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On Highfield Close, in Hither Green
What it's like at SE13 6WA: every home that has sold on Highfield Close 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Highfield Close; 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.
1 of the 110 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat 1, 19, Highfield CloseFlat | Aug 2010 | £225,000 | 86 m² | £2,616/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 3, 19, Highfield CloseFlat | Oct 2021 | £367,500 | 65 m² | £5,654/m² | 5 |
| Flat 4, 19, Highfield CloseFlat | Jun 2018 | £285,000 | 48 m² | £5,938/m² | 6 |
| Flat 2, 19, Highfield CloseFlat | Nov 2011 | £225,400 | 89 m² | £2,533/m² | 2 |
| Flat 7, 19, Highfield CloseFlat | Jan 2004 | £175,000 | 48 m² | £3,646/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, 19, Highfield CloseFlat | Sept 2005 | £190,000 | 64 m² | £2,969/m² | 3 |
| Flat 6, 19, Highfield CloseFlat | Jun 2026 | £355,000 | 71 m² | £5,000/m² | 4 |
| Flat 8, 19, Highfield CloseFlat | Apr 2005 | £206,000 | 65 m² | £3,169/m² | 1 |
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: 50% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Hither Green, a few minutes' walk (450 m), with 2.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is George Lane, 100 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 181, 225); 45 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 17% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 11 km away as the crow flies.
49% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Brindishe Green School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 69% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Brindishe Manor School (0.5 km), with 5 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 48.3 · 10.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bonus Pastor Catholic College (2.4 km) and Harris Academy Greenwich (3.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bexley Grammar School (7.9 km) and Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (7.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 150 m away, with Woodland Pharmacy closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Woodlands Health Centre (50 m), with Woodlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, George's Gentleman's Hairdresser's is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital Lewisham, 1.0 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 16 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Saka Maka is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Hither Green Railway Club the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 114 per 1,000 residents a year.
Homes are mostly flats (64%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 62% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Mountsfield Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Anytime Fitness (150 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 13 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
47 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%.
61 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 SE13 6WA →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 7.2 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 31 km.
Most households own their home, 34% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 53% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Greenwich, 3.9 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 41 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 105 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 82 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 68.9% | 78.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 30.4% | 10.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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.
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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 110 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.