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On Barson Close, in Anerley North & Penge West
What it's like at SE20 7HR: every home that has sold on Barson 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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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.
Sales and extensions on Barson 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.
None of the 10 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Barson CloseFlat | Feb 2023 | £375,000 | 94 m² | £3,989/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Barson CloseFlat · company-owned | Feb 1997 | £28,000 | 88 m² | £318/m² | 1 |
| 4, Barson CloseFlat | Jul 2003 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Barson CloseFlat | Mar 2010 | £180,000 | 86 m² | £2,093/m² | 1 |
| 10, Barson CloseFlat | Oct 2000 | £88,000 | 83 m² | £1,060/m² | 1 |
| 14, Barson CloseFlat | Dec 2019 | £260,000 | 51 m² | £5,098/m² | 3 |
| 24, Barson CloseFlat | Nov 2017 | £250,000 | 52 m² | £4,808/m² | 3 |
| 25, Barson CloseFlat | Sept 2000 | £84,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Barson CloseFlat | Nov 2014 | £249,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 27, Barson CloseFlat · company-owned | Feb 1996 | £26,000 | 87 m² | £299/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Penge East, a few minutes' walk (250 m), with 1.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is High Street / Maple Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 227, 176, 197); 132 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 17% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 12 km away as the crow flies.
50% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St John's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 75% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Harris Primary Academy Kent House (0.9 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Harris Girls Academy Bromley, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 58.3 · 24.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Beckenham (2.7 km) and Kingsdale Foundation School (2.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (7.5 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (7.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 150 m away; Eastern European Food (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Park Practice (850 m), with Macks Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Me 'Lange is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 4.2 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 73% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 18 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Rule19 Coffee At SE20 Cycles is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Craft Metropolis the nearest pub (150 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 144 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (73%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Penge Recreation Ground, 250 m away; for exercise, Temple of Strength (300 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 13 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.9 µg/m³).
54 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St John the Evangelist | II | 70 m |
| The Royal Watermen's and Lightermen's Asylum (46 almshouses) | II | 90 m |
| the Royal Naval Asylum | II | 100 m |
| Penge War Memorial | II | 120 m |
| 54, High Street | II | 140 m |
| the White House | II | 140 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.
Beckenham and Penge constituency: Liam Conlon MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 12,905 (24.7%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Labour 49%, Conservative 25%, Reform UK 10%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
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 SE20 7HR →
For holidays, London City is 13 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 28 km.
Most households own their home, 25% 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.
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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 10 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 38 min
Nearest: Sea Life London Aquarium · about 32 min
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 | 0.1% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 84.3% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 14.8% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 2.1% | 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.