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On High Street, in Penge East
What it's like at SE20 7PF: every home that has sold on High 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates). 5 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on High 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.
45 of the 220 homes on the street are owned by companies (3 overseas).
| 179a, High StreetTerraced | Mar 2017 | £595,000 | 67 m² | £8,881/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 181, High StreetTerraced | Jul 1998 | £82,500 | 32 m² | £2,578/m² | 1 |
| 191a, High StreetFlat · company-owned | Aug 2008 | £250,000 | 79 m² | £3,165/m² | 2 |
| 193a, High StreetFlat | Oct 2005 | £203,000 | 145 m² | £1,400/m² | 3 |
| First Floor Flat, 195, High StreetFlat | Jan 2014 | £174,995 | – | – | 3 |
| Second Floor Flat At, 195, High StreetFlat | Jul 2003 | £139,500 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 2, 195, High StreetFlat | Jul 2010 | £167,000 | 75 m² | £2,227/m² | 1 |
| Second Floor Flat, 195, High StreetFlat | Feb 2026 | £300,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 201a, High StreetTerraced | Dec 2014 | £435,000 | 51 m² | £8,529/m² | 2 |
| 203, High StreetTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2023 | £670,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 205a, High StreetTerraced | Nov 2001 | £231,000 | 132 m² | £1,750/m² | 1 |
| 211a, High StreetFlat · company-owned | Mar 2021 | £346,000 | 96 m² | £3,604/m² | 2 |
| 213a, High StreetFlat · company-owned | Nov 2017 | £375,000 | 99 m² | £3,788/m² | 4 |
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: 53% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Kent House, a few minutes' walk (400 m), with 814k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Penge / Sainsbury's, 50 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 358, 227, 194); 270 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 15% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 11 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Harris Primary Academy Kent House, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 72% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Harris Girls Academy Bromley, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 58.3 · 24.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Beckenham (2.5 km) and Kingsdale Foundation School (2.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (8.5 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (8.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Mega Saver, under 50 m away; Brasileiro (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Robin Hood Surgery (600 m), with Pyramid Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Modern Barbers & Hair salon is under 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital Lewisham, 4.5 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: 22 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Firin is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Moon And Stars the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 127 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 45% flats and 4% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 63% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Royston Playing Field, 200 m away; for exercise, Temple of Strength (750 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 16.1 µg/m³).
53 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Congregational Church | II | 150 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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%.
49 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 7PF →
For holidays, London City is 12 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 29 km.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 56% 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Bromley 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 220 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 111 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 13 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.3% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.2% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 40 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.
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