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On Birdwood Avenue, in Temple Hill & Marshes
What it's like at DA1 5GB: every home that has sold on Birdwood Avenue 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 Birdwood Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 39 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Birdwood AvenueFlat | Apr 2009 | £55,500 | 64 m² | £867/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Mar 2009 | £48,750 | 64 m² | £762/m² | 1 |
| 4, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Apr 2021 | £350,000 | 121 m² | £2,893/m² | 2 |
| 5, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Feb 2021 | £370,000 | 119 m² | £3,109/m² | 2 |
| 6, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Nov 2008 | £249,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Birdwood AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2008 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Oct 2014 | £250,000 | 105 m² | £2,381/m² | 2 |
| 9, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Jan 2026 | £417,500 | 108 m² | £3,866/m² | 2 |
| 10, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Oct 2008 | £220,000 | 107 m² | £2,056/m² | 1 |
| 11, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Mar 2021 | £365,000 | 112 m² | £3,259/m² | 2 |
| 12, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Jun 2018 | £340,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Jul 2018 | £335,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Aug 2016 | £325,000 | 81 m² | £4,012/m² | 2 |
| 16, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Apr 2018 | £350,000 | 110 m² | £3,182/m² | 2 |
| 17, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Sept 2013 | £210,000 | 78 m² | £2,692/m² | 2 |
| 18, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Dec 2008 | £198,500 | 66 m² | £3,008/m² | 1 |
| 19, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Sept 2024 | £335,000 | 64 m² | £5,234/m² | 3 |
| 23, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Aug 2017 | £300,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 24, Birdwood AvenueFlat | May 2021 | £265,000 | 69 m² | £3,841/m² | 2 |
| 25, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Dec 2011 | £52,500 | 65 m² | £808/m² | 2 |
| 26, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Feb 2016 | £70,500 | 65 m² | £1,085/m² | 2 |
| 30, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Dec 2007 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | May 2022 | £375,000 | 82 m² | £4,573/m² | 4 |
| 32, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Feb 2018 | £290,000 | 81 m² | £3,580/m² | 2 |
| 33, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Nov 2018 | £350,000 | 113 m² | £3,097/m² | 3 |
| 34, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Dec 2021 | £292,000 | 66 m² | £4,424/m² | 2 |
| 35, Birdwood AvenueTerraced | Dec 2025 | £330,000 | 62 m² | £5,323/m² | 2 |
| 36, Birdwood AvenueFlat | Dec 2007 | £230,000 | 72 m² | £3,194/m² | 1 |
| 37, Birdwood AvenueFlat | Dec 2007 | £230,000 | 64 m² | £3,594/m² | 1 |
| 38, Birdwood AvenueFlat | Dec 2007 | £218,500 | 60 m² | £3,642/m² | 1 |
| 39, Birdwood AvenueFlat · company-owned | Dec 2007 | £225,000 | 64 m² | £3,516/m² | 1 |
| 40, Birdwood AvenueFlat | Feb 2017 | £220,000 | 65 m² | £3,385/m² | 2 |
| 41, Birdwood AvenueFlat | Oct 2011 | £133,000 | 60 m² | £2,217/m² | 3 |
| 42, Birdwood AvenueFlat | Jul 2025 | £225,000 | 73 m² | £3,082/m² | 2 |
| 43, Birdwood AvenueFlat | Oct 2012 | £132,000 | 64 m² | £2,063/m² | 2 |
| 44, Birdwood AvenueFlat | Dec 2007 | £222,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Birdwood AvenueFlat · company-owned | Dec 2007 | £225,000 | 57 m² | £3,947/m² | 1 |
| 46, Birdwood AvenueFlat | Oct 2025 | £250,000 | 65 m² | £3,846/m² | 4 |
| 47, Birdwood AvenueFlat | Apr 2018 | £136,000 | 62 m² | £2,194/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Dartford, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 4.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Marsh Street, 250 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes A, AZ); 21 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 12% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 25 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Dartford Bridge Community Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 79% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Leigh UTC Dartford, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 44.4 · 10.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Leigh Academy Wilmington (4 km) and Harris Academy Chafford Hundred (5.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Dartford Grammar School (2 km) and Dartford Grammar School for Girls (2.3 km).
It's a family area: 28% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons Daily, 800 m away, with Delmergate closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Temple Hill Surgery (1.1 km), with Optiwell Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Zaza Barbers is 1.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Darent Valley Hospital, 3.2 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 74% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
The Nucleus Café is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Dartford Clay Shooting Club the nearest pub (800 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 92 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 35% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1993-1999.
The nearest park is Enchanted Woodland - Community Woodland, 600 m away; for exercise, Snap Fitness (1.8 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 14 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 44 km.
14 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.
Dartford constituency: Jim Dickson MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 1,192 (2.7%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 35%, Conservative 32%, Reform UK 21%, Green Party 7%.
2 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 DA1 5GB →
Most households own their home, 13% 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.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 36 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 29 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 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.3% | 88.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.6% | 8.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 2.0% | 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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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 39 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.