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On Maidstone Road, in St Mary Cray East
What it's like at DA14 5BD: every home that has sold on Maidstone 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 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 Maidstone 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.
9 of the 81 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Ashwell, Maidstone RoadSemi-detached | Nov 1996 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside, Maidstone RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £526,000 | 113 m² | £4,655/m² | 4 |
| Osterley, Maidstone RoadTerraced | Oct 2016 | £305,000 | 96 m² | £3,177/m² | 3 |
| Rainbows End, Maidstone RoadDetached | Jun 2006 | £300,000 | 115 m² | £2,609/m² | 3 |
| The Nest, Maidstone RoadTerraced | Mar 1999 | £104,500 | 76 m² | £1,375/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Swanley, a short drive or bike ride (2.8 km), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Old Maidstone Road, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 233); 4 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 13% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 21 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Hope Community School, a short drive or bike ride (1.8 km); 43% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Gray's Farm Primary Academy (1.5 km).
The nearest secondary is Kemnal Technology College, 2.1 km away; Attainment 8: 29.3 · 0.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School (3.5 km) and Newstead Wood School (4.4 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.3 km away, with BP Swanley Service Station closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Broomwood Health Centre (2.4 km), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.3 km).
For a haircut, Men Grooming is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal University Hospital, 5.5 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 52% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 19 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
McDonalds is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Birchwood Park Golf Club (Catering) the nearest pub (1.4 km).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 162 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 27 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 29% flats and 6% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Pauls Cray Hill Park, 1.7 km away; for exercise, Bannatyne Health Club (1.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 13 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 34 km.
11 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.
Orpington constituency: Gareth Bacon MP (Conservative), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 5,118 (11.1%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Conservative 38%, Labour 27%, Reform UK 19%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
7 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 DA14 5BD →
Most households own their home, 15% rent privately.
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 81 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 43 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 57 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 5 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.4% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.0% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.2% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 2.1% | 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.