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On Birchwood Road, in Joydens Wood
What it's like at DA2 7HE: 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
1 home 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.
| 4, Birchwood RoadTerraced | Dec 2022 | £1,020,000 | 184 m² | £5,543/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Birchwood RoadDetached | Nov 2009 | £575,000 | 503 m² | £1,143/m² | 1 |
| 10, Birchwood RoadDetached | May 2015 | £1,300,000 | 294 m² | £4,422/m² | 1 |
| 12, Birchwood RoadDetached | Dec 2014 | £780,000 | 190 m² | £4,105/m² | 1 |
| 14, Birchwood RoadDetached | Aug 2004 | £602,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Birchwood RoadDetached | Nov 2021 | £1,580,000 | 384 m² | £4,115/m² | 2 |
| 20, Birchwood RoadDetached | Sept 2014 | £1,380,000 | 115 m² | £12,000/m² | 1 |
| 22, Birchwood RoadDetached | Dec 2008 | £725,000 | 304 m² | £2,385/m² | 2 |
| 24, Birchwood RoadDetached | Aug 2025 | £1,905,000 | 374 m² | £5,094/m² | 2 |
| 26, Birchwood RoadDetached | Jun 2018 | £1,525,000 | 390 m² | £3,910/m² | 2 |
| 28, Birchwood RoadDetached | Feb 2013 | £530,000 | 652 m² | £813/m² | 1 |
| 30, Birchwood RoadDetached | Sept 2017 | £1,375,000 | 295 m² | £4,661/m² | 2 |
| 34, Birchwood RoadDetached | Dec 2024 | £2,150,000 | 453 m² | £4,746/m² | 2 |
| 36, Birchwood RoadDetached | Aug 2015 | £845,000 | 225 m² | £3,756/m² | 1 |
| 42, Birchwood RoadDetached | Jul 1998 | £230,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 44, Birchwood RoadDetached | Apr 2001 | £415,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 46, Birchwood RoadDetached | Jul 2016 | £1,300,000 | 400 m² | £3,250/m² | 2 |
| 48, Birchwood RoadDetached | Jul 2016 | £1,400,000 | 336 m² | £4,167/m² | 1 |
| 50, Birchwood RoadDetached | Jun 2017 | £1,450,000 | 332 m² | £4,367/m² | 2 |
| 52, Birchwood RoadDetached | Jul 2017 | £1,150,000 | 329 m² | £3,495/m² | 2 |
| 52a, Birchwood RoadDetached | Jul 2022 | £755,000 | 119 m² | £6,345/m² | 1 |
| 54, Birchwood RoadDetached · company-owned | Jun 2019 | £1,600,000 | 343 m² | £4,665/m² | 2 |
| 56, Birchwood RoadDetached | Feb 2022 | £840,000 | 165 m² | £5,091/m² | 1 |
| 58, Birchwood RoadDetached | Nov 2021 | £630,000 | 284 m² | £2,218/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Crayford, a short drive or bike ride (2.5 km), with 1.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Birchwood Drive, 50 m away, with a bus about every 17 minutes on weekdays (routes B12, D30); 16 departures an hour from the 5 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 Infant School, a few minutes' walk (150 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Leigh Academy Wilmington, 950 m 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 Londis, 900 m away, with J & R Food & Wine closer still (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hextable Surgery (1.9 km), with Joydens Wood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Boss Cuts is 550 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.
Joydenswood Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Leyton Cross Social Club the nearest pub (750 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, 1.9 km away; for exercise, Sports Hall (1.2 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.
15 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%.
10 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 7HE →
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.
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.