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On Downlands Road, in Woodcote
What it's like at CR8 4JJ: every home that has sold on Downlands 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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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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Downlands 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.
3 of the 65 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 55, Downlands RoadDetached | Dec 1999 | £204,950 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57, Downlands RoadDetached | Dec 2006 | £495,000 | 135 m² | £3,667/m² | 3 |
| 63, Downlands RoadDetached | Nov 2017 | £640,000 | 151 m² | £4,238/m² | 1 |
| 65, Downlands RoadSemi-detached | Apr 1996 | £144,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 67, Downlands RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £460,000 | 125 m² | £3,680/m² | 2 |
| 69, Downlands RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2006 | £340,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 73, Downlands RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2022 | £720,000 | 172 m² | £4,186/m² | 1 |
| 77, Downlands RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2015 | £445,000 | 163 m² | £2,730/m² | 3 |
| 85, Downlands RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2017 | £540,000 | 115 m² | £4,696/m² | 1 |
| 91, Downlands RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2013 | £312,000 | 128 m² | £2,438/m² | 1 |
| 93, Downlands RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Sept 2020 | £500,500 | 144 m² | £3,476/m² | 3 |
| 95, Downlands RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2019 | £550,000 | 118 m² | £4,661/m² | 2 |
| 99, Downlands RoadDetached | Jun 2021 | £520,000 | 94 m² | £5,532/m² | 2 |
| Hill House, 89, Downlands RoadSemi-detached | Dec 1997 | £121,000 | – | – | 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: 52% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Reedham (Surrey), a few minutes' walk (250 m), with 106k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Brighton Road / Old Lodge Lane, 150 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 466, 166, 60, 312); 189 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 19 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Beaumont Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 90% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Woodcote High School, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 46.1 · 8.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Riddlesdown Collegiate (3.3 km) and Harris Academy Sutton (4.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wallington High School for Girls (1.9 km) and Wilson's School (2.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 950 m away, with Vithu's Food & Wine closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Woodcote Medical (1.1 km), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (900 m).
For a haircut, House Of Hair is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, 6.2 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 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Beauty And The Feast is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Jolly Farmer the nearest pub (950 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 62 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 60% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
It's growing: about 473 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Woodcote Village Green, 800 m away; for exercise, 87 Fight (150 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 20 km away.
21 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Purley Council Offices Including Attached Railings | II | 130 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%.
29 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 4JJ →
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 53% 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.
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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 65 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 44 min
Nearest: Chelsea Harbour Pier · about 33 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 39 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 | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.1% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.3% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.4% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.