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Kingston Vale & Coombe Hill
What it's like at KT2 7PE: 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; 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.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 55% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Norbiton, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Coombe Hill School, 250 m away, with a bus about every 13 minutes on weekdays (route 57); 14 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 13 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Coombe Hill Infant School, a few minutes' walk (300 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Coombe Hill Junior School (0.7 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Coombe Girls' School, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 55.3 · 21.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Kingston Academy (2.7 km) and Teddington School (3.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Tiffin School (2.5 km) and The Tiffin Girls' School (2.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 1.5 km away, with Kings Express closer still (750 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Groves Medical Centre (950 m), with Groves Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, The Cutting Room is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Kingston Hospital, 1.5 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 42% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% 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: 8 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Unilever Training Centre is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Coombe Hill Golf Club the nearest pub (450 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 47 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 25 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 53% of homes.
It's largely interwar: 45% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
It's growing: about 166 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Barton Green, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Gym (500 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 11 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.1 µg/m³).
16 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 |
|---|---|---|
| the Lodge and Gatepiers, Four Acres | II | 70 m |
| Four Acres and Attached Terrace, Wall and Steps | II | 160 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.
Richmond Park constituency: Sarah Olney MP (Liberal Democrat), since December 2019. 2024 general election: LD hold, majority 17,155 (32.9%), turnout 70%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 55%, Conservative 22%, Labour 10%, Green Party 7%.
50 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 KT2 7PE →
For holidays, London Heathrow is 14 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 60% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Kingston University, 2.9 km away (TEF Gold).
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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 4.6% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.1% | 83.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.0% | 11.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 4.0% | 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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