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On Palace View, in Grove Park & Lee South
What it's like at SE12 0UX: every home that has sold on Palace View 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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Sales and extensions on Palace View; 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.
None of the 12 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Palace ViewFlat | Sept 1999 | £50,000 | 57 m² | £877/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Palace ViewFlat | Dec 1999 | £52,000 | 58 m² | £897/m² | 1 |
| 4, Palace ViewFlat | Mar 2006 | £213,000 | 60 m² | £3,550/m² | 1 |
| 5, Palace ViewFlat | Dec 1999 | £52,000 | 57 m² | £912/m² | 2 |
| 6, Palace ViewFlat | Jun 1999 | £50,000 | 58 m² | £862/m² | 1 |
| 7, Palace ViewFlat | Nov 2003 | £95,000 | 57 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
| 11, Palace ViewFlat | Nov 1999 | £53,500 | 58 m² | £922/m² | 1 |
| 13, Palace ViewFlat | Sept 1999 | £50,000 | 57 m² | £877/m² | 1 |
| 19, Palace ViewFlat | Sept 1999 | £51,000 | 59 m² | £864/m² | 1 |
| 22, Palace ViewTerraced | Jul 2026 | £418,000 | 76 m² | £5,500/m² | 3 |
| 23, Palace ViewTerraced | Nov 2018 | £412,500 | 76 m² | £5,428/m² | 4 |
| 24, Palace ViewTerraced | Dec 2013 | £290,000 | 71 m² | £4,085/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Grove Park, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Heather Road (SE12), 150 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes SL4, 261); 79 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 15% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 13 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Cooper's Lane Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 62% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Brindishe Manor School (1.8 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Haberdashers' Knights Academy, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 42.9 · 7.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham (1.8 km) and Harris Academy Greenwich (1.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (6.2 km) and Bexley Grammar School (6.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 550 m away, with Londis closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chinbrook Medical Cosmetics Centre (750 m), with Grove Park Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, RC Hair Solutions is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital Lewisham, 2.9 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 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Take A Break is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Summerfield Pub the nearest pub (700 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 85 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 38% flats and 5% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 40% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Reigate Road Open Space, 350 m away; for exercise, Bannatyne's Health Club (600 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 15 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
38 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.
Lewisham East constituency: Janet Daby MP (Labour), since June 2018. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 18,073 (44.5%), turnout 55%. Vote shares: Labour 58%, Green Party 14%, Conservative 11%, Reform UK 9%.
24 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 SE12 0UX →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 7.5 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 33 km.
Most households own their home, 21% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 45% of adults have a degree.
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 12 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 93.3% | 78.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.5% | 10.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 9.9% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Lewisham since 2011.
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 12 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 43 min
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