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On Maidstone Road, in Foots Cray Meadows
What it's like at DA14 5HB: 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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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.
| 63a, Maidstone RoadOther · company-owned | Dec 2018 | £46,000 | 95 m² | £484/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 - 67, Maidstone RoadOther · company-owned | Jul 2024 | £340,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 65a, Maidstone RoadFlat | Aug 2008 | £129,000 | 86 m² | £1,500/m² | 1 |
| 67a, Maidstone RoadFlat | Feb 2009 | £82,500 | 91 m² | £907/m² | 2 |
| 69, Maidstone RoadOther · company-owned | Oct 2017 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 69a, Maidstone RoadFlat | Feb 2008 | £115,000 | 100 m² | £1,150/m² | 2 |
| 73, Maidstone RoadOther · company-owned | Oct 2024 | £760,000 | 63 m² | £12,063/m² | 1 |
| 73a, Maidstone RoadTerraced | Nov 2000 | £180,000 | 48 m² | £3,750/m² | 1 |
| 75a, Maidstone RoadFlat | Feb 2008 | £144,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 77, Maidstone RoadOther · company-owned | Jun 2018 | £5,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 77a, Maidstone RoadFlat | Jan 2018 | £292,000 | 45 m² | £6,489/m² | 5 |
| 79a, Maidstone RoadTerraced | Mar 2003 | £125,000 | 88 m² | £1,420/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Albany Park, a short drive or bike ride (2.1 km), with 775k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Palm Avenue, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 492, 233); 40 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 15 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 20 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Hope Community School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 43% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Gray's Farm Primary Academy (1.8 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Kemnal Technology College, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 29.3 · 0.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Leigh Academy Wilmington (4.6 km) and Dartford Grammar School for Girls (5.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (2.1 km) and Beths Grammar School (3.3 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Foots Cray, 350 m away, with Maidstone Convenience Store closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sidcup Medical Centre (1.4 km), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Ali Pasha is under 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal University Hospital, 7.7 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Tudor Cafe Sidcup is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Flower Of Kent Social Club the nearest pub (50 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 102 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 18 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 37% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 128 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Foots Cray Recreation Ground, 750 m away; for exercise, David Lloyd Sidcup (800 m).
29 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.
Old Bexley and Sidcup constituency: Mr Louie French MP (Conservative), since December 2021. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 3,548 (7.4%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Conservative 38%, Labour 30%, Reform UK 22%, Green Party 6%.
16 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 5HB →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 11 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 37 km.
Most households own their home, 11% 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.
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% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.3% | 88.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.9% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.2% | 8.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 2.4% | 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.
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Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 40 min
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