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Stone & Crossways
What it's like at DA9 9EF: every home that has sold on the street 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 the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Stone Crossing, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 319k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Elm Road, 350 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 480, 492, 3, DW1); 18 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 14 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 28 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Stone St Mary's CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 70% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Stone Lodge School, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 37.6 · 3.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Leigh UTC Dartford (2.9 km) and Harris Academy Chafford Hundred (4.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Dartford Grammar School (3.7 km) and Dartford Grammar School for Girls (3.8 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 450 m away; Nisa Local And Stone Pharmacy (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ivy Bower Surgery (1.5 km), with Stone Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Hairlite Express is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Darent Valley Hospital, 1.2 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 63 restaurants and cafés and 4 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Lizzie's is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Beefs And Babes the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (12 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 381 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 35% flats and 6% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 608 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Worcester Park, 900 m away; for exercise, Beefs & Babes (350 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.9 µg/m³).
28 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%.
35 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 DA9 9EF →
For holidays, London City is 16 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 45 km.
Most households own their home, 21% 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.
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.7% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 81.1% | 88.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 18.1% | 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.
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