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On Picardy Road, in Erith West
What it's like at DA17 5QN: every home that has sold on Picardy 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Picardy 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.
5 of the 116 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 52, Picardy RoadDetached | Jul 2024 | £840,000 | 206 m² | £4,078/m² | 1 |
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| 52a, Picardy RoadDetached | Jun 2024 | £610,000 | 100 m² | £6,100/m² | 1 |
| 54, Picardy RoadDetached | Dec 2019 | £650,000 | 195 m² | £3,333/m² | 1 |
| 54a, Picardy RoadDetached | Jul 2009 | £227,000 | 140 m² | £1,621/m² | 1 |
| 56, Picardy RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £580,000 | 106 m² | £5,472/m² | 1 |
| 58a, Picardy RoadFlat | Sept 2021 | £250,000 | 62 m² | £4,032/m² | 3 |
| 58b, Picardy RoadFlat | Dec 2016 | £250,000 | 62 m² | £4,032/m² | 3 |
| 60a, Picardy RoadSemi-detached | Mar 1999 | £53,000 | 62 m² | £855/m² | 1 |
| 60b, Picardy RoadFlat | Mar 2000 | £67,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 60c, Picardy RoadFlat | Jul 1996 | £45,000 | 59 m² | £763/m² | 1 |
| 66, Picardy RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2017 | £345,000 | 81 m² | £4,259/m² | 1 |
| 70, Picardy RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2009 | £196,500 | 79 m² | £2,487/m² | 1 |
| 72, Picardy RoadTerraced | Sept 2021 | £390,000 | 95 m² | £4,105/m² | 2 |
| 76, Picardy RoadTerraced | Jun 2024 | £490,000 | 98 m² | £5,000/m² | 2 |
| 80, Picardy RoadTerraced | Aug 1997 | £81,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 82, Picardy RoadTerraced | Feb 2023 | £440,000 | 81 m² | £5,432/m² | 3 |
| 84, Picardy RoadTerraced | Aug 2021 | £380,000 | 80 m² | £4,750/m² | 1 |
| 86, Picardy RoadTerraced | Aug 2017 | £425,000 | 118 m² | £3,602/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 (700 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 469, 401, 601); 60 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 13% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 45 minutes away by public transport (20 by car).
Central London is 20 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Lessness Heath Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 63% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Lime Wood Primary School (0.3 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 34.1 · 2.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Garrard Academy (2.4 km) and Leigh UTC Dartford (5.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Townley Grammar School (3.9 km) and Beths Grammar School (4.1 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 500 m away, with The Village Store closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Belvedere Medical Centre (550 m), with Nuxley Village Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Elegant Nails & Beauty is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 7.6 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Belvedere Tandoori is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Priory Conservative Club the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 81 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 35% flats and 11% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 283 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Franks Park, 800 m away; for exercise, King Henry School (1.9 km).
43 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.
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%.
33 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 5QN →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 8.0 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 43 km.
Most households own their home, 17% 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 70 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 14 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 | 13.2% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 74.6% | 88.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 11.8% | 8.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 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.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 45 min
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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 116 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.