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On Essenden Road, in Belvedere & Lessness Heath
What it's like at DA17 5ED: every home that has sold on Essenden 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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Sales and extensions on Essenden 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.
None of the 53 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1a, Essenden RoadDetached | Oct 2001 | £225,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9, Essenden RoadDetached | Nov 2001 | £315,000 | 45 m² | £7,000/m² | 1 |
| 9a, Essenden RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2001 | £205,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Essenden RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2020 | £325,000 | 74 m² | £4,392/m² | 1 |
| 12, Essenden RoadSemi-detached | May 2006 | £225,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 13, Essenden RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2006 | £210,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 24, Miranda House, Essenden RoadFlat | Jan 2004 | £124,000 | 61 m² | £2,033/m² | 3 |
| Flat 21, Miranda House, Essenden RoadFlat | Apr 2000 | £63,995 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 23, Miranda House, Essenden RoadFlat | Mar 2009 | £140,000 | 53 m² | £2,642/m² | 4 |
| Flat 16, Miranda House, Essenden RoadFlat | Oct 2006 | £154,995 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 19, Miranda House, Essenden RoadFlat | Aug 2025 | £285,000 | 77 m² | £3,701/m² | 4 |
| Flat 26, Miranda House, Essenden RoadFlat | May 2009 | £155,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Flat 22, Miranda House, Essenden RoadFlat | Jan 2000 | £68,000 | 71 m² | £958/m² | 1 |
| Flat 27, Miranda House, Essenden RoadFlat | Dec 2016 | £250,000 | 75 m² | £3,333/m² | 4 |
| Flat 18, Miranda House, Essenden RoadFlat | Apr 2023 | £275,000 | 70 m² | £3,929/m² | 2 |
| Flat 20, Miranda House, Essenden RoadFlat | May 2026 | £250,000 | 65 m² | £3,846/m² | 2 |
| Flat 17, Miranda House, Essenden RoadFlat | Aug 2025 | £265,000 | 60 m² | £4,417/m² | 2 |
| Flat 15, Prospero House, Essenden RoadFlat | Jan 2023 | £214,000 | 50 m² | £4,280/m² | 6 |
| Flat 14, Prospero House, Essenden RoadFlat | Jan 2020 | £182,000 | 49 m² | £3,714/m² | 6 |
| Flat 3, Prospero House, Essenden RoadFlat | Sept 2022 | £217,500 | 53 m² | £4,104/m² | 8 |
| Flat 13, Prospero House, Essenden RoadFlat | Oct 2014 | £154,000 | 56 m² | £2,750/m² | 4 |
| Flat 9, Prospero House, Essenden RoadFlat | Nov 2022 | £210,000 | 45 m² | £4,667/m² | 7 |
| Flat 7, Prospero House, Essenden RoadFlat | Jul 2023 | £240,000 | 62 m² | £3,871/m² | 5 |
| Flat 8, Prospero House, Essenden RoadFlat | Nov 2024 | £205,000 | 52 m² | £3,942/m² | 5 |
| Flat 12, Prospero House, Essenden RoadFlat | Aug 2024 | £279,000 | 60 m² | £4,650/m² | 3 |
| Flat 11, Prospero House, Essenden RoadFlat | Feb 2022 | £242,000 | 58 m² | £4,172/m² | 5 |
| Flat 5, Prospero House, Essenden RoadFlat | Jan 2023 | £215,000 | 48 m² | £4,479/m² | 4 |
| Flat 6, Prospero House, Essenden RoadFlat | Sept 2024 | £230,000 | 62 m² | £3,710/m² | 3 |
| Flat 1, Prospero House, Essenden RoadFlat | Jan 2011 | £135,000 | 65 m² | £2,077/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, Prospero House, Essenden RoadFlat | Aug 2023 | £247,500 | 61 m² | £4,057/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, Prospero House, Essenden RoadFlat | Sept 2021 | £210,000 | 46 m² | £4,565/m² | 1 |
| Flat 10, Prospero House, Essenden RoadFlat | Feb 2021 | £200,000 | 48 m² | £4,167/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Belvedere, about a 10-minute walk (900 m), with 696k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Woolwich Arsenal.
The nearest bus stop is Eardley Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 401, 469, 601); 71 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 16% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 41 minutes away by public transport (19 by car).
Central London is 19 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Lessness Heath Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 63% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Lime Wood Primary School (1.3 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 34.1 · 2.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Garrard Academy (1.3 km) and Riverside School (4.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Townley Grammar School (4.3 km) and Bexley Grammar School (4.5 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 250 m away; The Village Green Grocers (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Belvedere Medical Centre (300 m), with Nuxley Village Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Elegant Nails & Beauty is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 6.9 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 44% 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: 18 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Yum is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Belvedere Social Club the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (18 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 116 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 48% flats and 5% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Lesnes Abbey Wood Recreation Ground, 1.1 km away; for exercise, King Henry School (1.9 km).
42 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Parish Church of All Saints | II | 190 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.
Erith and Thamesmead constituency: Ms Abena Oppong-Asare MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 16,302 (40.4%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 55%, Reform UK 15%, Conservative 14%, Green Party 9%.
30 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 DA17 5ED →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 7.0 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 42 km.
Most households own their home, 29% 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.
On this street: 0 of 42 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 13 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 71.8% | 88.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 27.8% | 8.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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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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 53 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 47 min
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