% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 579 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Rotary Field, 600 m away; for exercise, 87 Fight (1.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 21 km away.
48 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Russell Hill Schools (Thomas More School For Boys), Main Building | II | 90 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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%.
32 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 CR8 2XP →
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 49% 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.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 84.5% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.8% | 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 46 min
Nearest: Chelsea Harbour Pier · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.