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On Birchwood Road, in Joydens Wood
What it's like at DA2 7HA: every home that has sold on Birchwood 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Birchwood Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 147 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 158, Birchwood RoadDetached | Aug 2025 | £1,160,000 | 193 m² | £6,010/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160, Birchwood RoadDetached | Apr 2006 | £520,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 162, Birchwood RoadDetached | Sept 1998 | £590,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 168, Birchwood RoadDetached | Oct 1996 | £199,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 170, Birchwood RoadDetached | May 2019 | £820,000 | 149 m² | £5,503/m² | 1 |
| 172, Birchwood RoadDetached | May 1996 | £215,000 | 317 m² | £678/m² | 1 |
| 174, Birchwood RoadDetached | Jul 2015 | £575,000 | 76 m² | £7,566/m² | 1 |
| 178, Birchwood RoadDetached | Jul 1996 | £171,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 182, Birchwood RoadDetached | Aug 2018 | £1,330,000 | 395 m² | £3,367/m² | 2 |
| 184, Birchwood RoadDetached | Aug 2014 | £950,000 | 233 m² | £4,077/m² | 3 |
| 186, Birchwood RoadDetached | Aug 2001 | £540,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 190, Birchwood RoadDetached | Apr 2002 | £480,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 190a, Birchwood RoadDetached | Apr 2014 | £750,000 | 473 m² | £1,586/m² | 1 |
| 192, Birchwood RoadDetached | Aug 2002 | £349,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 194, Birchwood RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £225,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 196, Birchwood RoadSemi-detached | Sept 1995 | £88,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 198, Birchwood RoadDetached | Sept 1997 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 200, Birchwood RoadDetached | Dec 2024 | £800,000 | 144 m² | £5,556/m² | 1 |
| 204a, Birchwood RoadDetached | Oct 1998 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 206, Birchwood RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £1,250,000 | 192 m² | £6,510/m² | 2 |
| 208, Birchwood RoadDetached | Sept 2015 | £760,000 | 115 m² | £6,609/m² | 1 |
| 210, Birchwood RoadTerraced | Jan 2004 | £460,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 212, Birchwood RoadDetached | Feb 2023 | £600,000 | 141 m² | £4,255/m² | 2 |
| 218a, Birchwood RoadDetached | Feb 2004 | £499,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 220, Birchwood RoadDetached | Mar 2024 | £1,185,000 | 254 m² | £4,665/m² | 3 |
| 222, Birchwood RoadDetached | Sept 2010 | £730,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 224, Birchwood RoadDetached | Oct 2015 | £805,000 | 155 m² | £5,194/m² | 2 |
| 224a, Birchwood RoadDetached | Jun 2018 | £1,300,000 | 259 m² | £5,019/m² | 2 |
| 224b, Birchwood RoadDetached | Dec 2006 | £250,000 | 167 m² | £1,497/m² | 1 |
| 226, Birchwood RoadDetached | Jan 2018 | £785,000 | 376 m² | £2,088/m² | 1 |
| 228, Birchwood RoadDetached | Jun 2023 | £1,750,000 | 237 m² | £7,384/m² | 2 |
| 230, Birchwood RoadDetached | Aug 2016 | £820,000 | 158 m² | £5,190/m² | 2 |
| 236, Birchwood RoadDetached | Jun 2015 | £630,000 | 69 m² | £9,130/m² | 1 |
| 238, Birchwood RoadDetached | Mar 2010 | £665,000 | 553 m² | £1,203/m² | 2 |
| The Bennyville, 180, Birchwood RoadDetached | Apr 2015 | £1,100,000 | 422 m² | £2,607/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 (2.7 km), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Birchwood Road, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 429, D30, D29); 17 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 42 minutes away by public transport (14 by car).
Central London is 22 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Joydens Wood Junior School, about a 10-minute walk (950 m); 63% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Leigh Academy Wilmington, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 45.4 · 5.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Townley Grammar School (3.3 km) and Leigh UTC Dartford (5.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilmington Grammar School for Girls (1.6 km) and Wilmington Grammar School for Boys (1.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons Daily, 1.2 km away, with Stanhill Farm closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hextable Surgery (1.4 km), with Joydens Wood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Boss Cuts is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Darent Valley Hospital, 6.2 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Berries And Beans / T&M Produce is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and The Ship the nearest pub (500 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 48 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 5% flats and 29% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 23% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Hextable Park, 1.5 km away; for exercise, Paddling Pool (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 12 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 39 km.
4 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%.
13 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 DA2 7HA →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
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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On this street: 1 of 99 homes with certificates have solar panels, 2 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.1% | 88.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.4% | 8.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 36 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 147 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.